There's so much inside of me, like a show car, there's no driving me

Off the deep end 'cause I've been there, and I'd like to thank the academy

For all the times that acted like my afterthoughts had no afterlife

Being too different can take its toll, authenticity has its price

My pain trickle when the sample run

I get right to it, I don't have to run

I got one life, I got one wife

I got one kid, I'm 'bout to add two

And this pen don't move itself

I got things to say that I never felt

I got stones unturned that I never rolled

I got stories here that I never told (I know, I know)

Lately, I been seasick, my heart vroom like a V6

FaceTime my sister, everyday I miss her

Haven't even met my niece yet

Got an old friend going through things

I wish I could take all that pain away

I wanna be the one that you can come to

And that good news just a day away

I put my life on blast

No highlights, no shiny lights

No peddy hype, I steady write to save my life

'Cause without this, I might just fade away

Like hardaway into harder days

But I prefer the Shawn Carter way

I make the song cry while I encore

I got everything, I don't want more

An' I see it all from the top floor

To be honest with you, I just paint a picture based on things that I fought for

39th Ave to Sherman Oaks

From my pop's basement just burnin' smoke

God watching on me, yeah, God watching on me

And he never miss, yeah, I know

Nobody's happy all the time

That's something that they don't quite show

Let it go, Academy freestyle