Excellence
I’m bout to be that one the one you want
Throwin’ that fire in the stove, iss hot iss hot
Bumpin’ my tracks playin’ back to back to back
Sayin’ let’s restart, track to track to track
Got big dreams, yeah shoes to fill, I got
99 blocks that I’m bout to build
Into my own little personal empire
No rest, no breaks till I see fire
Look ya got your head in the clouds
And you aint fun to listen to
Shut up for a second and I’ll tell you what I see for you
Bright young artist in a world of opportunity
Doesn’t see the world for what it is
Challenging
You just don’t know when to quit
Still fathoming why you thought you would ever win
Blasphemy
Listen to me closely, success don’t come often
You’ll never reach your goals, so aim for much smaller
I don’t know what you’re sayin’ I’m excellent
All your words are irrelevant
Keep talkin’ that talk and you’ll see some hands
Stick around long enough, you’ll see some bands
I don’t need no help from the likes of you
Just keep to yourself with that doubt
You know that I’m right, somethin’s gotta go
You just aint big enough to reach your goals
That was me, the old me
And now I think I’m changing
They told me, I’d have to
become a bigger person
I’m willing to kill me
In order to reach greatness
The dead me
He’s crying, excellence is calling
Excellence is calling
Excellence is calling
“Oh my god, oh my god,
dude answer the phone,
what are you kidding me,
pick it up, answer the phone”
Excellence is calling
Is that why you dropped out of columbia?
First year, take a big chunk out of ya?
Feel less than what you were when you started, huh?
You wasn’t really much when you started, huh?
Been through so much, yeah your heart is strong?
But heart aint enough for what’s going on
You talk big talk about excellence
But when have you ever been excellent?
You need to give up, give in, let go of the extraness
Leave that world behind, be normal like the rest of us
No I won’t, can’t just be like the rest of you
I don’t even know who you’re really referring to
Well that’s real easy, look who I’m talking to
Big man on campus just dropped out of school
Ruined his future just tried to be cool
Tried to do somethin’ that we’d never do
We are the mother, the sister, the brother,
the father, the friend, and all people who doubt you
We are the thing that is growing inside you
The thing that you hate yet you always say hi to
All of your life, we’ve been hiding behind you
Pulling and tugging at things that define you
Refining the box that you are confined to
Still think you can change with us still inside you
Man I don’t know, but what i do know is
I’ll work till I’m dead or become the greatest
And i won't be jaded by doubters and haters
Forget what i was and embrace this new day cause
That was me, the old me
And now I think I’m changing
They told me, I’d have to
become a bigger person
I’m willing to kill me
In order to reach greatness
The dead me
He’s crying, excellence is calling
Excellence is calling
Excellence is calling
“Oh my god, oh my god,
dude answer the phone,
what are you kidding me,
pick it up, answer the phone”
Excellence is calling
Okay now I’m callin it
New me’s embodied now
Dead me’s just waiting to see me go back to him
I am now stronger now bigger now better
I have committed to striving for excellence
Stop calling me dead, I am always inside you
Your dream will be dead after i am done with
You can’t beat what you are, you can only accept it
Be who you are with a loser life sentence
The things that you say really kill me inside
I had faith in myself but you took that with pride
Well now i am back and I’m choosing a side
For better or worse, this is what i decide
I’m taking my pen and I’m drawing a line
Cross it, I cross you, and then you will die
Won’t listen to sorrows, screams, or cries
So shut up and get in that box you refined
That was me, the old me
And now I think I’m changing
They told me, I’d have to
become a bigger person
I’m willing to kill me
In order to reach greatness
The dead me
He’s crying, excellence is calling
Excellence is calling
Excellence is calling
“Oh my god, oh my god,
dude answer the phone,
what are you kidding me,
pick it up, answer the phone”
Excellence is calling