This Is Me [c. 2012]

[Verse: College Smart]
I been dreaming of a Rolls
Inside I'm like a Royce but I'm trying to be a Hov
My time is running out I gotta start 'fore I get old
And I know it takes a lot more than rhymes to get a gold
So I'm sitting contemplating how I'm gonna do this
I'm trying to run shit but I'm stuck because I'm shoeless
I need a hot pair of some Nike Air Zooms
To keep my image at its peak nobody wants to see me do this
Give em somethin fresh to look at when they staring
Cause they don't know me other than the clothes that I'm wearing
I try let em know but they say I sound arrogant
I listen to my songs and I don't hear what they hearing
So I wipe the shit up off my feet and go home
Cause I ain't made no progress in appealing to em all
You make one happy and you use lose about four
I ain't never gave a damn and I ain't starting cause of y’all

[Hook: College Smart]
Take me as I am, ‘cause this is me
I’m happy as I am, fucka, this is me!
Be who I am until I die or ‘til it kills ya
At this point, I don’t know how to keep it realer

[Verse: College Smart]
I try to be a man of Reason
But I Cakewalk through these beats cause I'm gleamin
I got a hot girl to match the rhymes that I'm speaking
And I got a fanbase that don't care what I'm being
I wonder if my songs are the cause of my demeanor
Or if every lyric that write reflects of my feelings
I wanna get to that point of no ceilings so I'm
Using every breathe on these rhymes 'til I'm wheezing
And I got a thing for the girl I'm seeing
I try to give her everything I can within reason
She trying to forget about her last man and I believe
But when she say she almost there it still feel like she, teasing
I do my best to try to understand
But most the time I feel like she don't need another man
And that just makes me feel like I should make some other plans
Cause I can't stop for anybody, I'm The Running Man

[Hook: College Smart]
Take me as I am, ‘cause this is me
I’m happy as I am, fucker, this is me!
Be who I am until I die or ‘til it kills ya
At this point, I don’t know how to keep it realer

[Verse: College Smart]
I been all about the dollar
I been living broke I'm sure it'd fix a lot of problems
Life is hard as hell sometimes I think about my father
And how he's done everything he can for his daughters
Remember, Dad, when you got yourself that C Class?
So excited, fuck it, I'll cop you that E Class
And hopefully your body holds up to speed fast
Cause I know deep inside you really need that
This ain't about clothes or the cars or the hoes
It's about getting mine on they feet and on the own
The popularity seems to come and then it's gone
And I'll be damned if I do this to end up all alone
You can pray for me
But I don't know if it'd be worth it
I'm happy being me
This is my new Sunday service
I’ll stand for who I am until I die or ‘til it kills ya
At this point, I don’t know how to keep it realer

[Hook: College Smart]
Take me as I am, ‘cause this is me
I’m happy as I am, fucker, this is me!
Be who I am until I die or ‘til it kills ya
At this point, I don’t know how to keep it realer