My Name

Almost all my life, they told me that I couldn't

Dreamin' every night, they told me that I shouldn't

Told me that I shoulda quit, that I'll never finish it

That I'll never reach the top and no one knows that I exist

But I kept climbin', kept grindin' every day

And I kept writin' everything I had to say

Now they wanna shut me up, shut me in, shut me out

Yeah, I'd be mad too, if someone made me shut my mouth

But it's different when you never had a voice

When no one ever listened, so you never had a choice

Never had a path, only people in your way

Never had a mask or a reason to be fake

All you had was you, and a reason to succeed

All you had to do was keep believin' in the dream

All you ever knew was bein' weak and on your knees

But you're only gonna lose if you don't learn from your defeats

Yeah, gotta make the world know my name

I've got my head in the clouds, my feet on the ground

Yeah, I'm standing loud and I am not afraid

With my head in the clouds, never looking down

Yeah, I'll never stop until the world knows my name

I wish I could go back, back when we were kids

When everything had passion with everything we did

Everything was honest, everything that we were promised

And the thought of what we wanted is what makes it so ironic

That it's different than the shit that we were told

How the rules were written, how the story really goes

Everyone's your friend, give everyone a chance

So everyone pretends that they really give a damn

Man, fuck that, nothin's ever what it seems

People steppin' over people, people preyin' on the weak

'Cause it's business, and we're feedin' the machine

Time is money, money's livin', so we live with the disease

What happened to the magic? What happened to the thrill?

What happened to the passion?  The way we used to feel?

All we see is fashion, fame, and dollar bills

And now I'm lookin' back, I wish the world I saw was real

I've got my head in the clouds, my feet on the ground

Yeah, I'm standing loud and I am not afraid

With my head in the clouds, never looking down

Yeah, I'll never stop until the world knows my name

I woke up one day

With the world outside, tellin' me I should walk away

But I can't, I won't break

That's how I know it, everything will be okay

I woke up one day

With the world outside, tellin' me I should walk away

But I can't, I won't break

That's how I know that everything will be okay

I woke up one day

With the world outside, tellin' me I should walk away

But I can't, I won't break

I'm gonna make the world know my name

I've got my head in the clouds, my feet on the ground

Yeah, I'm standing loud and I am not afraid

With my head in the clouds, never looking down

Yeah, I'll never stop until the world knows my name

I woke up one day

With the world outside, tellin' me I should walk away

But I can't, I won't break

I'll make the world know my name

I woke up one day

With the world outside, tellin' me I should walk away

But I can't, I won't break

I'll make the world know my name