Don't Look Down

Sometimes I go up on the roof And I walk across the ledge I be careful not to trip 'cause if I slipped then I'd be dead I don't do it for adrenaline or do it for the rush No, I do it just for proving to myself I got the guts Deep inside me it reminds me that the stakes are very high Might not live to see the morning any moment I could die Furthermore that going for it is the meaning of my life Like to think that you could see it when you look me in the eye I was not always a expert walking ledges hopping roofs When I started being daring I's so scared I couldn't move Still I'd go up to the top and didn't stop 'cause I was spooked All I needed was some practicing to get into my groove A technique that I developed since the day that I was born When my heart gets started beating way more faster than the norm When the plot is getting stranger and I know that I'm in danger of being splattered on the ground I never look down To overcome a feat I might look at my feet But I never look down Once I made up my mind And I might take my time But I never look down To overcome a feat I might look at my feet But I never look down Once I made up my mind And I might take my time But I never look down When my psoriasis is bad and I'm invited to the beach Goodness gracious my temptation is to fret beyond belief Yesterday on my right shoulder it was visible and pink I got caught up in imagining what everyone would think When I got there no one noticed so it wasn't even bad But I think about the way I'd have responded if they had Being shallow is for ***holes, being vain is being lame I got all that figured out and worry bout it just the same I was talking to my homey when a pretty girl arrived Later on into the night, she had picked up on my vibe It did not take very long before I thought that I could smash Paid attention when I spoke when I made jokes then she would laugh Could have worried that she'd come across a patch and find it gross Go from sitting in my lap to tryna snap and tryna roast But instead I kept it focused Later on when I suggested we get closer she was down Because I didn't look down To overcome a feat I might look at my feet But I never look down Once I made up my mind And I might take my time But I never look down To overcome a feat I might look at my feet But I never look down Once I made up my mind And I might take my time But I never look down Being an independent rapper isn't always fun and games 'Specially me as I'm an artist that don't never sound the same Since I'm constantly rethinking how I think and how I rap and how I act Every record like I gotta start from scratch It raises questions far as makin' scratch But I won't choke out my spirit with a fear of falling flat I been riddled with anxiety and ravaged by disease Till I realized it's from worrying 'bout who I gotta please If I worried 'bout the critics, getting rich or getting old Then I'd never have the strength to tell the stories that I've told If I constantly was burdened by the thought that I could fail I could never be a soldier cause my soul might be for sale I feel fortunate to fork over the cost of being fly Doing stuff that's super easy while I'm really really high And I know that if I fell it was would be fatal what keep me able to cultivate my sound Is that I never look down