Yeah, yeah, ah, yeah I waited all my life for this They told me that I won't make it (We used to say, yeah, we used to say) All my life for this They told me that I won't make it But I made it It's tough not to get anxious Exercising my patience I thought it never would happen I swear I waited for ages Had faith in the journey I said "let's see where it takes us" We want gratification But see it happens in stages With a team on my back A couple times might have cracked But never broke and I can hold them in fact Man, you know how much weight was on him? Must have came from within' My lanky ass don't even go to the gym And now I'm in, just one, but twenty mixtapes to my name A lot of y'all would lose your appetites With a distaste for the game Lot of y'all would call it quits Because you just chase for the fame Tell my story to inspire you Just in case you're the same Self-made, now I employed ten of my friends Tryna move moms out the Honda Tryna send her a Benz Appreciate it all 'cause there's no telling when this shit ends Unless it's all a dream and then it depends, well, yeah I waited all my life for this They told me that I won't make it (We used to say, yeah, we used to say) All my life for this They told me that I won't make it But I made it (Listen) And all we ever wanted was chances Dreams of life changing, checks from label advances Copping mansions The kind of conversations marijuana enhances Back then I let them know what my plans is A poet in sixteen bar stanzas Sixteen with dreams so far fetched no one understands us Playing shows in stadiums Where everybody way up in the stands is Standing on their feet, I paint the picture on canvas That I seen, in my dreams in quick visions and glances Woke up in NYC today, don't think we're in Kansas Anymore, but sometimes it's hard to be sure 'Cause if I dreamed that it happened, did it actually or? Am I just still asleep, and none of it's real Wake up tomorrow right back in the struggle Tryna come up and build I don't know this shit gets deep and ignorance is bliss It's all I've ever loved, I waited my whole life for this, yeah I waited all my life for this (I swear I waited so fucking long) They told me that I won't make it (We used to say, yeah, we used to say) All my life for this They told me that I won't make it (We always knew this shit would happen, yeah) But I made it Yeah, reporting live from NYC Two thousand and fifteen and forever Yeah, uh, yeah I don't know how to end this shit Yeah, uh, yeah I waited all my life for this They told me that I won't make it All my life for this They told me that I won't make it But I made it