I Am What I Am

(Verse 1)

Early I rose
Up earlier than the rooster [?]
Living these highs and lows
That's just the way it goes
I clear my mind
Chase these hours of borrowed time
Been on the grind
Since Nas told me the world is mine
By any means
Wan' ambition and chasing dreams
Since I was in my teens
Conflicted by the scenes, my niggas
Even read and scription roll running schemes
Finding that there ain't always golden
Everything that gleams
I collected my thoughts
Chose my path and saved the course
Setting my course to fly higher than astronauts
Yeah, to my own way aware of all the risk
Whether the clouds navigated through every mist
Either we searching for forgiveness of the better things
Barely knowing which way to go
Was the pendulum swings
I stand my ground, keep my bowels
And made my pledge
Almost verging on something great
But living on the edge

(Verse 2)

Looking back through the years
Memories of joy, sadness, desperation and tears
Sometimes I, escape the world when I need a release
Been real since the sun be rising in the east
Dreamin' of [?] of the other side of evergreen
The clearest pictures in my mind of things I've never seen
Until we blinking, treading water verging on sinking
Pivot between the line of [?] and overthinking
I earn the bright is where I usually
I find it hard to find the balance, maybe you'd agree
To scared to ever, and back to where I used to be
We buy the biggest change to show the world that we are free
Ain't it a shame, all the struggle, just to maintain
Life ain't been perfect, but we livin', how can I complain
I take my aim, every night we pinky in the brain
Making the plans to be the bitter like my middle name