Ohhh Yeah It's a long way home At the end of the road I'll be pavin' my own way To the top I'll 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
Yeah All my life I couldnt fit in like a bad shoe I was always to square, too cube Too tall, too weird, too blue Forget them highschool hotties Now I'm too cool I guess I came a long way from that young kid The schools most popular lame No friends No style, no clothes, no ends Just a bed for sleepin never woke up again Yeah, and my last prayer Was don't ever let me end up l Ike the people that's down here Cuz the ones that fear change Be the ones that don't care Look at themselves And see somebody else in the mirror But you could 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 wont 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 had 24 hours And 1400 minutes Before your dreams gone Then you better go live it Cuz whatever you love Could be taken away So live like it's your dyin day
I dedicate this To my teachers that never believed in me And the mother that concieved But ended up leaving me I just wish yall could see me smile This big grin's on the TV now Uh, and I took it from the bottom to the top From the holes in my socks Ramen noodles in the pot Used to rob 'em on the block Now they spot me in the drop Middle finger up And that ain't gon' stop I used to take orders And now I make bets I used to scrub floors And now I sign checks I used to push carts Now I push songs Yeah I used to be there Now I am so gone I'm fine myself Found a job myself Established my name Then I signed myself And what I tell myself Is you did this by yourself And when I'm on so long I'll be by myself I'm gone
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 had 24 hours And 1400 minutes Before your dreams gone Then you better go live it Cuz whatever you love Could be taken away So live like it's your dyin day
I wish I could see their faces When they heard your boy spittin Wish I could know what they thinkin When they heard my first hit Cuz I remember them wishin That I wouldn't get big Now I bet they wishin they wouldn't have said that shit I came out of a dying city Brought back life Everything they said I couldnt do I did 'bout twice Multiply that by the battles that we popped each night That equals out to a celebration Bitches more ice Make a toast to the underdogs Toast to the team Toast to the fact we this close to the dream Pour one for my exes Used to talk wreckless But now I push benz's And rock rolex's Came from the city And untill they come and get me Turn around and see the whole east side still with me And that's how we livin Ya mans don't change Look it's still the kid Still can't tell me god damn 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 your last And If you only had 24 hours And 1400 minutes Before your dreams gone Then you better go live it Cuz whatever you love Could be taken away So live like it's your dyin day
It's a long way home At the end of the road I'll be pavin' my own w