How Did You Get Here

How did you get

How did you get, get

How did you get

How did you get here?

How did you get

How did you get, get

How did you get

How did you get here?

How the hell did I get here?

Sometimes I sit here and I wonder

I'm the version of me

I always imagined when I was younger

All the doubt I had thrown at me, all the time I invested

I sit and read my own lyric books

Like, "Damn, it must've been destined"

Stuck to it, I improvised my way here, no rules

Back when it was serious

Handin' mixtapes out in my school

All I had was my brain

And my hunger, had to use that as tools

Amount of people that told me no

And I turned that into my fuel

Slackin' in my schoolwork didn't care much

Sisters are gettin' onto me

But trust me, this music ting is my prophecy

I didn't need to convince them 'cause

They saw it all from just watching me

Now I got them on sight, confidence rises

There ain't no stopping me, I'm unstoppable

Got a strong head on my shoulders

And bein' good-hearted don't cost it all

Times I thought I had lost it all

When I ain't even have shit to my name

Studio runs on foot, trekking through the rain

Made me into what I became, all I wanted to be around

Was like-minded people on the same page

And I found that in space age

Back then, we never had a penny

But it didn't matter to us because our soul was nourished

Shooting music videos in Chucks' garden with no budget

Came up with some real ones

All the talent we had to harvest

We didn't always see eye-to-eye

But they always had my back regardless

That was a pivotal time

Breaks my heart it didn't work but we tried

Still, I had never aborted the mission

All that I've taken is all God has given

When Tola's talking to me, then I listen

Told to follow my own intuition

Go at the pace I set for myself

I don't need drums to follow the rhythm

Couldn't have planned this, it was just written

Many dreams I'm sitting on

I'm made up of the same stars that I wish upon

Times I thought that my prayers weren't getting answered

But, boy was I wrong

All it took was me knowing I'm meant to be here

It's where I belong, swear I belong, yeah

How did you get (like, sometimes I forget)

How did you get, get

How did you get

How did you get here?

(But I have to think back

And remind myself of the journey)

(It's been a beautiful one, yes)

Sometimes I sit and I wonder

I'm the version of me I always imagined

When I was younger

All the albums I studied

Learned about flow and cadence

I sit and listen to my old shit like

"Damn, all it took was patience"

Story over the glory, other paths that weren't for me

Wasn't much of an academic or road-invested or sporty

Made the most with all I blessed with

Of the tools in my inventory

Things the teachers don't teach you

And now the student might lead you

If you wanna leave the class, then you're free to

Everything here is subjective

If you stand where we're standing

You might understand the perspective

How the hell did you get far? You ain't get no head start

All decisions we made is based on

Our circumstance, we hope to surpass it

Took most of our lifetime to wake up

Smell the roses, realize that the world is ours

Us and them, but we worlds apart

Nothing in life comes easy

And you work twice as hard 'cause you black

Used to think mom exaggerated

Till the world showed me it's fact

Still, it's mine for the taking

Lock the doors, and we break in

Still got love for them non-believers

Yeah, the ones that said we won't make it

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to take it

The key is to have faith in your dreams

And never stop chasing

And you'll make it, trust

(How did you get) all it was was perseverance)

(How did you get, get)

(How did you get) pushing, never giving up

(How did you get here?)

They built them walls so high up, and we tore 'em down

They told us no, we said yes

It's okay

Some get it, some don't

(It didn't take you long to get here)

But we keep pushing on

(How did you believe you will get here?)

And in times of doubt

(You didn't sell your soul, but you held on)

Always

(It didn't take you long to get here)

And here we are

It's the story of never-ending, it's been a long road

Haha

Feel good, don't it? Yeah

(It didn't take you long to get here)

Tell the kids to play this

(How did you believe you would get here?)

Simz