I'm looking at the trouble I'm facing, facing the crowd while I'm standing on the stage

and the stages I go through in this game are outrageous, and the rules ain't fair but still

I play it, and at the rate that I'm racing it's amazing I ain't fainting, the sun turned

me from a grape to a raisin, and folk telling me I made it, please I ain't made shit cause

souls still need saving, and ever since I got up in this game I been saying to myself

one day I'ma change it, cause the clothes and the hoes got you chasing, the ice and

the gold got you locked up in cages, but keep on American dreaming, one day they gonna bury

you sleeping, and it ain't your fault cause you can barely see it, but stay tuned I'ma

tell you the secret

I know someday I'm gonna find you, but I won't apologize, I won't tell no lies, don't know

someday I'm gonna need you, but I won't apologize, I won't tell no lies

They say that nothing worth having is easy, but nothing that I worked hard for that ain't

make me want more, I ain't satisfied even on that top floor, I'm addicted to living

a life that I can't afford, working in a store with clothes the kid folding it, opening and

closing it, hoping to get it over with, and every morning my shorty waking hungover which

is funny cause this champagne lifestyle is sobering, I know the rent a little late, I'm

hyperventilating and waiting for the date that I penetrate, like a virgin, working impatiently

for a taste, where they look you in the wallet, they don't look you in the face, I'm broke

as shit, the walls have been closing in, so much that I ain't notice eviction and notices,

I'm lying to my friends, I told them my phone is dead, trying to hold my head, but knowing

I'm gonna win

I know someday I'm gonna find you, but I won't apologize, I won't tell no lies, don't know

I know someday I'm gonna find you, but I won't apologize, I won't tell no lies, don't know

Another phone call to my mother looking for help, so she only respond, I only think of

myself, manager pay my rent, my money been looking stealth, but on the outside it's looking

like something else, so I can't backtrack or fall in line, and I'm way past that but

too much time, and I ain't a cat that can act all fine, fuck the game, cat stack, some

cats all lie, labels want a monopoly, interested in shopping me, so they cop a lease on my

intellectual property, I gotta breathe, I'm worried I'm losing steam, I gotta sleep, I'm

worried I'll lose the dream, so what's the next move, the secret to success, who?

There's something I'll be taking to the grave like my best suit, the clothes only make the

man if they dress you, I'll be goddamned if I let you

I know someday I'm gonna find you, but I won't apologize, I won't tell no lies, don't know

Someday I'm gonna need you, but I won't apologize, I won't tell no lies, no