Believe

[00:00.56] And I started from the bottom

[00:02.06] Like a snowman, ground-up

[00:03.57] Like round chuck, and still put hands on you

[00:07.81] Stayin' wound up is how I spend time (get it?)

[00:09.31] Sucker free, confidence high

[00:10.31] Such a breeze when I pen rhymes

[00:12.08] I just got that air about me like wind chimes (yeah)

[00:15.55] Another day in the life (uh)

[00:16.81] Used to have to scrape to get by (yeah)

[00:18.82] Now my community's gated and I

[00:20.82] Made it and my neighbors say hi (say hi)

[00:22.57] I'm givin' 'em pounds, I'm upscale now

[00:26.31] Guess it means I'm way in the sky (way in the sky)

[00:28.56] But I still remember the days of

[00:31.05] Minimum wage for general labor

[00:32.58] Welfare recipient since a minor

[00:35.82] Look how government assistance has made ya!

[00:37.56] Adversity, if at first you don't succeed

[00:40.56] Put your temper to more use

[00:42.56] 'Cause bein' broke's a poor excuse

[00:44.29] That should only give you more fuel

[00:45.80] Show 'em why you're you

[00:47.08] So close, God, it's like I almost got it

[00:49.56] But close only counts in time, bombs and horseshoes

[00:52.31] So I Unabomb shit—tick, tick, tick—no remorse, pew!

[00:54.56] Screw it, I'm lit, and that attitude I blew up on quick

[00:58.06] That's why they call me firecracker

[01:00.07] I grew up on WIC—wick, wick, wick—with a short fuse

[01:03.30] I got some important news to report to

[01:07.09] Anyone who thought I was done: nah bitch, not quite

[01:09.83] Spotlight's back on, got my faith, where's yours?

[01:12.83] Do you still believe in me?

[01:20.31] Didn't I give everything I had to give you to make you see?

[01:27.31] I'll never forget if you turn your back on me now

[01:31.04] And walk out, I will never let you live it down

[01:34.81] I'll never quit, do you still believe in me?

[01:43.31] Man, I know sometimes

[01:44.82] These thoughts can be harsh and cold as ice

[01:46.81] To me they're just ink blots

[01:48.57] I just fling 'em like slingshots and so precise

[01:50.58] So you might wanna think it over twice (yeah)

[01:52.31] When you retards can roll the dice

[01:54.56] But beef will at least cost you your career

[01:56.07] 'Cause even my cheap shots are overpriced

[01:59.06] But this middle finger's free as a bird

[02:02.31] Nuke warhead at birth, hugest forehead on Earth

[02:06.32] Too short for the verse, studied his formula, learned

[02:09.80] How to incorporate a curse

[02:11.56] Point it towards corporate America

[02:13.80] Stick a fork in and turn

[02:15.56] 'Cause four-letter words are more better heard

[02:17.57] The world force-fed a turd to me, you're getting yours

[02:22.06] But sometimes I overdo it, but I just get so into it

[02:25.83] I was there consolin' you when no one knew it

[02:28.06] When your situation showed no improvement

[02:29.81] I was that door, you walked over to it

[02:31.29] I'm the light at the end of tunnel

[02:33.06] So people are always lookin' to me as they're goin' through it

[02:35.29] When that tunnel vision is unclear

[02:37.58] Shit becomes too much to bear

[02:39.31] Since "Cleanin' Out My Closet"

[02:41.31] When I was havin' trouble with the snare

[02:43.54] I'm that unrealistic prayer answered

[02:45.07] And I'ma get you jacked up like you're tryna fix a flat, uh

[02:48.81] When you struggle with despair

[02:51.30] That double-fisted, bare-knuckles coupled with this pair

[02:53.32] Of nuts I'm cuppin', I am your fuckin' switch, nothin' can compare

[02:56.06] Do you still believe in me?

[03:03.55] Didn't I give everything I had to give you to make you see?

[03:10.79] I'll never forget if you turn your back on me now

[03:14.56] And walk out, I will never let you live it down

[03:18.30] I'll never quit, do you still believe in me?

[03:27.06] Started from the bottom like a snowman

[03:29.58] Oh man, put that in your corncob pipe and smoke that

[03:34.81] But my battery's low, I'ma need a boost in my pack

[03:38.05] And I know that I always got Proof at my back

[03:40.06] I called you "Proof" because I knew for a fact

[03:42.31] My ace in the hole, homie, I'm callin' on you

[03:44.57] 'Cause I think I'm slowly startin' to lose faith in it, so

[03:48.06] Give me that apron and mo–

[03:49.31] 'Tivation to go, Hussein with the flow

[03:51.07] Fake fans left you two-faced at the show

[03:52.55] Let heartbeats loop, produce hate in my soul

[03:54.31] Layin' vocals two days in a row

[03:56.31] True statement, hate to go down this road

[03:58.31] But there's only one route to cross this bridge

[03:59.82] So I walk in this bitch with loose change

[04:01.56] 'Cause all my dues paid, but this booth's takin' its toll

[04:04.81] But it's never too late to start a new beginnin'

[04:08.05] That goes for you too, so what the fuck you gon' do?

[04:10.32] Use the tools you're given!

[04:11.57] Or you're gon' use the cards you're dealt

[04:13.04] As an excuse for you to not do shit with 'em?

[04:14.81] I used to play the loser/victim

[04:16.82] 'Til I saw the way Proof was driven

[04:18.83] I found my vehicle and I haven't ran out of gas yet

[04:22.07] And when they stacked decks, turn handicaps into assets

[04:24.08] Fanny packs, hourglasses

[04:26.83] If time was on my side, I'd still have none to waste

[04:29.81] Man, in my younger days

[04:31.54] That dream was so much fun to chase

[04:33.56] It's like I'd run in place

[04:34.81] While this shit dangled in front of my face

[04:36.81] But how do you keep up the pace

[04:38.56] And the hunger pangs once you've won the race?

[04:40.81] When that dual exhaust is coolin' off

[04:43.07] 'Cause you don't got nothin' left to prove at all

[04:45.06] 'Cause you done already hit 'em with the coup de grâce

[04:46.83] Still you feel the need to go full tilt

[04:48.56] That Bruce Willis, that Blue Steel, that true skill

[04:51.55] When that wheel's loose, I won't lose will

[04:54.33] Do you still believe?