Asia

[Verse 1: Mike G]

This earth told me to hold my ground

My music showed me nobody can match my sound

Mos Def said if it's something you can change around

Then keep quiet, you got nothing to complain about

Now, I told you I would hold you down

I told you that we were kings and queens uncrowned

Too hard to break down, you were too compound

Though at times you feel I wish that they could see me now

I won't feel like I made it, until my maids work grave shifts

Paint this, honest, with a flow so heinous

Dreams will land you further than any promise could take us

And everything now is documentation

Just wait, you'll see gain when the pace gets made

Nothing's rewarded for loitering but patience gets paid

They'll tell you that time is money, and that's fact

If you're lucky you'll get more minutes but not the same ones back

[Bridge: Mike G] (x2)

So hold the 99 problems cause I'd rather have none

Never know who might come

And you'll need new shoes when the blues get sung

And some for when you run

Cause you should be right behind if not already number 1, uh

[Verse 2: Mike G]

They're a star, you're a sun, just bigger but by far

Without you everyone's world would stay dark

There's no need to listen to the others when they talk

You're brighter than they are, you're needed when days start

You ask how you reach the top when they don't give you a shot

But you have no reason to stop to say a failure's what I'm not

And people around me, they say that I'm crazy

But I do what I gotta do to get to where I wanna be

Cause you're just like me, I know you know what you're worth

And you can't brag about the things that you don't deserve

It's a cold world, you must know the correct way to spell it

And people will use things according to how you sell it

You're expected to know no one will warn you

If you're not willing to do something, no one should do it for you

Pay attention closely, it's not difficult to see

I'm way ahead of everything, leave everything up to me