Be Somebody

Green Lantern

Ugh, M.S., Lupe

You know I'm a fan, man, I'm a real fan

Gonna be somebody

Feel real honored to be up in here, you know I'm saying?

Gonna be somebody

They had to bring out the expensive mics for this one

Gonna be somebody

You know I'm saying the $7,000 headphones for this one here, know I'm sayin'?

Gonna be someone

Come on, talk to em

This is a story of them against us

win or lose

Forcing your feet into someone else's shoes

Everybody's got something to say

That we ought to live their way, what we're doing's not okay

In this world, everybody's got a chip

On both sides of the neck, got no respect, wait up a sec

You ever feel like the pressure's too much to take? Too much weight?

Ladies and gentlemen, if anybody can hear me right now, please shout back

We're not the only ones feeling so trapped in the dream of somebody else

In fact, they got their heads full of some overblown scheme

Opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen

And all they want to do is push you to be that

And all you want to do is scream back

Gonna be somebody

For anybody telling me I can't, yeah

Gonna be someone

For anyone who told me I had no chance

Gonna be somebody

I'm telling you the time has come, like that

Gonna be someone

And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done

We don't sleep to dream, we sleep to build stamina

Energy to do our thing, get your camera

Cause this ride is about to begin

Sit down and buckle it in, let me say it again

In this world, everybody's got a chip

On both sides of the neck, got no respect, wait up a sec

When I was young, they said the odds of making it were slim to none

Ladies and--Fuck it, I'm tired of them saying the dream you have doesn't exist

Telling you you're worthless, saying you should quit

Basically telling you that you'll never be shit

Really, they're pissed cause they'll never acheive

Some opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen

And all they want to do is push you to be that

And all you want to do is scream back

Uh, did God think you're crazy mumbling to yourself in the basement all day

Uh, uh, uh and to yourself, my pops didn't dig it with shovelin it to myself

My boys used to get it, they dug it because they felt

My undertakin' took me, I was making in my stealth

A wealth of rhymes of crazy, I would chuckle to myself

Then they went into the mental rolodex

See I'm 'bout heart like my brain in my chest

And I took 'em to school where subjects were getting felt

Books under my seat, notebook layin on my desk

My teacher's like 'Mr. Jacko?', 'Yes?'

'With all that knowledge, you ain't trying to college?

Be a lawyer or a doctor, and get a whole lot of dollas?

Rather degrade woman and glorify violence?'

Well, work that works for me might not work for you

No homework? I got work to do

Gonna be somebody

For anybody telling me I can't, yeah

Gonna be someone

For anyone who told me I had no chance

Gonna be somebody

I'm telling you the time has come, like that

Gonna be someone

And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done

I'm finally done