I decided it was time for me to speak Now I wanna come up and I wanna fuckin' preach

Wanna give a lesson to these kids I wanna teach Somethin' they ain't ever gonna learn up on the streets

See kids, knowledge is wisdom and wisdom leads you into greatness I just wish that I could show you all the right location

That you can go get it, but the people tryna take it from you If you really want it, you gotta fight for it, stand for somethin

And stand for what you believe in Understand that people are always gonna deceive it

If you got a dream that I promise you, you better reach it Or else you're never gonna fuckin' grab it, then you cannot achieve it

And when you lose your dream, you lose your mind You lose your time, you lose your pride and all inside

And I'm tryin' to help you survive in this world that's all comin' up against you and I

And you can make it up in greatness Or you can stand like you were somethin

Or you can fall up to the bottom like you lookin' at the mountain, but you pictured it as crumblin

Or you can try to fuckin' make it And you can run like you were nothin

And you can go and get a job, work it in a nine-to-five and pretend that you were somethin

Or you can go put down the bottle, you can grab your life right by the throttle Go and solve the problem, I'ma give you the solution

Show you how to solve it, if you wanna get your life together, gotta change the topic

Look at all the people watchin', waitin' for you to make it If you wanna show them how to do the definition of greatness

Then you gotta come up and you gotta change up the location If you really wanna come and listen to my station

Listen to my proof, I gotta drop all the wisdom I'm tryin' to give them all these lessons like I'm gonna be the teacher

If you really wanna get me, count for the blessings I'm tryin' to understand that I am not God and I ain't a preacher

I'm just tryin' to give you lessons, learn from my life And if you really wanna hear it, then I think it's alright

If you can sit down and just take a minute, listen to my story Show you how to find it when the painter's never glory

And you can make it up in greatness Or you can stand like you were somethin

Or you can fall up in the bottom like you lookin' at the mountain but you picture that it's crumblin

Or you can try to fuckin' make it And you can run like you were nothin

And you can go and get a job, work it in a nine-to-five and pretend that you were somethin

I just wanna make it, I just wanna be great I just wanna make it, I just wanna be great

I said I wanna be great, I gotta change that I said I wanna be great, I gotta change that

And you can make it up in greatness Or you can stand like you were Somethin

Or you can fall up in the bottom like you lookin' at the mountain but you picture that it's crumblin

Or you can try to fuckin' make it And you can run like you were nothin

And you can go and get a job, work it in a nine-to-five and pretend that you were Somethin