2019 was the last time I doubted my chances

Swore that I'd keep advancing

Didn't know what "it" looked like

But I knew death not withstanding

I'd scrape and crawl until the crawl became a walk

And continue to step until I was sprinting to catch up with the future that I stalked

Overcommitted fatigued and steeped

In pressure, I was drowning

Finding a way to win while the world was burning around me

Enraged

At things i read day to day

But done with the doubting

Now inhibitions are minimal

I've stayed consistent but discipline has been critical

Cause its possible to be both highly ambitious and horrifyingly unmotivated

The space between the two's where an opportunity's missed in full

If there's a difference within view

Only I can make it

Or get stuck in a vision that has me salivating But that I can't manage the moves needed to activate it

So I'm fighting a winning battle to keep my focus

Persevering even when I loathe it

That's how one hits in game jumpers from half court

Been encouraged

Got excuses to use my passport

From this rap sport

Things that were an "almost" for me multiple times

Pushed to the side

Broke my heart, i sulked and I cried

Now every brick wall blocking me's forced to crumble, surprise

Things I used to daydream for myself materialized

Yeah

Loving on people throughout the struggles and the times that I shine

Whether things seem cursed or when the grind seems divine

Oppression high on my mind

The stress is costly

Decisions being made around us daunting

I understand believing a better world is possible is exhausting

It seems towards catastrophe we're waltzing

But I'll be better

Cuz if I'm better to myself

I'm great when we're together

Communities

Been moving things

I pray that we can win together

I pray that we can win together

I pray that we can win together

These days I've been congratulated a lot

While trying to escape survival mode thickened the plot

Pandemic got me so used to that I'd enter self sabotage whenever abundance injured my lot

These days I ground myself by remembering rock bottom

The moments that taught me no matter what, I've got promise

Money supply was drying

Bae and I just fighting

Car was repossessed, inside I'm dying

Financial burden to us

Pressure is high and rising

Not knowing how she and I would ever make up

Told her I was looking for corporate jobs

We sat on the porch at odds

She calmly looked at me and told me she'd fuckin kill me if I gave up

Still believed in me

I was driving her up a wall

So who was I to call it quits, resign myself to fall

In a matter of months

I was In front of thousands with the fam

Flying high and all

Fielding all types of calls

Nerdy rappers setting jets, flowing

Yeah I've gone through some things

But the most important takeaway

From those tough times is that I kept going

The plant emerges through the shit so it can get growing

When you grow the dirt you stood in might supply your food too

I just know that how you look at ways that life can move you

Determines motion

Yes you're good enough to try to push through

If they told you that you couldn't, they were lying to you

They're just trying to pull you

Down where they're resigned to belong

I pray that in these moments you'll decide to be strong

I pray you lean into your strength, you're climbing beyond

I pray in big moments you'll recognize you belong

I pray every time adversity pries at the bond

That you have with your process

That you'll rise through the storm

I pray what they're sounding alarms

Bout is amounting to more

Reason to count your support

For you as vital towards

Fighting for yourself and having love for you

Show up for yourself so you'll show up for others too

Devious times I know we can only trust a few

And any given dynamic feels combustible

So if you feel discouraged bout your situation

I speak life into it now

You'll reach your destination

Here's another season with some storms we'll need to weather

Facing them arm in arm can make it better

I pray that we can win together