ever since

ever since i was a little kid i wanted to rhyme

and grind hard for the greatness that we goal in our eyes

and if i could help a human through their lows and their highs

then it was more than before

it was more of a prize

and i regret ever thinking of fame

the way i did when i was young

it was stupid and plain

cause now i finally realized if i could do it again

i'd live my life as a child

not a human in pain

cause this anxiety inside of me is fighting with sobriety

now i'm seventeen and trying to hide it from society

i can be more than just an image speaking silently

but yet i'd rather go and chase the fame and notoriety

with no variety

i have no one i can turn to

i set fire to my bridges and it burned through

look

and ain't it funny how they curve you

unless you got a lot of money and the girls too

ever since

i've been grinding ever since

ever since

i've been grinding ever since

this was the life that i dreamt of

but now the music pays the rent

and i'm

i've been grinding ever since

this was the life that i dreamt of

but now the music pays the rent now

and i'm

i've been grinding ever since

ever since

i've been grinding ever since

ever since

i've been grinding ever since

this was the life that i dreamt of

but now the music pays the rent

and i'm

i've been grinding ever since

this was the life that i dreamt of

but now the music pays the rent now

and i'm

i've been grinding ever since

yeah

never was i called the fucking man at school

but then i dropped and dropped a record and their mandibles

because never was i destined for just some standard use

i had an epic and some pressure with a plan to move

ever since graduation

man i've been stacking that paper

and i've been living for everything greater

that's a pleasure to go and demand they views

and yeah i called it ahead like i went and ordered food

but to be number one you gotta do the work for two

i did the work for three

i noticed that they never did

became a ruler cause i'm good at my self measurement

i filled the cooler with some beers and called it party time

i was a skater so you know i hit that gnarly grind

i just did it with no warning

nothing they thought was important

i just analyze the courses

figured out why were they snoring

and man the music that they hated fucking pays the rent

i guess i had to change for all this shit to make some sense

yeah

ever since

i've been grinding ever since

ever since

i've been grinding ever since

this was the life that i dreamt of

but now the music pays the rent now

and i'm

i've been grinding ever since

this was the life that i dreamt of

but now the music pays the rent now

and i'm

i've been grinding ever since

grinding ever since

you can find the evidence

hidden deep inside a dent

side my heart that never fixed

and now i gotta rhyme just to find what it is

that makes me keep pushing through all the shit that i miss

like my happiness and freedom

i've actually been beaten

by tryin' to win the game

but then became what i'm defeating

maybe it was needed

to finally break the cycle

and to realize you die

or you fight for your survival

this was the life that i dreamt of

but now the music pays the rent now

and i'm

i've been grinding ever since

this was the life that i dreamt of

but now the music pays the rent now

and i'm

i've been grinding ever since