I don't play, by your rules
Don't get, shit confused
Did my time, paid my dues
Set the table, ate my food
Get your fucking hands away from me you ain't my dude
You couldn't shine my shoes much less dictate my moves
You late, you snooze
Here's your wake up call
Back against the wall
They can't take us all
Never break or fall
Embracing my mistakes and flaws
Reagan era raw
I'm in the kitchen with the apron off
Complacent? Naw
I'm facing off
Against all you fakes, what the hell you waiting for?
I was wavy way before you were babies
Baby boy
Got you green with envy now like my Gucci '84s
And I did this by myself, I don't need nobody else
Or nobody's help
I'm on my own here we go
I'm on my own
I'm on my own
I'm on my own, on this road all alone
I'm on my own
I'm on my own
I'm on my own, on my own here we go
I started out, '98
My older brother, used to buy me tapes
Find a hiding place so moms wouldn't find them shits
I broke every single one tryna rewind them shits
"Ready to Die" was it, that shit was like my gateway drug
I wanted to rhyme as sick as Nas and spit the way Jay does
All of my time was spent, thinking about how great they was
Building my confidence, knowing people would hate, they judge
Fuck em
They stuck in their ways
I was obsessed, it wasn't a phase
Fuck anybody who doesn't relate
I'ma be great then rub in they face
But
That wasn't the case cause I still had a ways to go
So patiently I waited tryna make it so I got something that they should know
I'm just tryna keep my head down, stay focused be like that tortoise in that race and take it slow
So
I'ma do this by myself, I don't need nobody else
Or nobody's help, I'm on my own here we go
I'm on my own
I'm on my own
I'm on my own, on this road all alone
I'm on my own
I'm on my own
I'm on my own, on my own here we go
I'm on my own
(I'm on my own)
I'm on my own
(I'm on my own)
I'm on my own, on this road all alone
I'm on my own
(I'm on my own)
I'm on my own
(I'm on my own)
I'm on my own, on my own here we go
I've been, running, since I, started
Been re-jected, broken hearted
Felt e-jected, starving artist
Disre-spected, favorite target
If you, people, only know
Every-body, told me, no
I don't (I don't), listen (listen)
When they're (when they're), talking (talking)
I keep (I keep), walking (walking)
On my own here we go
I'm on my own
I'm on my own
I'm on my own, on this road all alone
I'm on my own
I'm on my own
I'm on my own, on my own here we go
I'm on my own
(I'm on my own)
I'm on my own
I'm on my own, on this road all alone
I'm on my own
(I'm on my own)
I'm on my own
(I'm on my own)
I'm on my own, on my own here we go