[Verse 1] From unsigned hype to unhype signed From Sha rhymes nice to Sha still rhymes? Back in the days it was Take these d** and bag that dime Then hit these clubs and bag that dime To get that shine From small a** crimes To long a** grind I crossed that line Took all that time And forced my mind to switch From messing with girls that's already taken To dealing with women, from smashing to dating I went from being impatient Dissed the Creator sometimes praying to Satan To realizing I was bitter and hating I went from wishing and waiting For things to happen now I snatch it and take it I went from wack to your favorite I went from attic to basement I mean mainstream to underground You can't even place me inside a box when I rock Went from rapping real basic To making soul stirring, earth spinning cla**ical statements It makes your skin twitch, spine tingle can't even trace it Went from acting and faking And rocking shades on the stage To being pa**ionate making people relate to my pain I went from hard to difficult Switched from spitting to bleeding I was rhyming for money now I view money as freedom I was nobody, now when you ask who could beat him The answer's nobody now, later, ever I'm heated I was hot, flame scorching now I'm like the human torch I went from metaphoric orphan to a spiritual fortune good… God [Hook 4X] This goes out to you and you and you and you and you [Verse 2] I used to be a Young emcee wit an old soul Did a little pitching, swore that I had a dope flow Listening to Twista but they said I should go slow I was so close to blowing up but I got exposed though From kidding and playing To shifting the way that my sh** was conveyed And then Cops stopped me on a trip to get paid Searched the whip, made us strip, I envisioned the cage Made it out, swear to Christ life was different that day Just imagine you're a surgeon with a kid on your table And you lose ‘em by twist of fate from a simple mistake And it's k**ing your faith In other words I'm missing my patience Went from improv to improving Been in the Matrix I was focused on radio play and getting fel**tio To trying to change the globe and the college to prison ratio Used to smoke alone in my zone Sitting at home, writing hit records Now I write records that hit home I be k**ing dudes with every bar thrown Composing stupid verses in a smart phone This is not a sermon or a long poem Sorry if it comes out in a harsh tone From shooting shots on the court off the bench To taking shots from a judge in the court on the bench I was aiming and squeezing and chasing the cheese as a Atheist heathen almost died started changing my reasoning Went to sleep, saw my wake in a dream and I started maybe believing facing my demons Now I'm thankful I'm breathing Lord [Hook]