Don’t Care What They Say

[Verse 1]
Each time I wake up, the world pushes back down
Like living life different isn't allowed
Like we should go to class, go to work
Keep on pace so we can get a piece of paper
Maybe graduate
So we can get a good job with a high pay rate
For one decade to office space
Nah, man, damn, I'm straight
Rather do what I love 'til I'm at the gates
Rather write these lyrics, rather make these beats
Rather rock these shows, make 'em stomp their feet
Rather do big things, be on TV screens
Radio and billboards and FaceBook feeds
Rather dream real big than live real small
And feel like a giant, fam, major league tall
The Tom Cruise act like it's impossible for me
Impossible sounds like a possibility

[Chorus]
I don't care what they say
I'ma be me anyway
I don't care what they say
I'm, I'ma go my own way
I don't care what they say
I'ma be me anyway
I don't care what they say
I'm, I'ma go my own way

[Verse 2]
It's like, ever since I was six
Listen to the radio, said I could do this
Be this, kick ill shit
Design sick rhymes, make 'em go mindless
But it wasn't 'til college I would find my niche
Now I ask myself, where am I going with this?
It's like the last-seconds tick and this is it
Do I go for the gold, or settle with a cake
Man, I'm not changing the direction that I'm stepping in
I'll just continue hard-knocking 'til they let me in
Puttin' in hard work and every second in
I ain't stoppin' 'til my name's in the record bins
I want the world to know what the Speck is
Without pulling out an Atlas
I want to live that dream that's in my sleep
So they can't stop me from being me
Now we say

[Chorus]
I don't care what they say
I'ma be me anyway
I don't care what they say
I'm, I'ma go my own way
I don't care what they say
I'ma be me anyway
I don't care what they say
I'm, I'ma, I'm, I'ma

[Bridge]
I'ma do my own thing
When reality calls, let my phone ring
This moment's mine, and my future is my design
And I decline to be the guy that society guides me to be
Boxing me in, but I'm trying to breathe
9 to 5? It ain't me
'Til I get a shot, I'ma be aiming
So I can hit the target, then I'll be a star
Whippin' sick cars quick instead of gettin' carsick in the back
I'ma drive and I'll never park it
Gettin' far quick on my own terms
See nobody touchin' me so I stay germ-free
Rap from the heart, this is my tale
Life behind bars and I don't want bail
You don't give an F? Then I can't fail
Doubt me, talk shit about me, call me
Five years from now talk about how you found me
It's a joke, all the whining around me
Put some music on just to sleep silently
You crying all the time, nothing but a hound dog
Then I take the floor, something like a groundhog
You stop, the crowd never lies
Whole damn place got my set memorized like

[Chorus]
I don't care what they say
I'ma be me anyway
I don't care what they say
I'm, I'ma go my own way
I don't care what they say
I'ma be me anyway
I don't care what they say
I'm, I'ma, I'm, I'ma

[Chorus]
I don't care what they say
I'ma be me anyway
I don't care what they say
I'm, I'ma go my own way
I don't care what they say
I'ma be me anyway
I don't care what they say
I'm, I'ma go my own way