Token - Self Taught lyrics

[Verse 1] I've been working in my bedroom for a decade, that ain't gon' change I don't need em', I'll be damned if I was 17, battling for my freedom They told me they had better ideas than me, I don't see 'em Y'all said you were fans of Token... well it's time you meet 'em I've been learning that what's running my generation is fear I've been learnin' that you cannot teach dedication to peers I've been learning by myself, you've been very patient I'm here I'm here, finally, aight' I've been invincible ever since I was told that being different is a gift I hold Been driven ever since my initial video Tryin' to get into shows on my tippy toes I define persistance, I'll tell you to your face as if you didn't know So anyone tryin' to confirm their practice I dont listen to talk, I observe the action That's why I work like it's pure mechanics Automatically swallow batteries, burp the acid These work like magic These bursts of pa**ion could reverse the earth's determined axis I left the world and i ain't returning ba*tards! I live by my words now research the mapquest I don't receive your distractions, you rely on teamwork but all of your team work like a**es And I can talk about the success of my own career and say I'm the f**in' leader of that sh** That's that sh** to turn a coward to a buddy, hoping for power above me but I wouldn't count with your money if I was without any house or was hungry and you had thousands and thousands to fund me, I'm 17, and you are a child to me, how funny Give me a second, alright With independence, I built up a method, no women or men will be given a leverage of limiting anything I dont really gotta be thinking about a limit I literally eliminate every limit who livin and nobody really wanna be givin me lip because even all of my literacy will lift you to heaven Just so I can drop you below (WOAH) Hasn't been a motherf**in' second that I'm not in control (NO) Humans also goddamn weak but know that I got loftier goals (SO) Just because it's never been done man it doesn't mean that I won't Make it happen, I know I will make it happen, if I said I'll make it happen, just know I will make it happen and I haven't even received the knowledge to fail Not pressured by the pressure, when all else is lost, I prevail Self taught [Verse 2] Yeah, self taught Since 1st grade, writing my first rhyme Hiding it under my bed and hoping no one would find Next week, suspended again and watching my mom cry like Why we paying this therapist for all of his time Self taught Since 5th grade, hating myself Getting ditched by all of my friends, blaming myself Found Garageband on the computer I was bored, I been writing for 4 years, I might as well record Self taught Since 8th grade, first solo mixtape Getting laughed at with so much hate People embarra**ed to be around me... I went home I'll just stay inside, I was inspired to grow Self taught Until now, as I write this Looking at this project like, I hope they like it but As I write what helps me make it better as I try to forget what forces me to remember these Eraser Shavings