[Verse 1]
Take a look at this mirrors
Mow everything is much clearer
Right now my eyes are open
Never will I lose my focus
Tryna break the records
Every time that I make a record
Up all night, tryna write downs rhymes, and go and wreck it
Gotta get my respect, I gotta get my respect
I deserve that sh** I'm taking steps
I hope its not waste of breath
Now I'm awakened and I had a conversation
With my heart, and it said that Imma make it
If i got the patience
Tell what the hell you chasing (hol up)
If you don't wanna be famous
I know you wanna taste it
The money and a lot of vacations
Just gotta be waiting
Tell the time comes you take it
Pacing slow, pacing slow
Pacing have some patience hoe
Im taking the game, to erase it
By today, you can't say sh**
Imma change it, watch me go
[Hook x2]
Now I'm waking up, now I'm waking up
No need to lie, better recognize I've changed so much
Smiling as we meet
Riding down the street
Vibing to beat
And I try to piece
My life up and I see
Everything for what's its meant be
[Verse 2]
Take a look at this mirrors
Mow everything is much clearer
They ask me what I want
Say I shouldn't do these songs
The route I'm taking is so wrong
Let do what I like, I appreciate your advice
But I know what the hell I'm doing is right
Keep your mouth just closed, keep your mouth just closed
If you ain't ever positive and never see the pro's
And I never see the reason of why I wear designer clothes
Guess I'm feeding to the media, I been meaning ta'
Tell you bout this women
She got the look that is appealing
The intellect, she represents the business that is hers
Although I like this girl
Im really tryna change the world
Not looking for distractions
Illmatic on my track-list
And I'm riding to it
Cuz sometimes, all i really want do
Is be alone and vibe to my music
[Hook]
[2Pac]
I mean, just throwing food around, but they're telling me there's no food
Every day, I'm standing outside trying to sing my way in:
We are hungry, please let us in We are hungry, please let us in
After about a week that song is gonna change to: We hungry, we need some food
After two, three weeks, it's like: Give me the food Or I'm breaking down the door
After a year you're just like: I'm picking the lock coming through the door blasting
It's like, you hungry, you reached your level
We asked ten years ago. We was asking with the Panthers
We was asking with them, the Civil Rights Movement
We was asking. Those people that asked are dead and in jail
So now what do you think we're gonna do? Ask?