Be Somebody (feat. Lupe Fiasco)

Gonna' be somebody

Gonna' be someone

This is a story of them against us, win or lose

forcin your feet into someone elses shoes

everybody gots something to say

that we outta live that way what we doin's not okay

in this world everybodys got a chip on

both sides of the neck got no respect

wait up a sec

ou ever feel like the pressurs to much to take

to much weigh

ladies and gentlemen

if anybody can hear me right now please shout back

we not the only ones feeling so trapped in a dream of somebody else

in fact, they got there head full of some overblown scheme

oportunity they missed back when they were sixteen

and all they wanna do is push you to be that

and all you wanna do is scream back

Gonna' be somebody

For anybody tellin me I cant

Gonna' be someone

for anyone who told me I had no chance

Gonna' be somebody

Im tellin' you the time has come/ like that

Gonna' be someone

And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done

We dont sleep to dream, we sleep to build stamina

energy to do our thing, get your camera

cuz this ride is about to begin

sit down and buckle it in

let me say it again

in this world everybodys got a chip on

both sides of the neck got no respect

wait up a sec

When I was young they said the odds of making it were slim to none

ladies and fuck it

I'm tired of them sayin the dream you have doesn't exist

tellin' you your worthless sayin' you should quit

basically telling you that you'll never be shit

Really there pissed cuz they'll never achieve some opportunity

they missed back when they were sixteen

and all they wanna do is push you to be that

and all you wanna do is scream back

Did God think you're crazy mumbling to yourself in the basement all day

AAA in to yourself

My pops didn't diggin' with shovelin it to myself/

My boys use to get it they dugg it because they felt

My undertakin took me I was making in my stealth a wealth of rhymes of

crazy I would talkin' to myself

then they went into the mental Rolodex see I'm bout heart like my brain in my chest

and I took em into school where subjects were getting felt

books under my seat notebook layin on my desk

my teachers like Mr. Jacko YES with all that knowledge you ain't tryin to go college

be a lawyer or a doctor get a whole lot of dollas

rather degrade woman and glorify violence

well work that works for me might not work for you

no homework I got work to do

Gonna' be somebody

For anybody tellin me I cant

Gonna' be someone

for anyone who told me I had no chance

Gonna' be somebody

Im tellin' you the time has come like that

Gonna' be someone

And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done