EVERYTHING I AM Lyrics

Yo, tryna tell you lot my story but don't know where to start

I need to get out my head, gotta speak from the heart

Music found me, then I fell in love with the art

But see tryna find my voice was the difficult part

Left Congo when I was five, just mother and I

Black queen, I see love when I look in her eyes

She was working every damn day, tryna provide

She wanted to see me thrive, not just survive

My dad was back home where my siblings at

Without a father figure didn't know how to act

Phoning everyday, asking when I'd see him next

He finally came through, man I felt so blessed

As a kid, I was rude and a little confused

My mind didn't align with all the popular views

Class clown in primary school, was tryna be cool

Teachers knew I was smart but I was acting a fool

Same thing in high school, didn't know no better

Used to stutter like cold weather with no sweater

I guess being funny would help to mask my insecurities

Bad grades, parents just didn't know what to do with me

Father was a teacher and grew up in church

So my devilish behaviours must've hurt

And by that, I mean listening to rap and pop

Cause when my pops came home, all that rapping stopped

I loved trips to London to see my cousins

They were spitting grime back then

Chris wrote my first bars when I was like ten

Ever since I couldn't wait to go grab that pen

Shy boy when I wasn't out acting bad

Small kid with this big voice I had

People saying that I sounded just like my dad

But I wasn't just tryna be my old man

I was tryna be my own man but get this

Started getting compared to rap legend Giggs

Rapping talking the hardest to all my friends

It was fun at first but then it had to end

Pacman came to life writing my own bars

Ever since I was convinced that I'ma be a star

Mum and dad weren't happy but I couldn't care

I said look guys I'm tryna be a millionaire

I'm tryna be the heir to this rap throne

One of one, I ain't nothing like these rap clones

Ah, birth name Peter like the apostle

I was born to be a leader and rap the gospel

Fast forward 2016 and now I'm Paque

Forij really helped put my name on the map

Same time that I put out my Denzel track

My first big show I was supporting A$AP Nast

When I hit the stage I swear when my life changed

I can't explain but it was such a beautiful feeling

All my boys in the crowd just supporting, believing

In me, gassed up, I don't need no helium

Then I met my girl then after

We've had tears but we'll always have laughter

Ah, through the lows and highs

She's the one I wanna spend my life with

They say that life's a bitch

Especially when Covid hit, we're no different

Going through depression and shit

But luckily I had my fam

You really gotta love yours then you'll understand

That God can never fail, she's got a plan

25 now tryna be a better man

I guess everything I'm not made me everything I am