Set the Bar

(Yeah) I set the pace, I set the bar yeah, yeah Yeah, you know where you've been, know where you are, yeah, yeah Yeah, I understand I set the pace, I set the bar yeah, yeah Know where you've been, know where you are, yeah, yeah Yeah, I understand Yeah, it's by the quarter to nine I can remember the days down in the basement Recording my lines, I was a youngin' My daddy was cuttin' my hair I wasn't goin' to salons Kids teased me, though it wasn't easy It was hard, but man I was born to survive Trapped, trapped in the closet Sweat drippin' while I was recording my raps I was that student in college to study for hours But I wasn't built for the desk High school was a jungle, I stumbled on what I had I wasn't caught in a trap Thugs like me, boy, the plus like me, boy, the girls like me Boy, I got no respect 'Cause I've been puttin' in work I know it's important to rest Red Bulls, double shots on the floor Study hard, I was good for the test Three schools, ten page paper for the winter break That's most of my stress Songwriter and apologist I don't apologize, plus I'm a corporate exec, yes I set the pace, I set the bar yeah, yeah Yeah, you know where you've been, know where you are, yeah, yeah Yeah, I understand I set the pace, I set the bar yeah, yeah Know where you've been, know where you are, yeah, yeah Yeah, I understand I want y'all to listen to me and my creativity Like I'm Kanye on the track They say I'm fallin' off, I call it evolved Yeah, maybe I'm trapped Maybe I'm trapped in the prison of 2006 When I sounded like Jay-Z and Wax Now I need all of the same fans To stay with me, so I can keep hangin' them plaques Please, don't get me wrong I am so grateful for all the support from the past Want you to play all the old music in your headphones While you mowing the grass Want you to play all the classics in your classic Yeah, along with the new music 'Cause I need you, it's not my last hit But it's comin' so fast I get it, man, I understand It's different from when I was riding a train I guess it's the creative license I got But I never intended to drive him insane Only intended to drive in my lane Boy, I'm bout to hype up my name Truth, yeah, manually, boy, I'm puttin' my life in a game, yeah I woke up this mornin' I can't miss this moment, yeah I woke up this mornin' Yeah, yeah I can't miss this moment, yeah I woke up this mornin' Yeah, yeah I can't miss this moment, yeah