1 [Verse 1]
2 Album on hold, whole world on hold
3 The crowd is like "ho!", operator's like "hold"
4 Man, now ain't that cold?
5 I'm just trying to talk to my homie, that's something to hold
6 Now homegirl not trying to be a ho, even though she on a pole
7 Can she get a second chance? NO!
8 Whoa! Like the opposite of gold
9 That ain't how it's supposed to be: a butterfly
10 For the sake of rhyming let's just say "butterflyee"
11 The truth stings like Muhammad Ali
12 I tell 'em tell 'em don't homocide me
13 I just a little old hope with his back against the ropes
14 Fighting for his fans and, fighting for his folks
15 But the boo's from the crowd can become so loud
16 If I could block em out then, I could knock em out and
17 Dance around the ring, but until then I'll sing
18 Hook:
19 I'mma keep it cool, and I'mma do me
20 It is what it is and that's how it's gon' be
21 Until I get there
22 Until I get there
23 And yeah I got flaws, I know I'm not perfect
24 But all ups and downs, will soon be worth it
25 When I get there
26 When I get there
27 [Verse 2]
28 "Doctor doctor please! The fame ain't painless enough"
29 That's cause you ain't famous enough
30 You got a little name, but your name ain't ringing enough
31 He said "take 2 of these and put change in my cup"
32 I said I wasn't poor, he gave me some more
33 Grabbed me a publicist and pointed me to the door
34 "Out!" Ouch.. I'm telling you this all from a therapist's couch
35 "Tell me about your mother? What she's all about?"
36 Prescribed me an interview and then told me to bounce
37 Damn..geez. The world is so cold, I'm glad I bought these skis
38 Went right off of the bunny sloped and right into the trees
39 Went unconscious, they rushed me to a concert
40 Instead of green jello, they made me chicken soup
41 They fed me magazine covers and video shoots
42 Hook:
43 I'mma keep it cool, and I'mma do me
44 It is what it is and that's how it's gon' be
45 Until I get there
46 Until I get there
47 And yeah I got flaws, I know I'm not perfect
48 But all ups and downs, will soon be worth it
49 When I get there
50 When I get there
51 [Verse 3]
52 And when I finally make it, I'mma stunt so hard
53 Evel as Knievel, I'mma jump so far
54 Way up in the atmosphere, I ain't coming back
55 Be a jerk to these jerks, yeah that'll make em hurt
56 Huh? Instead of young boy in the mirror
57 A young version of me, so I started to tear up
58 He said "you need to cheer up, your mind need to clear up
59 You're already here, just be yourself from here up"
60 Then he disappeared and I felt something familiar
61 Something I was taught, something I had lost
62 If you are afraid, the fear that you gon' change some
63 All you gotta do is just remember where you came from