[Hook]
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This is real life, the only one we get to live
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I remember being broke and thinking something gotta give
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This is real life, everything we do is legendary
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And we gonn do it til the day we in the cemetery
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Real life, it feel like I'm dreaming
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Used to feel like I was nothing, now my life has meaning
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Said this is real life, god damn this is real life
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Yeah, I've been fiending for this moment
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I've been dreaming 'bout this moment
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I guess this is how it feel to have everything you ever wanted
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Writing these records like a dissertation
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While the fans going crazy from anticipation
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Damn, nine years that's a lot of patience
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And now I'm looking at my idols and feeling adjacent
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It's heluva long way from back in the basement
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Looking at hip-hop tryna find my placement
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I bought my first pair of Jordans at 22
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Same year I bought a crib too
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Now my face in magazines I used to flip through
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And my music on all the sites I used to sip through
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Remember meeting Nas for the first time
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Shook his hand and he started quoting my lines
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Said he a fan, god damn this is my time
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I'ma get it, I'ma do it till we prime time
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I told him every single day that I be at it
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In the studio recording like an addict
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He said that real hip-hop shit I had it
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Thinking to myself damn man you made Illmatic
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[Hook]
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This is real life, the only one we get to live
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I remember being broke and thinking something gotta give
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This is real life, everything we do is legendary
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And we gonn do it til the day we in the cemetery
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Real life, it feel like I'm dreaming
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Used to feel like I was nothing, now my life has meaning
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Said this is real life, god damn this is real life
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I used wonder what it feel like
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Alright, I guess we back again
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With another verse of about how much I'm black again
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You don't like to blame God for my packaging
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Bringing up my race, don't call me a white rapper then
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Damn, they judging me by my skin tone
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Instead of my talent, man these motherfuckers been wrong
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But it's all good I just thought I'd address it
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And spell it out for people so they can finally assess it
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This is dedicated to anyone with a dream
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And a realization of what following it means
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That perfect moment when your logic intervenes
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And let you know that everything ain't always what it seems
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But if you really looking I promise you'll find your dreams
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This is everything I ever wanted, half of y'all won't get it
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The other will probably laugh and wonder how I get it
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I just spit it from my mind, one word at the time
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Take everything I'm going through and put it in a rhyme
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I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a lot of weight upon my shoulders
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But this is my therapy as I flow this
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Spilling out my heart, I just hope somebody notice
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I've been real from the start and you motherfuckers noticed
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Once my name elevated that's when the fame escalated
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But on the real, I've grown accustomed to the stage
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People watching every move I make like it was theirs
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All up in my business, and even in my personal affairs
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Now, I know I talk a lot of game, but I ain't trynna sell you
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Cause honestly, I could show you better than I could tell you
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And even though there's been moments when everything have fell through
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We kept it moving, assuming even the greatest fail too
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I swear this business shit is do or die
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I never contemplated suicide, I'm too alive
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In front of thousands, but I'm talking like it's you and I
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And every day
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[Hook]
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This is real life, the only one we get to live
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I remember being broke and thinking something gotta give
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This is real life, everything we do is legendary
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And we gonn do it til the day we in the cemetery
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Real life, it feel like I'm dreaming
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Used to feel like I was nothing, now my life has meaning
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Said this is real life, god damn this is real life
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I used to wonder what it feel like
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Everything I see made me everything I am
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Everything I do, remember my mind
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A stamp on my mind
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Everything I see made me everything I am
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Just remember my mind
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Everything I do, remember my mind
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Sad welcome to forever, welcome to forever
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Welcome to fo |