Born with an umbilical cord, analytical mind

And lyrical lines that expand spirit and mind

That helped me when I was down, healed me when I was sick

In the mirror practicing like "You feel me?", man I was rich

Though in financial abyss, but when you compare the two nothing lights candles to this

Am I right? Man this is it

This is anything and everything that I had ever dreamed about

Mama I'm in the zone but don't worry, I'mma clean the house

Papa I'm 'bout to blow up

Write verses instead of letters but I'mma show up, when you get out

I love my fam to death

They don't judge me like these rap fans that demand a rep 'cause they saw the name "Rapper"

If you don't fit inside the margins, you've became Casper

I've chased after the fans, but I'd rather just be an artist

This passion's been planted and it's way too deep to harvest

I love this music, we'll never be departed even when times seem the hardest

And it don't matter the setbacks, got my dreams and I'm never gonna let that go

My city I'mma rep that, taking a chance that I might not ever get back, oh

And it don't matter the setbacks, got my dreams and I'm never gonna let that go

My city I'mma rep that, taking a chance that I might not ever get back, oh

It started with Em, started with Kendrick

Said "This is my jam!" and I really meant it

Got inspired, turning paper to fire soon as I pen it

And the way my team looking, man, we finna win the pennant!

Yeah, this is the struggle, this is the strive

That they try to take away 'cause they know it keeps me alive

They see my future is great, they see the potential

So I get disgusted looks when it's just me and a pencil

I'm told my rhyming is tight, I know my timing is right

Just in time for you to let me know it's not what you like

It's not for ya, it's an entrance to thoughts expressed in a sentence

Since my father got one, in every project he is mentioned

I'm a legend to these squares, now there's tension in the air

Every time I'm near the top they put an extension on the stairs

But I'mma fight for my right, your boy's beasting for a status

Pen with ink's my apparatus when I think of every classic, and it's Trav

And it don't matter the setbacks, got my dreams and I'm never gonna let that go

My city I'mma rep that, taking a chance that I might not ever get back, oh

And it don't matter the setbacks, got my dreams and I'm never gonna let that go

My city I'mma rep that, taking a chance that I might not ever get back, oh

And it don't matter the setbacks, got my dreams and I'm never gonna let that go

My city I'mma rep that, taking a chance that I might not ever get back, oh

And it don't matter the setbacks, got my dreams and I'm never gonna let that go

My city I'mma rep that, taking a chance that I might not ever get back, oh