Ronvé (verse 1):

I sit back and imagine:
Yo, what if I didn't pursue rapping?
What if I went to school for business instead of acting and didn't pursue my passion?
Listening to everybody telling me how I "gotta be smart, young man you gotta eat"
What if I took a management position?
60K a year, annual percentage.
Health care with benefits.
Man, it seems so limitless.
Even if I despised my 9 to 5...what's worse? Doing that or trying to survive?
Looking up with your back to the pavement, see the sky high and you wanna feel the same shit.
Analytical thinkers telling you that "this is reality and one day you gotta face it!"
Living in your mama's basement while you struggle to pay rent
man, that lifestyle ain't shit!
See your friends getting married on facebook, tagging you in photos like, "here, take a look!"
Seems like that ain't the life that you wanna lead.
Cuz on the other side, you're seeing nothing but green: same colors as your eyes, but realize I gotta look to the mirror so...

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I'll be damned if I get disrespected, yo
I'm a grown ass man trying to get the dough
but we done came too far just to let this go
Said, we came too far just to let this go!
You ain't American dreamin' is ya? (2X)

Ro The Nerd (verse 2):
Seems like yesterday I picked up the pen
put it down to the pad no subsequent plans.
But the verses had substances and there were so many ways we could touch them in, and
they got their hands up, the fans would stand up with the crowds amped up yellin out our anthem.
Yeah, we ran that race but didn't medal.
Though I never would ever see it as back peddles.
Cuz when the dust settles, we did us well.
So, in a nutshell, it's like an up-sell.
Flows graduated from the basement to the upscale plus I'm seeing the CD from us sell.
But not enough to keep you well clothed.
And not enough to keep you from thinking you broke.
But it was hope that was keeping me afloat, had it tucked inside my wallet but I lost out on the boat: SS Reality, check set sail
dreams of being in XXL, it failed.
Well, you either meld them pieces back together or let it fall apart and disrespect ya efforts.
But ya boy's quite clever.
And my, I never dreamed to defy my Shepherd: talents that are God given, breaking the odds, living got me focused on my mission so I'll damned...

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