Momentum

It's like once you make a decision to do something You just gotta follow through The hardest part is just, you know Just to, to make that first, to make the first move And then from there you just gotta go with that momentum Once upon a time in a land of sin A young man had a plan to win So he stayed up all night long with a pad and a pen And wrote words to the mandolin And even though he never really knew what his chances is To make it big and advance with this He had to take a stance with this Before the hunger inside ate him up like it's cancerous So now you gotta answer this, should he say "fuck rap" Sit back, and end up like his parents is? Pops is on drugs, moms is all bugged And being fucked up is a family biz He looking in the mirror like it can't be him His homeboys, nah, it can't be them It can't be us, this can't be what family does You fall down, gotta get back up You can't give up, you gotta strive for something It's gotta be a reason for the pain and suffering Cause it ain't for nothing, ain't for show I think I really got what it takes to blow And even if I don't got the strength to know But everyone around me says I'm ready to go So I'm ready to roll, I'm ready to rock this I want the real thing, so enough of the practice I really gotta see what my plan of attack is So I can attack this and hope I ain't doing it backwards I'm trying to break through like the spring on the mattress So lemme just see what happens, I got that Momentum, who wanna roll wit him? Who's a go-getter that's ready to go get em? Who starts beats to the sound of the rhythm With the drum before they even know what hit em? Central Digit, damn what is this Cause we be on the grind like it's nobody's business But nobody gets us A woman told me I was going to Hell last week And I don't know who the bitch was And I don't go around saying I sell drugs But I be saying shit that nobody else does I'm trying to help you but nobody helps us And that's the reason we don't sell much, but guess what You can criticize me til I'm sick of it I mean we all pass judgement a little bit Like when you see a pregnant girl with a cigarette And you be thinking, damn, why's she so ignorant? But did you ever think that she was really innocent? Her man left her and now she need a little fix Or she illiterate, tried to read the warning on the label But wasn't able to get the gist of it I put a twist on it, nobody's losing If you still draw the same conclusions You thought about it from a few points of views then Now it should be less confusing, I got that Momentum, feel like I flow venom Just give me a beat, some free time, and them I'm Back up on the track before you could forget him So listen to the words as I spit em Born in a prison, life in a cage Watching time pass from the night to the day Don't know where to go, but I might run away In the land of the free, there's a price that I pay Can't slow down, I got that momentum Obstacles try and stop me, don't sweat em Still fade away just like some old denim But I won't disappear cause the pride won't let him Not too bougie and not too stupid Not too kind, but I'm not too ruthless Not too smart for my own good, nor too dumb Upstate New York, where the fuck I'm from I said fuck the fun and went back to school And now they can't like a brother can't act a fool Like I forgot where I came from How the fuck I forgot when I'm still right here in the same slum? On the same street, with the same thugs And the wind to my back but I ain't budge Cause I ain't done Got a chessboard full of pieces, my move, gotta make one (check) Now the hard part's over All I gotta do is follow through and wait til I'm older So I can look back (yeah, I took that) And handled everything like a soldier Now I'm gone