In this song, Ryan reflects on how far he has come as a result of his hard work over the years. He talks about his old habits and his old lifestyle, and he finally feels that he is thriving.
[Verse 1]
Girls, they used to play me, teachers, they used to hate me
Used to ride in that Buick pretending it was Mercedes
Poof, made it reality, used to be just fiction
Mama, look, I'm finally a magician
Everything I envisioned happened like abracadabra
My girl, she feel the same, and dudes used to laugh at her
Now they wonder how she doin', ask her, I'd be flattered
Her brain's been gettin' bigger, ass been gettin' fatter, yeah
We been eatin' great, oh, squeaky-clean plates, oh
I'ma rub her feet, oh, she gon' feed me grapes, oh
Then we'll make a movie for a fee, I leak the tape
No, not really, but she's cheesin' now, you should see her face
[Chorus]
Yeah, I'm good, yeah, I'm fine
I don't wake up feelin' like I wanna die, no
'Cause I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
Yeah, I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
Yeah, I'm good, yeah, I'm fine
I don't do the shit I used to do to survive, no
'Cause I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
Yeah, I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
[Verse 2]
I just wanna say, "sorry," I have been oh-so selfish
Living my life, not too involved in no one else's
I guess I got too greedy, scared to love freely
Can't hold a conversation, blamed it on my ADD
Yeah, I blamed it on my habitat, old habits that
Die-hard, doing anything to have some racks
Stay running game, always something to sling
Louis belts and J's, ecstasy and Ye
Used to post at the mall, bootlegging Beats by Dre
Then commute for two hours to earn my minimum wage
And that's just ten percent of the ways that I got paid
The other ninety percent I gotta take to the grave
[Chorus]
Yeah, I'm good, yeah, I'm fine
I don't wake up feelin' like I wanna die, no
'Cause I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
Yeah, I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
Yeah, I'm good, yeah, I'm fine
I don't do the shit I used to do to survive, no
'Cause I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
Yeah, I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
[Bridge]
Yeah, I'm good, good, good
Yeah, I'm good, good, good
Yeah, I'm good, good, good
Yeah, I'm good, good, good
[Outro]
Yeah, I'm good, yeah, I'm fine
I don't do the shit I used to do to survive, no
'Cause I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
Yeah, I'm thrivin' now, I'm thrivin' now
Thrivin was written by Pat Morrissey & Teal Douville & Dave Dahlquist & Ryan Caraveo.
Thrivin was produced by Teal Douville.
Ryan Caraveo released Thrivin on Fri Jul 26 2019.