Before Famous

I'm going to explain how I started, I'll write it down for you (listen)
I came back from playing basketball, arrived from school and locked myself in my room (yes, sir)
As a kid, I dreamed of success and reaching high
I go to bed and wake up and it's like 4:15 (uh-huh)
And that's when the sadness starts, alone within four walls
Damn, my family isn't here, I only see them on social media
And I wonder: what the hell have I achieved by studying?
That they're charging me for a scholarship I can't pay?
Because I went to tryouts and they never picked me (yeah)
The teachers saw me, they said I was going to be a delinquent
They should've given me a scholarship abroad, I wanted to be in the NBA
But it was for a singer that Mike was born (let's get it)
And that's written, God has it written (yup)
Joking around since I was a kid
Selling weed in front of Tito's store (you understand?)
The spring break arrived, the muse came to me and we hit play
I felt like being a singer and millionaire, flow like Rick Ross & Drake, uh (you feel me?)

They say what's meant for you, no one can take away
People will say something anyway
Well, man, there's the detail

And I don't stop joking around
I have faith that it will happen for me, now
Nothing stupid has ever been written
That's why I don't let anyone bring me down

And I don't stop joking around
I have faith that it will happen for me, now
Nothing stupid has ever been written
That's why I don't let anyone bring me down

Thanks to the internet (yup)
Now everyone sees that everything is possible, flow like Kevin Garnett
I'm a champion, I'll die fighting
I walked under storm and downpour
Life is short and I won't take anything to the grave
That's what my grandma and Nelson Mandela told me
"Make the most of time flying by"
And don't listen to any fool
Ah, and it's okay, I didn't want to finish school
Hol' up, Geniuz, let me continue this shit acapella (g-g-g-g, g)
I'm all about the money
The one who criticizes is always more screwed up than you (broke niggas)
Fuck it, I vaccinate myself against the envious
Someone will always try to trip you up, well, for me it can be three
And the Glock is eager to leave more than one stuck, hah (prrr!)
Haters gonna hate
We started to rap and sell drugs at 16
Since I was a kid they said I would die like Scarface
Because I was doing what I felt like with the law
I'm 25 now and I found love (yeah)
My son was born and I learned the value and forgot that pain
We went through all the gray clouds, the sun came out
And I understood that life is like an elevator
Up and down (you understand?)
Now I have a child, I work for him
I'm a warrior and I don't want him to see me in a box
I want to see him grow, thanks to music I understood
That the past is only used to learn