Still Standin' (feat. Rasheed Chappell)

We used to play out in the rain... (Rasheed Chappel) Yeah, it's my life It's my story, I put it to song They want the bright lights, but these are dark shadows (1: Rasheed Chappel) It started in Dane's basement, spittin' my little rhymes And niggas laughed at me, and niggas clowned on me In due time, they gon' put the crown on me Give you the early years, call it my right to passage It defined my purpose, refined my passion My life's work, written in every word Every sentence bears resemblance, to every curb That I stood and watched, and engaged in cyphers Then was off to work, my baby needed diapers Was seventeen, carried the world's weight I got a second coming, another court date And my mother's sitting, behind a prison wall My pop's high, and he no help at all I was the breadwinner, I had to make a way And them niggas that laughed, I'ma make them pay And now the world 'gon hear, what I have to say (Rasheed Chappel) {x4} I'm still standin' here (Still standin', still standin') By myself (2: Rasheed Chappel) And all I wanted was love and recognition My picture in Record City and niggas saying we did it Nigas saying we made it, my nigga congratulations But fuck it, I never got it, my home never forgotten Live, write and record it, on stage vivid performance Crowds, cheering applauding, on cell phones recording I took the pain and put it inside the music The music was therapeutic, I'm just airing my heart I took the burden, I went the furthest, I bear the scar But scrutinized and crucified to give you art I just think it and ink it and as I jot it down I get to thinking, it sinks in, I made it out Instead of broke, it was moulded, I became a king Instead of folding was chosen, I bear the wings To take flight and spread life, my name rings Was given nothing but I give you my everything (Hook) (Rasheed Chappel) Apollo Brown, Rasheed Chappel Still standin' Forever