[00:14.82]I had an epiphany[00:16.03]I was repeating history[00:17.22]I was doing everything I hated[00:18.91]The weight on my shoulders[00:19.90]I let it all get to me (I let it all get to me)[00:21.88]I had an epiphany[00:23.30]I just smiled at my enemies[00:24.75]I was listening to everybody who was talking[00:27.40]But never did **** for me, yeah[00:29.44]I had an epiphany[00:31.04]I was looking at everybody else[00:32.77]That's up in the industry[00:33.84]They ain't as sick as me (they ain't as sick as me)[00:37.54]I had an epiphany[00:38.86]I was seeing somebody[00:39.71]That never had no good intentions for me[00:41.66]Now she missing me, yuh (now she missing me)[00:44.48]Yeah, moral of the story is that nobody did it for me[00:46.45]Had to make a change (nah)[00:47.48]I was living in the city with no scene[00:49.21]I had a dream I had to make a lane (yup, yup)[00:51.27]Always knew that I couldn't live off of minimum wage[00:53.40]Ripping the pay stub[00:54.20]I had a minimal taste for all the fame stuff[00:56.17]But I got into the game without a cent to my name[00:58.13]And now I'm ballin' like I'm in the NBA, bruh[00:59.81]And I know I got a lot but I'm not content[01:01.92]If they ask me to stop, I will not consent[01:03.96]Never let nobody block 'cause my shot to miss[01:05.86]You can meet me at the top if you hop the fence[01:07.81]And you climb the stairs[01:08.88]And you fight the beast[01:09.68]And you lose your way[01:10.59]Then you find your peace[01:11.55]And you do it sober[01:12.51]Then you find a drink[01:13.53]Then you spiral down[01:14.45]And it all repeats[01:15.44]And I always had a vision I could get it[01:16.88]So I did it by my lonely[01:17.77]I don't owe nobody nothing, never let nobody own me[01:19.68]Got some money from the music,[01:20.69]And I spend it on the homies[01:21.60]But don't put nothin' before me,[01:22.61]Gave a whip to little Brody[01:23.57]And I'm only getting started[01:24.50]And I'm eating with the people that I starve with[01:26.57]And my batteries, I had to recharge 'em[01:28.39]I made an album but that **** was garbage[01:30.34]Yo, I was trapped in a gimmick[01:32.24]I finally get it[01:33.03]I'm here to make music that matters[01:34.64]If I die, it'll all be alright[01:36.41]'Cause the message I gave you will live for me after[01:38.44]And my chapter will highlight a lifetime[01:40.43]Of energy gave through a bright mind[01:42.45]How you never had to stand on the sideline[01:44.26]How you the guide to your own guidelines[01:46.30]That's an epiphany[01:47.69]I had an epiphany, yeah[01:52.06]That's an epiphany[01:55.90]I had an epiphany, yeah[01:59.63]I had an epiphany[02:02.50]That I could make history[02:03.72]That I could prove everyone wrong[02:05.57]That told me I wasn't cut out for this music thing, yeah[02:08.81]I had an epiphany[02:10.04]What if I took my energy[02:11.27]And used it on positive things in my life[02:13.56]Instead of the people that lie to me, huh?[02:15.62]Yeah, I had an epiphany[02:17.58]That I could put all of my hurt into music[02:19.76]And use it for people that might feel the same as me[02:22.06]Yeah, I had an epiphany[02:25.23]What if everyone knew[02:26.36]My depression was worse than they thought[02:27.97]They probably gonna look at me differently[02:29.60]Yo, this song got me going back, when I was a stupid kid[02:33.76]Thinking maybe I could make it in the music biz[02:35.79]And then I figured out the politics[02:37.15]And realized that half of y'all[02:38.58]Don't even know what music is[02:39.67]Ain't going nowhere, I told 'em to get used to me[02:41.49]Feels like I'm living in a movie scene[02:42.92]A bunch of people trying to tell me[02:44.26]How to act and breathe[02:45.10]One thing I never let nobody ever do[02:46.31]Was tell me who to be[02:47.24]I never got into the party scene[02:48.62]Maybe I was just scared to drink[02:50.28]'Cause addiction it runs in my family[02:51.82]That's someone I was scared to be[02:52.97]You're looking pitiful compared to me[02:54.41]Since I can barely read[02:55.38]All I wanted was somebody I could trust[02:56.94]That I knew would keep it real with me[02:58.22]Rap's always been a mirror for me[02:59.54]That's when I figured out[03:00.29]That maybe I'm the one[03:01.07]That's gotta make it on my own,[03:02.14]Yeah, it's clear to see[03:03.11]A lot of people think that what I'm doing is a gimmick[03:04.58]Everything you hear me writing I've been living[03:06.10]I ain't quitting, send the money to my family[03:07.37]Try to show them that I miss them[03:08.40]And I cherish every moment[03:09.20]When I'm home and when I'm with them[03:10.36]And this is the way that I feel[03:11.40]In the industry of fakes trying to stay real[03:13.28]In the industry of lames trying to get deals[03:15.27]Lord knows I'ma get it, that's Meek Mill[03:17.15]Yeah, I lay in my bed at night thinking[03:20.32]"There's got to be more to me"[03:21.40]I'm trying to pay off the mortgaging[03:22.88]But the life of the people I love in the midst of it[03:25.27]I've always thought that if[03:26.35]I learn from mistakes that I'd make[03:27.89]Even the losses are victories[03:29.26]That's when it starts hitting me[03:30.61]If you set your mind to it, you can do anything[03:32.98]That's an epiphany[03:36.33]That's an epiphany, yeah[03:39.56]I had an epiphany[03:44.12]I had an epiphany, yeah