Thank You

I was fourteen and thought by now I'd be a superstar I was eighteen and knew I had to choose a path I was twenty on the bus Dreaming of supercars Twenty three and all my dreams It seemed they grew apart Twenty five, I know success Ain't promised I seen enough give it their all End up with nothing Million to one It's probably smart to be discouraged But me, I put my heart into the music Cos I love it When I was recording on Audacity Hide it from my family Couldn't rap on beat but still I thought I made a masterpiece Kept it to myself I know they'll laugh at me The kids in school I know They're gonna laugh at me Until I showed my mum a track Couldn't believe it for a second Showed Naqieb he said Stop it bro you're gassing me Thank you for the confidence You had in me From that day I knew Nobody catching me Still the first show had me panicky Crowd of kids I knew who sit in class with me I was bricking it man naturally Mum's spaghetti and that Bud loaded up the track for me Next thing I knew They clapped for me Dylan was there too Me and his mates were cool Then he said he makes beats Now we wanna make our own EP But see we didn't have the tools Aint got the money for a studio Dunno what to do But Bud ran a youth club After school for the kids It had a mic and a computer He said that for a couple of quid We could come through and Use it round six Weren't no engineer We're doing our own mix Headphones broken But we made it work I'd be down there every week Trying to lay a verse Thinking lyrics every night From morning Feeling like I might've Found my calling See I was showing up at shows on my ones I really been the sore thumb Out of place and keeping quiet At the side of the club Got my hand on the mic They showed me some love Steve told me bout cyphers once a month I should come Thanks Steve Good times at the Hold Up And Pryme Cut They done an open mic I went over to sign up When they saw what I could do Next show right on the line up From there became one Of a tight bunch Never made a penny Just did it for my fun United by the feeling Someday someone could be something I had big city dreams Went to uni up in London Spending most my summers In my home town I'm at Hub Fest In 2017 Performed my latest set To a stone crowd Something ain't clicking Need to switch up my whole sound But someone shook my hand Said I was sounding pretty good And he was making beats himself I should come over to cook That's where my work with Minas All grew from Same Minas Who produced this song Who would've thought That we would work this long Go this far And still not stop When things got hard Still stayed on job I'm proud of you bro You've stayed so strong For real Hear the passion in my story Through the mic as it records me Know they used to tell me Rapping wasn't for me Now they stand and clap When I'm performing Couple times I bombed on stage And it still haunts me Took it on the chin, worked harder Look what it taught me See people I love all round me Look what it brought me Music brought me peace When I was scared Music brought me dreams I wouldn't dare I was too shy to speak In my class Now I hold the mic and I Can reach for the stars Teachers wouldn't believe If they could see me now My mum came to my show I know she's really proud Sometimes I get caught up Putting pressure on myself Gotta get it all to sell Forget to check my mental health I know the feeling well When I get terrified I'll fail Know the music can be heaven But the selling it is hell See I dropped Pantomime around the time I barely left the flat of mine Numbers running up I hit my flattest line Couple real ones checking up on me I had to lie Hard to talk about the feelings That I had inside Closest to the edge I lost all confidence Couldn't even see outside myself See what the problem was My writing Getting bitter and negative But one friend loved me That I could tell anything Talking about it Helped me better than anything Meant so much that you could Love me through everything And now I write these words To share my love with no hesitance Love has changed my life I love my life as a fact Music changed my life Made me the man that I am Aint been glamorous but man It's been a magical path May be eager but I feel I got some people to thank