Epiphany
[00:14.90] I had an epiphany
[00:16.14] I was repeating history
[00:17.41] I was doing everything I hated
[00:18.90] The weight on my shoulders
[00:19.91] I let it all get to me (I let it all get to me)
[00:22.15] I had an epiphany
[00:23.66] I just smiled at my enemies
[00:24.91] I was listening to everybody who was talking
[00:27.16] But never did shit for me, yeah
[00:29.40] I had an epiphany
[00:30.94] I was looking at everybody else that's up in the industry
[00:33.42] They ain't as sick as me (they ain't as sick as me)
[00:36.64] I had an epiphany
[00:38.92] I was seeing somebody that never had no good intentions for me
[00:41.39] Now she missing me, yuh (now she missing me)
[00:44.66] Moral of the story is that nobody did it for me
[00:46.40] Had to make a change (nah)
[00:47.65] I was living in the city with no scene
[00:49.14] I had a dream I had to make a lane (yup, yup)
[00:51.66] Always knew that I couldn't live off of minimum wage
[00:53.69] Ripping the pay stub
[00:54.66] I had a minimal taste for all the fame stuff
[00:56.40] But I got into the game without a cent to my name
[00:58.15] And now I'm ballin' like I'm in the NBA, bruh
[01:00.40] And I know I got a lot but I'm not content
[01:01.91] If they ask me to stop, I will not consent
[01:03.90] Never gonna let nobody block cause my shot to miss
[01:05.90] You can meet me at the top if you hop the fence
[01:07.65] And you climb the stairs
[01:09.16] And you fight the beast
[01:09.90] And you lose your way
[01:10.90] Then you find your peace
[01:11.65] And you do it sober
[01:12.65] Then you find a drink
[01:13.40] Then you spiral down
[01:14.40] And it all repeats
[01:15.63] And I always had a vision I could get it
[01:16.89] So I did it by my lonely
[01:17.65] I don't owe nobody nothing, never let nobody own me
[01:19.41] Got some money from the music, and I spend it on the homies
[01:21.15] But don't put nothin' before me, gave a whip to little Brody
[01:23.42] And I'm only getting started
[01:24.90] And I'm eating with the people that I starve with
[01:26.39] And my batteries, I had to recharge 'em
[01:28.38] I made an album but that shit was garbage
[01:30.41] Yo, I was trapped in a gimmick
[01:32.15] I finally get it
[01:33.15] I'm here to make music that matters
[01:34.95] If I die, it'll all be alright
[01:35.89] 'Cause the message I gave you will live for me after
[01:38.40] And my chapter will highlight a lifetime
[01:40.65] Of energy gave through a bright mind
[01:42.63] How you never had to stand on the sideline
[01:44.40] How you the guide to your own guidelines
[01:46.16] That's an epiphany
[01:49.42] I had an epiphany, yeah
[01:53.64] That's an epiphany
[01:57.14] I had an epiphany, yeah
[02:01.39] I had an epiphany
[02:02.66] That I could make history
[02:04.15] That I could prove everyone wrong
[02:05.64] That told me I wasn't cut out for this music thing, yeah
[02:08.88] I had an epiphany
[02:10.13] What if I took my energy
[02:11.69] And used it on positive things in my life
[02:13.41] Instead of the people that lie to me, huh?
[02:16.39] Yeah, I had an epiphany
[02:17.90] That I could put all of my hurt into music
[02:19.89] And use it for people that might feel the same as me
[02:22.67] Yeah, I had an epiphany
[02:25.64] What if everyone knew my depression was worse than they thought?
[02:27.89] They probably gonna look at me differently
[02:31.14] Yo, this song got me going back, when I was a stupid kid
[02:34.15] Thinking maybe I could make it in the music biz
[02:35.91] And then I figured out the politics
[02:37.39] And realized that half of y'all don't even know what music is
[02:39.65] And going nowhere, I told 'em to get used to me
[02:41.64] Feels like I'm living in a movie scene
[02:42.89] A bunch of people trying to tell me how to act and breathe
[02:44.96] One thing I never let nobody ever do was tell me who to be
[02:47.13] I never got into the party scene
[02:48.63] Maybe I was just scared to drink
[02:50.14] 'Cause addiction it runs in my family
[02:51.88] That's someone I was scared to be
[02:53.14] You're looking pitiful compared to me
[02:54.38] Since I can barely read
[02:55.41] All I wanted was somebody I could trust
[02:56.92] That I knew would keep it real with me
[02:58.43] Rap's always been a mirror for me
[02:59.67] That's when I figured out that maybe I'm the one that's gotta make it on my own, yeah, it's clear to see
[03:02.89] A lot of people think that what I'm doing is a gimmick
[03:04.64] Everything you hear me writing I've been living
[03:05.66] I ain't quitting, send the money to my family
[03:07.38] Try to show them that I miss them
[03:08.40] And I cherish every moment when I'm home and when I'm with them
[03:10.16] And this is the way that I feel
[03:11.63] In the industry of fakes trying to stay real
[03:13.63] In the industry of lames trying to get deals
[03:15.64] Lord knows imma get it, that's Meek Mill
[03:17.38] Yeah, I lay in my bed at night thinking
[03:20.38] "There's got to be more to me"
[03:21.38] I'm trying to pay off the mortgaging
[03:23.12] But the life of the people I love in the midst of it
[03:25.39] I've always thought that if
[03:26.63] I learn from mistakes that I'd make
[03:28.14] Even the losses are victories
[03:29.37] That's when it starts hitting me
[03:30.86] If you set your mind to it you can do anything
[03:32.63] That's an epiphany
[03:36.64] That's an epiphany, yeah
[03:40.12] I had an epiphany
[03:44.41] I had an epiphany, yeah
