State of Mind

No matter who you are
 Someone's always gonna try and bring you down
 And I mean, they will if you let 'em, heh-huh
 Listen
 It's all about ya' state of mind
 Let me remind you
 Now you're sayin' that you're lost?
 Well, let me find you
 You say that you're in the dark?
 Well, let me blind you
 You say that you fell apart?
 Well, take my hand, I can pick you up
 Come look at me now
 You shook and you cowered
 You crook, is you proud?
 You pushin' a tower
 You're lookin' around
 Who put you in power?
 Now, look at the hour
 I'm runnin' out of time
 You only live once
 You've gotta live ya' life well
 You've gotta get ya' life together
 Man, you gotta bite down
 Quit this, you fight now
 Fix this shit, right now
 You listen, you're hyped now
 You listen, you're hyped now
 You try to tell me stop
 It's like the brakes are out
 I'm fuckin' motivated
 You know I don't play around
 You say you're motivated
 I say you play around
 You're in this biz for the fame
 I'm makin' it for the crowd
 I make it for the respect
 I make it 'cause I'm proud
 You're makin' this for the check
 You make it 'cause ya' shallow
 Don't you ever try to tell me we're the same
 'Cause we're not the same
 Did you hear me?
 We're not the same
 And I don't even need a chorus
 I don't need to sing a fuckin' hook
 To make you know this shit's important
 I ain't try'na go an' make a fortune
 I'm just tryin' to live my life and help you out
 Because this music's more than you gave it credit for
 We never met before
 That you understand what I'm sayin', is what I said it for
 Yo, I don't need a catchy hook and thirty metaphors
 To make you all relate to me, basically, it's a message for
 Everybody, that's like me
 Because anybody that understands what I'm sayin', isn't just anybody
 It could be anybody, that I'm connectin' to
 If ya' truly know what I'm sayin', then this was meant for you
 But don't you think for a second, that I'm expected to
 Tell you that I'm sorry, because I fuckin' offended you
 Like I'm protecting you
 Like I've accepted you
 Man, this shit's pathetic, but whatever, that's a separate tune
 Separate tune, this song is like a stepping stone
 Try to make a staircase to heaven, like I'm Zeppelin, so
 You can look up to me, and I can help you out
 I feel like I'm trapped in a cage, somebody get me out
 I wish I could take it back
 I wish I could travel back in time
 Back when I first started rap
 Back when I was at the talent shows, and in my class
 When I told you all, I'd be a rapper, then you sat and laughed
 Yeh-heh-ha, I remember sittin' down in class
 The teacher thought that I was takin' notes, I'm bad at math
 But really, I was writing songs about getting back
 At every single person, that told me that I would never rap
 It made me who I am today
 I don't think that I would be the same
 Yo, I don't think that I would feel the pain
 I don't think that I would sing this way
 I don't think I'd even sing, I should tell you, thanks (thanks)
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 It's all about the state of mind
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 State, the state of mind
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 I want you to look at ya'self, just right now
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 I want you to think about who you really are
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 It's all about the state of mind
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 Yeah, it's the state of mind