motivation(freestyle version)

Yeah, 138 on the tempo, watch me run with it, no warm up Heart cold but the grind hot, I was born from the storm front They said “slow down,” I sped up, foot down on the gas No seatbelt for the vision, I ain’t riding in the past Came from nothing, turned it into something, now they ask How I did it, like the answer ain’t in every scar and cast On my hands from building brick by brick when they just laughed Now they watch the walls go up, still asking if it’ll last Spoiler — it will, cause I don’t build on sand, I build on truth On the nights I had no lights but still found a way to move On the mornings I was empty but still gave it all my youth On the losses that I took and turned into the proof That I’m here, I’m not a moment, I’m the whole damn wave Walk through fire with a smile cause I know what pain gave Me — it gave me armor, gave me hunger, gave me faith Gave me reasons to go harder every time they said “be safe” Safe don’t make history, safe don’t break the mold Safe don’t take a dream and turn it into streets of gold So I risk it all, yeah, I’m betting on my soul Cause the only debt I owe is to the younger me I told “You gon’ make it,” back when making it was just a prayer Now the prayer’s work boots, calloused hands, and midnight air In the studio, in the gym, in the mirror when I stare At the man I said I’d be, and yeah, he’s finally there They want the ending but they skip the part where I got scars Skip the chapter where I drove around with no gas in the car Skip the days I had to eat my pride just to go far Now they see the lights and think I wished it on a star Nah, I worked, I bled, I gave up sleep and gave up doubt Gave up friends who only showed when I was pouring out Gave up comfort, gave up easy, figured what it’s about It’s about who stands there when the world’s trying to count you out So count me in, I’m all ten toes, I’m not foldin’ Clock keep ticking, 2:30 on the verse, still golden Every bar a brick, and yeah, the house I’m building’s olden Like the stories they gon’ tell when I’m gone but never broken I was never here for clout, I was here to clear a path For the next one with a dream and a beat and some wrath Against the odds, against the “no,” against the aftermath Of every time life hit me hard and tried to do the math