[ Labi Saffre This is my song And no one can take it away It's been so long, but now you're here Here to stay And I wonder if you know what it means To find your dreams come true] They told me to follow my dream and I've been running ever since And I've been running ever since, motherf**er And I've been running ever since And I've been running ever since And I've been running ever since They told me to follow my dream and I've been running ever since And I've been running ever since, motherf**er And I've been running ever since And I've been running ever since First of all, I want to thank you for supporting my dream Formulating my technique and everything else in between And nothing's gonna stop me cos I'm gonna make it happen All I gotta do is keep up with this motherf**ing rapping Putting the town on the map one song at a time People tell me what to do but, sh** , this dream's mine Now I roll with the same old crew I had and I mark 'em Now I roll blunts wait for the right time to spark 'em Sorta scared of being famous, cos then it changes And I really want for you to know what my name is And now I'm glad that a handful of you know it And just for the record, I ain't a rapper nor a poet I'm just me, blowing trees, on your head like some fleas for a minute at least And plus, I come in peace I'm just waiting for my time to shine
But meanwhile, I'ma write a couple rhymes and buy a couple dimes And spend the rest of my days away from the sh** that's in my way Cos I'm living life with having to play the same game of writing words in my brain through my veins Until I go insane then I fall like the rain This dream is all I want so no time to sit and argue Sitting in the back like, who the f** are you? Telling me what's best, and you're causing all this stress cos I all I ever wanted was to be different from the rest Let me be, and let me see what it takes to be, an emcee that falls in love with a mic or an MPC Yo, I keep moving forward, never look back I don't do this for the money, yo f** all that I just love that music and the way that I can use it To make you gain hope so you don't ever lose it It's the never ending struggle Hate to burst your bubble, but I'm just a normal kid and I never look for trouble And I know I gotta make it, I got nowhere else to go Plus, I put pa**ion in the music and it shows On top of that, I'm young, a senior in high school And I do what I'm told but I still live by my rules And I'm here to stay, until I make 'em come true Cos controlling our fate is something we can all do Trying to make a f**ing dollar off a couple of cents They told me to follow my dream and I've been running ever since