Verse 1 They say in dire times is when a sign appears Been thinkin' bout spittin' these rhymes for some years Left my complacency, left all my fears Was focused on my life but still I couldn't hear Well I'm here now And I'll never leave now Tell me what you think now Tell me how it sound now This is my gift to the world Had it when I came out Always takin' chances take this opportunity to wild On the written word and the song Think this was my destiny all along Knew one day I'd find the artist in myself But regardless found a wealth of ideas on the shelf, yeah I'm looking for hundreds of millions of dollars But I'mma be here regardless of if I'm f**in' up commas You know I always been honest and never lost it but found it Been workin' days upon days, so tell me how is it sounding? I think it's soundin' astoundin' yeah, it's soundin' astoudin' To think I'm going from a dude who was lazy to moving moutains Think I'm going from a dude getting played to got it made You know I'm Fountain City so I'm Royal getting paid Chorus That's why it's Lost and found Lost and found Searched for years, to get this sound Lost and found Lost and found You'll find your way, I promise now That's why it's Lost and Found It's lost and found Thought you lost the way, but it's open now (Yeah) (Yeah) (I think I found it) Verse 2 Now I found it and I'm feelin' like a visionary That's word to VMG, one day I'll be legendary I'll keep on doing this until I'm in the cemetery Feelin' like the Fugees with the commentary Ready or not, that's f**in' abitrary Cause I've been waitin' a while to get it on, Marvin Gaye I got a great hand and yes I'mma stay Don't get it wrong man you know I don't play But with these queens in my hand I contemplate Work, work, work, yeah I do that all day Hurt, hurt, hurt yeah I really felt that pain When you on the wrong track like some damn trains Now I got a job and it will pay So I don't do this in vain And when you see me, yeah don't complain Cause I'mma be flyin' high like a f**in' plane, yeah So who are you to tell me that my dream is unachievable I think the normal life is really unbelievable I always knew I wanted more than what's even conceivable Knew I had this power in my body why I'm spiritual And a closed mind could never understand Why I know that one day I'mma be the man I really think it's sad when it's lost and never found Either way I'll be here dream chasing call my Spence Brown [Outro] (Ira Gla**) “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it's just not that good It's trying to be good, it has potential, but it's not But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still k**er And your taste is why your work disappoints you A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this We know our work doesn't have this special thing that we want it to have We all go through this And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I've ever met It's gonna take awhile. It's normal to take awhile You've just gotta fight your way through it Okay?” (yeah)