First thing's first- I'm grateful

Food and drink on the table

Good sabzi and Bodo's Bagels

Latter is overrated, just dont say it to Virginia natives

Like aye... aye... y'all know I'm playin'

I walk to class in the morning

The world opens before me

Right hand on the Quran, you still wouldn't believe my story

The passion, pain and glory

Clear days, the stormy

Peaceful moments and gory

Like a episode of Maury

The county judge implored me to stop workin' the quarry

White and brown rocks paved the road to purgatory

Incarceration just bored me

Coped with Hindi and stories

Now they ask if I'm alright and I reply just hunky dory

Wait... ignore me

I'm bein' extra today

Catch me trudgin' the path thats straight

Tryin' not to get led astray

I been shinin' out from within

Diamond do the same on my face

All the time in the world to take

Life aint a race

Aye look Ma, we made it

Now every day I'm elated

Came a ways from vacants and slangin' work out the basement

8 AM, I'm wakin

The angels collect my praises

SubhanAllah, yeah

Aye look Ma, we made it

We really made it

Breeze driftin' on, sun illuminate the pavement

They say life's a game I can't believe I get to play it

Daily micropayments, upgradin' and crazy it's all nascent

Aye look Ma we made it

Happy joyous and free

Condemnation to redemption

As I grind out this degree

I walk the streets and those I see

Know they or he or she is me

Feel like I'm at the apogee

But goin' higher's guaranteed, wait

Maybe not, this life is ashes to ashes

Returnin' from whence we came

Kolkata to Calabasas

I been grindin up karma

Same raasta, spiritual trappin'

If I die today I pray that god have mercy on our asses

Plus my soul to take

Never fold or break

'til I know my fate

Ain't doin' cardio but mentally I'm so in shape

Trials and tribulation to triumph, it's no debate

So lemme go on and say

Aye look Ma, we made it