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I take one step forward, get pushed a couple steps back

I take one of those comments and then I turn it to a track

I take that chip off my shoulder then I let em all stack

I'll take the time to tell you why I act the way I act

Cause they see me before they hear me

So they looking at they friends like "who the fuck is that?"

"Who?"

"Huh?"

Then I prove it, I outdo it

Got em coming up and asking who the fuck I am

I break stereotypes, I check the stereo type

Then hook my shit up, turn the show into my very own night

Kill every song, I turn the venue to a burial site

Stand on my money, how fortunate I ain't scared of no heights

My city bought into my story they adore the plot

Parents show me love, but if it was their kid the support would stop

They'd rather go and engineer something more orthodox

Something traditional like engineers and ortho docs

This ain't no wish making

I'm single dropping, I'm mixtaping

I made the league and you Skip Bayless

I'm in the game and I'm chip chasing

Love this shit like we've been dating

Y'all all invited to the engagement

This game the reason I'm made of honor

Got thick skin and thin patience

Type of love that got will jaded

Type of high where I'm still faded

Type of flow you can't skill train it

My type of culture gon' still debate it

Type of judgment I had to shake it

Type of confidence had to fake it

Now my ego inflated cause nothing's given so I had to take it

I take one step forward, get pushed a couple steps back

I take one of those comments and then I turn it to a track

I take that chip off my shoulder then I let em all stack

I'll take the time to tell you why I act the way I act

Cause they see me before they hear me

So they looking at their friends like "who the fuck is that?"

"Who?"

"Huh?"

Then I prove it, I outdo it

Got em coming up and asking who the fuck I am