'81 was the year [bad word] hit the fan in a major way
sad year for aspiring artists
Almost 20 years after the fact I'm still on my hustle
Diggin' graves for aspiring artists
Pushing daises up
And [bad word] the arts and make a crowd clap [bad word] on since the first show
But we turned [bad word] to fertilizer
So when you diss it's just food for the flowers to grow
Sold 15 plus out of backpacks, no [bad word] Too young to drive but live hip hop
And the kids are upstate kids 
That thought rap was past tense, 
Hence the last name
Got name for playing basements 
And such and making songs that our friends loved
And when the fish bowl got too small to hold the goldfish
We filled our gills with water and ripped that mother [bad word] like

So take a step back and a breath in
Let it out now, put your chin up
You can do it tiger, you a man now
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now

We bring ourselves down
And build ourselves up in disappointment
How fragile we are
So fragile we are, we just don't show it
We'll shake up this town
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment
So y we are
So y we are, we just don't know it

This is what you wanted right?
How many nights were spent pouring out your guts dummy?
How many punishments endured for [bad word] up in school?
How many teachers proved wrong by writing songs instead?
(My point exactly)
But you knew you had a spark, did you?
Something producin' to the dreams 
Your pop's dreams lent you
Stay focused when nothing seemed to make sense
Stealing verses with that Cassius Clay confidence
Sometimes you stubborn as [bad word]  that's the McCoy in you
You learn to be a man without losing the boy in you
(Just do your thing man)

[2x:]
So take a step back and a breath in
Let it out now, put your chin up
You can do it tiger, you a man now
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now

We bring ourselves down
And build ourselves up in disappointment
How fragile we are
So fragile we are, we just don't show it
We'll shake up this town
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment
So y we are
So y we are, we just don't know it

We break ourselves down
And build ourselves up in disappointment
How fragile we are
So fragile we are, we just don't show it
We shake up this town
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment
So y we are
So y we are, we just don't know it

So take a step back and a breath in
Let it out now, put your chin up
You can do it tiger, you a man now
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now

We bring ourselves down
And build ourselves up in disappointment
How fragile we are
So fragile we are, we just don't show it
We'll shake up this town
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment
So y we are
So y we are, we just don't know it