[Verse 1]
Yeah
Conversations in the mirror had to tell myself congratulations
Upon reflection
Even though you stopped selling class A and never got to graduation
You became world class
Good thing you studied the greats
In that great school of hard knocks
Where every day's a new exam so you examinated yourself
Put yourself to the test and detested the old you
That was overdue due diligence
Yeah, grew up around division but now we do dividends
More money, more problems gotta laugh Mo Gilligan
Been broke as a joke, I just made a killing I'm innocent
[Verse 2]
My guilty pleasure is pain
I worked out that's the only way to get gains
I could've move a muscle all my issues outweighed the solutions
I got a grip and I pushed through it, I rep for the set
From you set targets you're a target in the ends
Started going blind, all I'd ever hear about was death
Chose to rehearse when I saw that casket in a Benz
Yeah, I bent the rules and now I'm on the straight and narrow
Please don't ever rule me out again
I wear my heart on my sleeve I'm just tryna start a trend
I wish that man would follow suit
But they think I'm overdressed
Stress just made me stronger
I remember leaving the label and labelling myself as a flop
I'm my own worst critic but I was critically wrong
Yeah, God save the streets, really saved me
Saviour complex had me sacrificing it all
Lion of the tribe of Judah 'cause I'm prideful
Kept the faith even when they prayed on my downfall
I saw this second coming coming and I put that on the Bible
[Interlude]
Yeah
There really weren't no church in the wild
So, I chose to do this shit religiously
And last year we dropped the album of the year
And it was a decade in the making, but I just hope it lasts a lifetime
[Verse 3]
Yeah
Have you ever seen your life on the life, hanging by a thread?
We were puppets in real life
How can I get up on my brudda when that's one of mine?
(My brudda)
Yeah, I got sick and tired of being ill-advised
Flew straight now I'm migrating for the winter time
Bro was on the wing for flying birds now he can't even fly
Shit, his license conditions are killing his drive
I'm tryna steer him in the right direction he drifts at times
He said, "Av, I just need a break I'm broken inside."
God gave you a break from the moment you opened your eyes
For heaven's sake
How the hell are you not pumped when I just checked your pulse and it's fine?
I've been on job putting work in over time
Yeah
[Verse 4]
Over time I've realised
When you look at everything through real eyes
You notice all the real lies
Lies like my dreams won't materialise, um
2024, I'm on 2020 and more
The vision's clear, and it's even clearer than before
Last time I said this me and my collective went and collected awards
Yeah, oh, shit, another nomination
Saying that sky is the limit is a limitation
Love seeing my name amongst a group of stars, constellation
Yeah, and if it's any consolation
Me, myself and I's a trinity that got lost in the matrix
But I flipped the script from the minute I started narrating
They were tryna end me for their entertainment
Yeah
