Me and Shaun on Calamari Stake Outs Coulda been the Steak House Living Humble Lion in the Jungle tryna break out Rest assured I ain't Forgotten days in the booth Splitting studio fees With niggas who dream it too But not a lot Of them stayed on, stayed Up I've been staying prayed up Student of the game Just tryna grade up I'm 10 times the man That I was and stood for something Imagine if I never stood for nothing A picture hard to frame A winter snow on the gulf of Spain Just feel my pain No finger pointing the blame Dont Tell what to do just Watch me figure it out I never was in doubt When the city was in a drought I got the soul for ya Like a trainer with no bottom Have you in sole So your feet don't hit rock bottom They tell you want you need But only on your knees And the thing about defeat It's always better on your feet So watch me roll On like I'm so sure of myself Never gave it up Always gave a **** (yeah, yeah) Couldn't if I tried Had to keep this shit alive They know there's still life In the game and that's coz we're here I know they waiting on me Wishing on me like a Star light Check my horizon The plans been to take it Far I Had to keep it going keep it going That's Echo myself So when you hear this shit You know it's twice as felt I wrote bars in the back of my lessons Put the subject behind bars And that was just to Link Up my tekkers There was no time had to make time Had to shape mine Had a great mind didn't hear It through the grapevine Had to skate Grind Couldn't copy had to make Rhymes There was no covers back Then it was just 8 lines Said em once then we said em again Said me twice then we looked To a friend, and he'd get it off I ain't with a Jade or a Pinkett But we can Set it Off You know you can't Measure the prowess Get the metric off I'm out of this Of this world Like what you need When you're in Shock Never needed practice Rounds to test the shot They always knew they I had it [They knew] Like I'm selling out of trainers But wasn't coz they're in stock You can put your hands By the stove I keep it hot No camp fires Or story tellers we brand lies All facts hired Just to entertain you our backs wired But we have to maintain it if we pop So they pop pills I'd rather drop gems And yeah they may weigh the same But the difference in scale ends I still dream I still dream had to say it twice Never knew why I called myself Darkz guess I see the light And even though they doubt The record what do you reckon They know I kill this shit That's for the record Love If We can Spread our wings Then we can Touch the sky on weekends And do it all again again If We can Spread our wings Then we can Touch the sky on weekends Id do it all again again