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I take one step forward, get pushed a couple steps back I take one of those comments and then I turn it to a track I take that chip off my shoulder then I let em all stack I'll take the time to tell you why I act the way I act Cause they see me before they hear me So they looking at they friends like "who the fuck is that?" "Who?" "Huh?" Then I prove it, I outdo it Got em coming up and asking who the fuck I am I break stereotypes, I check the stereo type Then hook my shit up, turn the show into my very own night Kill every song, I turn the venue to a burial site Stand on my money, how fortunate I ain't scared of no heights My city bought into my story they adore the plot Parents show me love, but if it was their kid the support would stop They'd rather go and engineer something more orthodox Something traditional like engineers and ortho docs This ain't no wish making I'm single dropping, I'm mixtaping I made the league and you Skip Bayless I'm in the game and I'm chip chasing Love this shit like we've been dating Y'all all invited to the engagement This game the reason I'm made of honor Got thick skin and thin patience Type of love that got will jaded Type of high where I'm still faded Type of flow you can't skill train it My type of culture gon' still debate it Type of judgment I had to shake it Type of confidence had to fake it Now my ego inflated cause nothing's given so I had to take it I take one step forward, get pushed a couple steps back I take one of those comments and then I turn it to a track I take that chip off my shoulder then I let em all stack I'll take the time to tell you why I act the way I act Cause they see me before they hear me So they looking at their friends like "who the fuck is that?" "Who?" "Huh?" Then I prove it, I outdo it Got em coming up and asking who the fuck I am