LESSON TWO: PERSISTENCE

Started back over when summer hadn't left its trace
When all I could think about was win the race
Feared the discovery of wealth that I haven't shared
Intelligent minds can't stand similar peers

And so I gathered my truths, and my music
Wouldn't let nobody abuse it, feared I'll lose it
Disappear in the streets boy don't look back
Oh man I lost myself but I brought it back

And I'm back, in the house, don't pay attention to none
Got addicted to some, with no addition to sums
Oh hun, easy job it is to worship the stunt man, but
I'd rather revere the work of the quiet man

So that's what I did, kept the work on the low
Why get high off opinions if your worth don't smoke
How you scoring some ladies but you ain't got goals
Bitch! You're really starting sound like a joke

I can I will I did me
And you can you will do you too
Said we can we will do it right
(Uh) that's the way of life

I can I will I did me
And you can you will do you too
Said we can we will do it right
(Uh) that's the way of life

I been sleeping with a speaker right next to me
Went to bed with role models don't be jealous of me
Perhaps that could be the reason why I love to dream
Of being better than the reason why I came to be

Got a job at the BK
Wasn't there to stay cuz I don't wanna be K
For the rest of my life, it won't be easy
Flipping burgers or not, I know my purpose

Customer service, I serve you all these greasy rhymes on a surface
Metal like these bars, don't worry you know that they stainless
Slipping out your fingers, leave your diets all aimless
You know, all these fast food workers aren't all brainless

It's a stereotype
My eyes fatigue at the thought of those sleepless nights
Where I spent, staring at a screen choosing to write
My wrongs and motivate all along these songs like

I can I will I did me
And you can you will do you too
Said we can we will do it right
(Uh) that's the way of life

I can I will I did me
And you can you will do you too
Said we can we will do it right
(Uh) that's the way of life

Lucy never let me out of her sight
Breathing down my neck I think she wanna taste of this ice
All this running all this pressure That I write about
Who knew someone could spit so much spite out they mouth

Yes I can, I've been spitting since a child
Running miles, when I hear that whip crack, I never dial
911, the night I won, I took my wrongs, and
hung them up, like gold medallions

Wear your heart on a sleeve, i got some holes in mine
Y'all be acting like you living in frozen time
Ferris Bueller said blink, y'all could miss your life
Mami look! It's a white man who's actually right

How can I sum up, on this come up, what the lesson is
Sit down and lemme teach you something bout persistence
Never let someone else tell you your objective
Especially if that mf's Satan

I can I will I did me
And you can you will do you too
Said we can we will do it right
(Uh) that's the way of life

I can I will I did me
And you can you will do you too
Said we can we will do it right
(Uh) that's the way of life