Be Somebody
Fort Minor • Lupe Fiasco • Holly Brook • Tak
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Uh, MS, Lupe
You know, I'm a fan, man, I'm a real fan
I feel real honored to be up in here, you know what I'm sayin'?
They had to bring out the expensive mics for this one
You know what I'm sayin'?
The seven-thousand-dollar headphones for this one here
Know what I'm sayin'?
C'mon, 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 somethin' to say, that we oughta live their way
What we're doin's not okay
In this world, everybody's got a chip on
Both sides of their 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 feelin' so trapped
In a 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 wanna do is push you to be that
And all you wanna do is scream back
Gonna be somebody
For anybody tellin' me I can't (Yeah)
Gonna be someone
For anyone who told me I had no chance
Gonna be somebody
I'm tellin' 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 their neck, got no respect
Wait up a sec
When I was young, they said the odds of makin' it were slim
To none
Ladies and— fuck it
I'm tired of them sayin' the dream you have doesn't exist
Tellin' you you're worthless, sayin' you should quit
Basically tellin' you that you'll never be shit
Really, they're pissed 'cause they'll never achieve
Some opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen
And all they wanna do is push you to be that
And all you wanna do is scream back, uh
They gon' think you crazy, mumblin' to yourself
In the basement all day, uh-uh-uhin' to yourself
My pops didn't dig it, was shovelin' to myself
My boys used to get it, they dug it because they felt
My undertakin' took me, I was makin' in my stealth
A wealth of rhymes of crazy, I would chuckle to myself (Haha)
Then they went into the mental Rolodex
See, I knew 'em by heart like a brain in my chest
And I took 'em to school where subjects was gettin' felt (Uh)
Books under my seat, no book layin' on my desk (Uh)
My teacher's like, "Mr. Jayco?" "Yes?"
"With all that knowledge, you ain't tryna go to college? (Uh-uh)
Be a lawyer or a doctor? Get a whole lotta dollars? (Uh-uh)
Rather degrade women and glorify violence? (Uh-uh)
Well, the work that works for me might not work for you" (Woo)
No homework, I got work to do (Woo)
Gonna be somebody
For anybody tellin' me I can't (Yeah)
Gonna be someone
For anyone who told me I had no chance
Gonna be somebody (Uh)
I'm tellin' you, the time has come (Like that)
Gonna be someone (Uh)
And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done
When I'm finally done
Yeah, this one goes out
To those fantastic human beings that keep us down and hold us back
And give us fuel for what we do
Thanks