Saved My Life

[Verse 1: Kid Pharaoh] I remember in my primary school days I was always the weird one that the kids called names Always that one kid that could never fit in But they say the world needs people that are different And they said "You know what? You just gotta be you You can do anything that you try and set your mind to" At the time see, I didn't know what those words meant But a couple years later all the pieces would connect Dad was working on some stuff he was doing for his work And one day he got a major call from his company Said "The last step you gotta do for your medicine degree You gotta practice medicine somewhere rurally" For us this was everything, so we had to go there 7 hours from home, in the middle of no where He said "Man, don't worry, this is just for a couple years The day I'm done I promise we'll be right outta here" But that's not how the story went, not even a little bit 7 horrid years we spent, we were so sick of it In just the first year man, things weren't going well And you ain't even heard about the dark side of hell You ain't heard about the shit I went through at school Every single day I went I was ridiculed Just for being different Man that shit was not fair White farming people were the only people out there They treated me so cruel Man that shit was not cool But you get used to it when you been to 9 schools See dog, I don't even know what was wrong I know we all different but can't we just get along Cause I listen to hip hop and you listen to rock Stupid little differences but I'll give it a shot I'll try to fit in, I'mma make these years good If I be like them maybe they'll think I'm cool If I talk like them in their country accent Maybe they'll chill and stop calling me a faggot And a nigga, and a stupid camel rider and a terrorist "Go back to your country you stupid little immigrant" Damn, I don't even know what to do I've tried everything I can to fit in and be cool What if I played sports they like? Maybe that'll do it But I sucked so bad I thought man don't do it To help survive, Dad went and got me an iPod My cousin got me music that he thought I would like so I had a listen, I heard Jesus Walks Just one of the things I have to thank Yeezy for Ever since then, I fell in love with rap music I studied the game and everything to do with it Then I thought to myself, I could probably do that So I grabbed my pen and paper and I got straight to that Learning and learning and I was writing all the time About how to make music, how to make this thing mine I found Garageband man I started dropping those beats Hip hop kit, a synth, and some hot ass strings Locked myself in my room, I made beats 'til noon Then I wrote for a while then record all afternoon With a singstar mic I used on my Playstation Getting better every day and having dreams of making it To the big time and the life I see on TV And I felt so alive like no one could stop me And when I went back to school, I quit trying to fit in And I was just my damn self, and I don't need to fix it I don't need to act like something that I'm not Just to please some little motherfuckers on the block Music taught me a lot Taught me to be myself Taught me to never give up and I'll always do well See, hip hop taught me shit you can't learn at Harvard Since I found music these kids never start shit I'm my own person now, don't care what they say I'm on my way to the top so get out of my way I was a needle in a haystack, I still am But the difference is I embrace the fact that I am me Be your own person always, and you gon' see That happiness will come your way, you don't need to be Somebody you're not, you're great the way you are Never let 'em bring you down man cause you're a star Said I remember in my primary school days I was always the weird one that the kids called names Always that one kid that could never fit in But they say the world needs people that are different And they say you know what, you just gotta be you You can do anything that you try and set your mind to At the time see I didn't know what those words meant But ever since I found music, all the pieces just connect