[00:24.08] They try and look me in the eyes and tell me [00:27.27] There ain't no prize to be won, no, no [00:36.03] No, I've been fighting for the top, I'm ready [00:39.03] All I know is I want it all, all [00:48.22] Yeah, it's time to pack [00:50.21] Luggage full of dreams with the tags still intact [00:52.89] But the plastic's still wrapped, I haven't opened it [00:55.61] With my feet up on a top floor screaming "Jesus" [00:59.13] But I want more, it's all good, though [01:02.57] This feel like that blow a pound with my dawgs on my suge flow [01:06.05] They love me in the hood, so [01:07.72] Shout out macivan spreading CD's round the discount mall like a virus [01:11.62] Bosses choking, hope your employees know how to do the Heimlich [01:14.68] Left the bullshit way behind like Kirk Hinrich [01:16.99] I'm the first of my kind, ain't no doubt about it [01:19.90] Slightly schizophrenic, I'm in the studio with myself [01:22.63] There's still a crowd around [01:24.06] Think I finally found the youth, it's in the truth [01:26.66] Since 50 rocked the vest, I had the jukes [01:30.39] With my feet up on a top floor screaming "Jesus" [01:33.82] But I want more [01:36.08] I won't stop until I hear the world scream my name out, name out [01:42.18] Who you are is what you do, not what you say [01:46.06] I bring the bang out, bang out [01:47.83] Ooh, I'm popping, ooh, I'm popping [01:50.84] Oohooh (I'm really fuckin' bang out) [01:54.04] Ooh, I'm popping, ooh, I'm popping [01:56.87] Aaha aay [01:59.45] I made a promise to myself in '99 [02:01.79] Not to shoot for the sky would've been my biggest crime [02:05.08] Sifted through my teens, growing now, I got a dream going [02:08.13] People said you sick for believing so I sneezed on 'em [02:11.56] Spent the rest nights focused on the lights [02:14.00] Aim for the stars, cock back, open flight [02:16.97] Then I got caught, hot fingerprints on the shotgun [02:20.08] List of success suspects and I'm the top one [02:23.81] You could see me live, getting swifty [02:26.27] You could call my momma, if you ask, she'd admit that [02:29.20] Climbing from the bottom, got grit and the fools taking hits [02:32.65] But the shooter in the pit cause she fit [02:35.04] So please don't pity me, you see me holding keys [02:38.15] I always like to tease, won't be the bitch to appease [02:41.67] Soon the hoes come running and the checks start coming [02:44.77] But I'm in it for the height, not the summit (aye) [02:47.84] I won't stop until I hear the world scream my name out, name out [02:54.07] Who you are is what you do, not what you say [02:58.07] I bring the bang out, bang out [02:59.88] Ooh, I'm popping, ooh, I'm popping [03:02.93] Oohooh (I'm really fuckin' bang out) [03:05.93] Ooh, I'm popping, ooh, I'm popping [03:08.89] Aaha aay [03:11.46] I made a promise to myself in '99 [03:14.72] I was gonna shine [03:17.37] I made a promise to myself in '99 [03:20.42] I was gonna shine [03:23.26] I made a promise to myself in '99 [03:26.50] I was gonna shine [03:29.37] I made a promise to myself in '99 [03:32.43] I was gonna shine [03:35.26] I made a promise to myself in '99 [03:37.76] That I'd get real big, open up a few minds [03:41.41] I made a promise to myself in '99 [03:44.49] I was gonna shine [03:47.53]