It's a long way home,
at the end of the road
I'll be paving 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
All my life, I couldn't fit in like a bad shoe
I was always too square, too cute
Too tall, too weird, too blue
Forget them high school hotties,
now I'm too cool
I guess I came a long way
from that young kid
The school's most popular lane
No friends, no style,
no clothes, no end s
Just a bad fella sleeping,
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 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 won't see it again
Home, so take my name,
remember this place
Keep the change and have a nice day
Live for the moment, not by the past
Home and live each day like it's
And only had 24 hours
and 1400 minutes
Before your dreams gone,
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
but ended up leaving me
I just wish y 'all could see me smile
This big green's on the TV now
And I took it from the
bottom to the top
From the holes in my socks,
ramen noodles in the pie
Used to rob them on the block
Now they spot me in a drop
Middle finger up and that ain't gon' stop
I used to take or ders
And now I make bets,
I used to scrub floors
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 fired 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
Live for the moment, not by the past
Homie, live each day like it's
And had 24 hours and 1400 minutes
Before your dreams gone,
then you better go live it
Cause whatever you love
could be taken away
So live like it's a dying day
I wish I could see they faces
when they heard your voice spit
Wish I could know what they
thinking
when they heard my first hit
Cause I remember them wishing
that I wouldn't get bit
Now I bet they wishing
they wouldn't have said that shit
I came out of a dying city,
brought back life
Everything they said I couldn't do
I did about 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
Poured 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,
your mans don't change
Look, it's still the keys,
still can't tell me a goddamn thing
So take my name, remember this place
Keep the change and have a nice day
Live for the moment, not by the past
Home and live each day like it's if you only
had 24 hours and 1400 minutes
Before your dreams gone,
then you better go live it
Cause whatever you love
could be taken away
So live like it's your dying day
Like it's your dying day
It's long way home,
at the end of the road
I'll be paving 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