[00:08.930]Yeah, it’s a long way home at the end of the road
[00:15.040]I’ll be pavin my own way, to the top,
[00:18.310]I be here to stay
[00:19.730]So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
[00:25.090]And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s your last
[00:30.690]All my life,
[00:32.130]I couldn’t fit in, like a bad shoe
[00:34.190]I was always too square, too cube, too tall, too weird, too blue
[00:39.180]Forget them high-school’s hotties now
[00:40.960]I’m too cool
[00:41.880]I guess I came a long way from that young kid
[00:44.240]The school’s most popular lame, no friends, no style, no clothes, no ends
[00:49.170]Just a bear fell asleep, never woke up again
[00:52.100]Yeah, and my last prayer was don’t ever let me end up like the people that’s down here
[00:57.060]Cause the one that fear change be the one that don’t care
[00:59.180]Look at themselves and see somebody else in the mirror
[01:02.600]But you can always pick me out of the crowd
[01:05.110]Loud mouth with my very own style
[01:06.870]And what I know now is don’t ever pretend
[01:10.200]And live every single day like you won’t see it again
[01:13.440]So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
[01:18.770]And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s your last
[01:23.100]And if you only have 24 hours, 1400 minutes before your dreams go
[01:26.620]Then you better go live it, cause whatever you love could be taken away
[01:31.030]So live like it’s your dying day
[01:33.200]I dedicate this to my teachers that never believed in me
[01:36.390]And the mother that conceived, 'fore ended up leaving me
[01:39.660]I just wish you all can see me smile, this big’s grin on the tv now
[01:44.650]And I took it from the bottom to the top
[01:46.930]From the holes in my socks ramen noodles in the pot
[01:49.420]Used to rob them on the block, now they stop me in the drop
[01:52.070]Middle finger up and that ain’t gonna stop
[01:54.210]I used to take orders, now
[01:55.570]Now I make bets
[01:56.870]I used to scrub floors, now
[01:58.220]Now I sign checks
[01:59.360]I used to push carts, now
[02:00.770]Now I push songs
[02:02.190]I used to be there, now
[02:03.290]Now I am so gone
[02:04.780]I found myself, found a job myself
[02:07.250]I established my name and then
[02:08.650]I signed myself
[02:09.880]And when I tell myself, is you did this by yourself
[02:13.130]And when on so long,
[02:14.410]I’ll be by myself
[02:16.290]So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
[02:21.700]And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s the last
[02:25.810]And if you only have 24 hours, 1400 minutes before your dreams go
[02:30.110]Then you better go live it, cause whatever you love could be taken away
[02:33.970]So live like it’s your dying day
[02:36.050]I wish I could see their faces when they heard your boy speak
[02:38.670]Wish I could know what they’re thinking when they heard my first hit
[02:41.340]Cause I remember them wishing that
[02:42.740]I wouldn’t get big
[02:43.900]Now I bet they’re wishing they wouldn't of said that shit
[02:46.650]I came out of a dying city brought back life
[02:49.140]Everything they said
[02:49.830]I couldn’t do
[02:50.490]I did about twice
[02:51.820]Multiplied by the bottles that we popped each night
[02:54.290]That equals out to a celebration, bitches more ice
[02:56.920]Make it toast to the underdogs, toast to the team
[02:58.700]Toast to the fact, we this close to the dream
[03:01.920]Call one for my exes, used to talk reckless
[03:04.950]But now I push
[03:05.910]Benzes and rock
[03:07.170]RolexesCame from the city and until they come and get me
[03:09.980]Turn around and see the whole east side’s still with me
[03:12.940]And that’s how we live it, you mans don’t change
[03:15.490]Look, instead of keys you still can’t tell me a goddamn thing
[03:19.340]So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
[03:24.620]And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s the last
[03:28.970]And if you only have 24 hours, 1400 minutes before your dreams go
[03:32.960]Then you better go live it, cause whatever you love could be taken away
[03:36.940]So live like it’s a dying day
[03:39.610]Yeah, it’s a long way home at the end of the road
[03:44.930]I’ll be pavin my own way, to the top,
[03:48.150]I be here to stay
[03:49.650]So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
[03:54.880]And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s your last