Keep Rising to the Top

Don't never let nobody tell you what you can't do
What you can't be and what can't achieve in life
You're in control
And that's 1 o 3

If you know you really want that shine
You gotta stay on ya grind
You gonna hear no's don'ts and nah's
No matter what comes to your eyes
Keep rising to the top
And it won't stop
Some of your closes might leave your side
Love ones will die friends may not ride
The even seems like they ain't beating the odds
No matter what keep rising to the top and it won't stop

Couldn't speak on the struggle if I've never seen it in my eyes
1 o 3 I've been to that dark place we all have in our minds
To climb out took more then a timeout
26 months on state because I got dime out
My dad raised me good to be a single father
Mom love was limited she was more concern for a daughter
Conditioned by the streets when my pop work
Most of my kin was getting it in mixing that block work
No ebt card back then it was colored money
Pink blue yellow mixed with green was our supper money
Off brand names getting teased like it was something funny
Friends didn't have many cause they couldn't get nothing from me
Skip to the present got a degree
Took a couple flights overseas music catalog L O N G
And to think many said it wasn't possible
Respect a winner for not letting losing being optional

If you know you really want that shine
You gotta stay on ya grind
You gonna hear no's don'ts and nah's
No matter what comes to your eyes
Keep rising to the top
And it won't stop
Some of your closes might leave your side
Love ones will die friends may not ride
The even seems like they ain't beating the odds
No matter what keep rising to the top and it won't stop

You're in control with what your future holds
A message from a past friend
As time goes forward seems like I'm losing lots of them
To the streets system or just off envy
What ashamed to have your closes turn into your enemy
But still have to proceed to do what you need
Through the losses RIP's & screen press T's
Keep your head high and rise to the T O P
If my brother was alive he say the same to me
Never let yourself down cause the rest slack
You could be the motivation to get them on track
Just when you thought it was not this it was just that
Entertaining bs when you just needed to trust facts
Stay focus
One bad move can change your whole scene
Those with no hopes will kill yours cause they don't dream
Word from the wise if you don't believe then you will see
Stay on your grind in your mind thoughts to become things

If you know you really want that shine
You gotta stay on ya grind
You gonna hear no's don'ts and nah's
No matter what comes to your eyes
Keep rising to the top
And it won't stop
Some of your closes might leave your side
Love ones will die friends may not ride
The even seems like they ain't beating the odds
No matter what keep rising to the top and it won't stop

So the moral of this story is
You can do whatever you put your mind to
Thoughts become things
#ImInControl if you don't know