Mr. Seuss - Been a Long Ride lyrics

(Hook: Musick) I said it's been a long time coming Targeting prestige I've been gunning And it's been a long ride wait Faced with accolades I'm confronting (Verse 1: Musick) The praise from my loved ones that I hold dear Legitimizing every last minute from the years Applied to my pa**ion consumed in my ears Concealing every verse even from my close peers Until it's perfect it's worth it but glitter isn't gold A glance behind the curtain can unveil what's never told Regardless if it's will or if it's fate it still unfolds A few too many factors in this life we don't control Because setbacks can turn devoted vacant Take an expert high up on his horse lock him deep inside his basement And hoard his motivation no moving from this ruck And glued into a doubt that will seem forever stuck A star without it's luck and a day without it's dawn A doe without a buck and a Jane without her John Essentials to identify extracted and withdrawn It's hard to get a grip with a purpose seeming gone But it's not believe it's temporary I was seventeen with some juvenile charges that I buried It's nothing to be honored but the point I try making Is any second chance is a chance worth taking (Hook) (Verse 2: Musick) I was down and descending even lower Thoughts lacking rational decisions with an absence of composure Was absolutely sober through the hours of the days But without an identity was feeling out of place Cemented worst case that was all that could be seen Nearly had a masterpiece and now it is debris Prestige was the fate that was seeming wouldn't come But hitting rock bottom had my body feeling numb So I summed every factor that left me hard pressed And rode it as a motive until there was progress Took every little step pushing limits I perceived Not leaving any energy inside the tank to keep And wouldn't fall asleep if I didn't give it all Body full of guilt self pride awful small So in the next day it was time to make a push Seizing opportunities the pa**ive never took Couldn't look to my past committed to an oath To survive being blind to advancement in growth Because seeing what is gained often leads to contentment Opposing of the purpose to achieve what's intended