“MY SELF”: An ode to the independent artist, the entrepreneur, the single parent, the under-appreciated, under-valued and underestimated. This song is screams the plight of anyone managing more than they should bear alone, especially in silence…And still overcoming adversity with a smile.
[Verse 1]
Sowing seeds every day
I came close to fatal sometimes
Stirring these pots for tables
Don't drop the ladle this time
Often we starve
You don't eat some nights
Didn't eat some nights
When you get shots, just take 'em
I know you'll make it each time
[Pre-Chorus]
Did I miss you?
Have I reached you?
They have no clue
What you've been through
So you don't have the time
All that you've sacrificed
[Chorus]
Thank you all for sleepin' on me, yeah
I'm the new shit on top the shelf (Yeah)
Gotta do it by yourself
I'm gonna do it by myself (Hm)
[Post-Chorus]
And I feel no type of way
Gotta do it my way
[Verse 2]
Turned a genius to slave
You're working the grave a long time
Though the job barely pays
The neighbors'll say you did fine
All that you've got
So you weep sometimes
Really hate those times
Won't let you stop
You're chained to that grind
Come rain or sunshine
[Pre-Chorus]
Did I miss you?
Blow the whistle
They have no clue
What you go through
Try a new thing
It'll help you
Do the same thing
It gets mental, yeah
[Chorus]
Thank you all for sleepin' on me, yeah (Oh yeah)
I'm the new shit on top the shelves (Yeah)
Had to do it by yourself
Only put it on ourselves (Hm)