Well, I ain't no joke like Rakim said, nothin' humorous
Never dumb it down, I don't do it for the doofuses
Reachin' new heights, takin' flight like a stewardess
In '86 slipped out the uterus
I win like the '87 Twins, can't quit, too legit
The master of ceremonies, sacred like the Eucharist
But I'm a humanist, studious as schooling is
Studyin' classics like The Blueprint and Cuban Linx
First songs made on the program ACID
Goin' hard since, competition so damn flaccid
'Cause no man's passion matches mine
Yeah, I'll stunt, but never front like I'm last in line
I cut my teeth like oral surgery
Rockin' talent shows and open mics to earn my keep
Dudes used to tear me down like the Metrodome
Now people praisin' me, puttin' me on a pedestal?

I'm feelin' like I'm gonna make it
Feelin' like I gotta come up and just take it
I mean it, I'm feelin' like I got a ways to go
But I've been movin', time to do it and just take control
And I'ma just keep on movin' 'til I can't go
Until I've gotten every trophy on the mantel
I mean it, I'm feelin' like it's time to get what I need
Time to finally realize who I am destined to be

I'm a scribe who vibes off inspiration
That underground heat like incineration in a basement
I kick a written verse similar to furnaces
Drinkin' in the verbiage like thermoses, I thirst for this
Yo, so go and put it in a percolator
I'm a studio rat, but also the exterminator
I don't know, might fuck around and fumigate
Runnin' through so many tracks I started losin' weight
And I ain't even change diets
Man, when it comes to rappin' I'm just a fiend like Bray Wyatt
It's in my blood like Magic with the AIDS virus
Puttin' on a clinic for critics and doubters stay quiet
I got props from Horse and Heather B.
I'm brave-hearted, takin' mine by force offensively
I wanna do it all, then just do it again
Eyes on the prize, see it through to the end

I'm feelin' like I'm gonna make it
Feelin' like I gotta come up and just take it
I mean it, I'm feelin' like I got a ways to go
But I've been movin', time to do it and just take control
And I'ma just keep on movin' 'til I can't go
Until I've gotten every trophy on the mantel
I mean it, I'm feelin' like it's time to get what I need
Time to finally realize who I am destined to be

I'm diggin' deep into my destiny and everything ahead o' me
While wrestling with recipes for successes obsessively
Got a propensity for lyrical density
Mentally overloadin' your sensory like telepathy
Written ammunition, yeah, these words are my weaponry
Been pennin' these songs since the dawn of the 21st century
My verbals vaporize, sprayin' rhymes like crop dusters
I walk up and shut the shit down like Blockbuster
And I know I ain't got a seat at the top yet
But who would have thought that I'd be featured in Complex?
And even share a stage with Raekwon The Chef
And I'm still here, ready to take on the best
So, you better watch what ya sayin', quit playin'
You are out of your league and this is a game you ain't in
'Cause I'm a vet like a doctor for animals
So if ya disrespect, put a sock in your mandible

I'm feelin' like I'm gonna make it
Feelin' like I gotta come up and just take it
I mean it, I'm feelin' like I got a ways to go
But I've been movin', time to do it and just take control
And I'ma just keep on movin' 'til I can't go
Until I've gotten every trophy on the mantel
I mean it, I'm feelin' like it's time to get what I need
Time to finally realize who I am destined to be