Sean Strange - What I'm About lyrics

What I'm About Lyrics (Verse 1) I ain't from the inner city or the bottom of the slums I ain't gang affiliated with the violence and the guns I come from an environment reliant on the d** Where my rhymin' was united with the silence of the drums I've dealt with malevolence and developed an immunity To negativity, hatred, and everything they threw at me I overcame distractions when they tried to prevent me And found a way to beat the system when the odds were against me I'm a monstrous MC, I could prosper if meant be If I could just defeat the jealousy and conquer the envy In a world where everybody's got ulterior motives Their own selfish ambitions don't wanna see that I'm focused I appear to be hopeless, striving the thrive from my troubles I'm designed for the rhymin' while I'm aligning my knuckles I'm the type to knock the ball loose and then dive on the fumble Because every time that I struggle, it reminds me to hustle (Chorus x2) From the moment that you heard me you've been running your mouth And since I came into the game receiving nothing but doubt Tryna put a stop to my reign like the sun in a drought But this is who I am s**er, this is what I'm about (Verse 2) Yo I've been chasing popularity and possibly the fame and glory Mimicking the images my artistry has painted for me Pa**ing all the nonbelievers, constantly they've hated on me Moving at a steady pace but I can feel them gaining on me So I became the beast this environment made me Until they labeled me as insane and defined me as crazy Then I unleashed the alter ego that this rhymin' has gave me And broke the shackles of these pessimists who try to contain me So I gotta keep it moving cause there's pencils that I gotta leak Gotta find the hardest instrumentals and the hottest beats I got many lessons and credentials that I gotta teach I got aspirations and potentials that I gotta reach Had to give off a fearless and hopeful demeanor Had to show I've grown as a speaker my poems are deeper Gotta limit smoking the reefer, be sober and cleaner Cause I wanna be known as a leader and overachiever (Chorus x2) From the moment that you heard me you've been running your mouth And since I came into the game receiving nothing but doubt Tryna put a stop to my reign like the sun in a drought But this is who I am s**er, this is what I'm about (Verse 3) Yo I've been writing on the paper quick, cyphering and making hits Biting all you plagiarists and fighting for a place to get So whether I'm in the booth with the mic or on the stage with it I'll tightly be embracing it cause life is what you make of it I'm wrecking instrumentals with exceptional speech Through steady preservation I'm never accepting defeat Until I reach the pinnacle where I was destined to peak And never surrender until my clever objective's complete (Bridge) This is music to my ears I just gotta become it I've been doing this for years, never profited from it I've been writing isolated like I'm locked in a dungeon I'm motivated to make it and I ain't stoppin' at nothin'