Yeah, it’s a long way home at the end of the road I’ll be pavin my own way, to the top, I be here to stay So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s your last
All my life, I couldn’t fit in, like a bad shoe I was always too square, too cube, too tall, too weird, too blue Forget them high-school’s hotties now I’m too cool I guess I came a long way from that young kid The school’s most popular lame, no friends, no style, no clothes, no ends Just a bear fell asleep, never woke up again Yeah, and my last prayer was don’t ever let me end up like the people that’s down here Cause the one that fear change be the one that don’t care Look at themselves and see somebody else in the mirror But you can always pick me out of the crowd Loud mouth with my very own style And what I know now is don’t ever pretend And live every single day like you won’t see it again
So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s your last
And if you only have 24 hours, 1400 minutes before your dreams go Then you better go live it, cause whatever you love could be taken away So live like it’s your dying day I dedicate this to my teachers that never believed in me And the mother that conceived, 'fore ended up leaving me I just wish you all can see me smile, this big’s grin on the tv now And I took it from the bottom to the top From the holes in my socks ramen noodles in the pot Used to rob them on the block, now they stop me in the drop Middle finger up and that ain’t gonna stop I used to take orders, now I make bets I used to scrub floors, now I sign checks I used to push carts, now I push songs I used to be there, now I am so gone
I found myself, found a job myself Established my name and then I signed myself And when I tell myself, is you did this by yourself And when on so long, I’ll be by myself
So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s the last And if you only have 24 hours, 1400 minutes before your dreams go Then you better go live it, cause whatever you love could be taken away So live like it’s your dying day
I wish I could see their faces when they heard your boy speak Wish I could know what they’re thinking when they heard my first hit Cause I remember them wishing that I wouldn’t get big Now I bet they’re wishing they wouldn't of said that shit I came out of a dying city brought back life Everything they said I couldn’t do I did about twice Multiplied by the bottles that we popped each night That equals out to a celebration, bitches more ice Make it toast to the underdogs, toast to the team Toast to the fact, we this close to the dream Call one for my exes, used to talk reckless But now I push Benzes and rock Rolexes Came from the city and until they come and get me Turn around and see the whole east side’s still with me And that’s how we live it, you mans don’t change Look, instead of keys you still can’t tell me a goddamn thing
So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s the last And if you only have 24 hours, 1400 minutes before your dreams go Then you better go live it, cause whatever you love could be taken away So live like it’s a dying day
Yeah, it’s a long way home at the end of the road I’ll be pavin my own way, to the top, I be here to stay So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s your last