Thirty-year-old motherfuckin' fool, n***a I look at the stars, they askin' me what do I see? I notice that lately all them constellations been lookin' like me, Inspired to shine, n***a Inspired to dream, I think of my life and I feel that I may be as good as I seem, Comin' up, I dreamt of the checks I be runnin' up, I sat on my bed writin' lyrics and songs, I would practice some more but it wasn't enough, I wanna perform, I wanna crowd, Singin' it back to me, stadium loud, Homies in front turnin' up, gettin' down, They gone off the liquor, they drunkin' and proud, That energy hit when the lights on, That energy hit when it's my song, I'm startin' to think like a mogul, I'm startin' to feel like an icon Cause I ain't the same and I know it, But I got the heart of a poet, That money is good but it's new here, I'm tryin' so hard not to blow it, Cause all of my friends walk around and they icy, pricey, But when it come to me, I prefer just a tea and some Nikes, Fight me, I might be, Runnin' from changes, I like how it is, Easy to cover the life that I live, Still ain't got used to the sight from the crib, I knew I would have it when I was a kid, At moments the nights would be dark, won't hold you to journey this long, Through all of the bull***, imagine the young of me singin' a song, Like hickory dickory, My clock has been tickin' to victory, I don't have a fear in the world, Whenever it's time, I know they'll be listenin', Hickory dickory dock, This ***'ll be pretty bomb, If I want these n****s to think then I know that I gotta get n****s to rock, Gotta go harder whatever we drop, I be remember like Biggie and Pac, That be the reason I stay on my grind, I ain't wastin' no time when I'm racin' the clock, Hickory dickory dock, This ***'ll be pretty bomb, If I can see them as a link then I know that I gotta behave as the watch, Crank that *** up if only by a notch, Master the art and then give em a swatch, Put everything that I got on the line, I ain't wastin' no time cause I'm racin' the clock, I'm a star now, And visions don't feel very far now, My parents was stressin' this ***, Worry no more cause your girl got a job now, And she can afford an apartment, And soon she gon' push it to start it, And everyone know who she is, When she leave the crib, she not gettin' carded, And that ain't from college, Nah, That *** is all by the wonderful work of her hands, And maybe the prayers y'all sent up at midnight when y'all ain't know if I can see out my plan, Yeah, But mama I made it, And daddy I'm faded, It's how I stay grounded, Cause bitch I'm a lady, Yeah, Now all of my messages full of these n****s who say we related, I never met none of em, Why would I make out a check to em, Listen I know how that sound and it might've been different if I grew up next to em, We been so distant, they question me if I found out how to send out a text to em, It was just me with my head down, Eyes red, Barely slept in my bed, Fourteen hour bus rides, Windows pillow my head, I knew it was comin', Yeah, So I never stopped runnin', I'm watchin' the lights go by, I sat on that bus, I was hummin', Yeah, Hickory dickory dock, This *** a bivvy to dock, If I want these n****s to think then I know that I gotta get n****s to rock, Gotta go harder whatever we drop, I be remember like Biggie and Pac, That be the reason I stay on my grind, I ain't wastin' no time when I'm racin' the clock, Yeah, Hickory dickory dock, This *** a bivvy to dock, If I can see them as a link then I know that I gotta behave as the watch, Crank that *** up if only by a notch, Master the art and then give em a swatch, Put everything that I got on the line, I ain't wastin' no time cause I'm racin' the clock, Yeah