LeTroy Mack - Intro Lyrics

Sittin in a dark room on a cold flo'
Tryna come up with flows that's gone put me on the front row at the awards show
My message is something you gotta know
Directly from the depths of a passionate soul
I'm honestly lyrically out of control
Every time the soles of my feet meet the stage I feel complete peace
With every poetic piece I'm tryna give the people a piece of me
But I'm learning on this journey that you can't always give out your art free of a fee
Sometimes having too big of a heart can be a heart disease
But I got the faith of a mustard seed that I will physically see my vision come to fruition
It's more than supplying the idea you gotta market your decision
I know my vernacular is gifted
All I'm saying is know the business if you really tryna flourish in it
If you really listen this is something your ears have never witnessed
I Lebron James the game then change my last name
Because as a writer is how I identify myself
Money don't grow on trees but it's made of it what an oxymoron america
My momma been working two jobs ever since
I could remember breaking her back just to survive in America
Couldn't pay the lease filed for bankruptcy
No lights but I could still see the beauty even as a pre teen
Vivid images paint the description of the struggling experience
Humble beginnings carve the path for more winning
I got poetic intentions
And you better be talking about greatness if my name gets mentioned my angle is different
My perspective is replenished
I bottle my pain and aim to relate whenever a spoken word gets finished
I write short stories about the struggle with hopes to break the painful cycle of stress
I work the craft day and night cause they don't pay you right if you ain't the best
One day we'll be rich and we'll never be broke
LeTroy Mack tell em the rest
Tell em the rest

They tried to keep us down, down, down, oh
They tried to count us out oh, no, no
They said we couldn't make it
They said we wouldn't make it
But here we are
One day we will be rich
One day we will be rich and won't be broke

Uh. Was all in the dark I needed sunshine
Thought we'd never get out the bus line
We showed em'
Yea, traded in them tokens for an old ass Toyota though the engine kept smoking
We wasn't posed to make it
A single mother with a son and the school kept calling cause my ass bad
Thought they'd never see my ass in a grad class
Focused on music I was tryna get the fast cash
Momma said, yea we'll be rich one day, but what you gon do with it spend it on some chains
Get a brand new whip with your name on the plates
Get a crib with more rooms than you need in a place
I woulda, she told me don't forget where you come from
You could be the one these wanna become
Yea, give back to the youth, remember that used to be you

They tried to keep you down, down, down, oh
They tried to count you out oh, no, no
They said you couldn't make it
They said you wouldn't make it
But here you are
One day you will be rich
One day you will be rich and won't be broke