I′ve been working, I've been working, I′ve been learning
So deserving, but not a menace count your blessings
Think you're worthy, think you're special, think you′re somethingWell, I′m just Cody, currently overtly dangerous ya feel
Ay, think that you're running the game, boy you′re just running your mouth
Keep focusing on the fame, I got manners I learned in the south
Like: "Yes ma'am, and no sir, and sorry not now"
Respecting this art form, instead of sitting on that couch (Rude)
Sorry if I offend, I′m just speaking my truth
I've been listening to this game, but most ya′ll just goofs
That's alright though, you're making way for some news
Breaking story the headline, superhumans coming through
Spider-Fram in the rap game, just one of few
Like Joyner, JCole, Logic, Gambino too
I′ve been grinding since 94, trying to show them what I can do
But this flow is getting boring, time to try something new (Go)
Running in circles and chasing your tail
I′ll bob that right off, PETA put me in jail
I paid off the warden and got off on bail
Man, I'm just wasting my time
You′re destined to fail, destined to drop
Drop out the sky, what is this life if I ain't high
What am I doing if I′m not trying to get it across that
I ain't like those other guys, at least I′m wearing my disguise
In these lines, I found some drive, forcing me to think twice
About my life, I've found my mission, got commitment
To a principle insistent on living more consistent, you listening
I've been working, I′ve been working, I′ve been learning
So deserving, but not a menace count your blessings
Think you're worthy, think you′re special, think you're something
Well, I′m just Cody, catching onto dis yet?
I need no validation, made a life all my own
My greatest expectation is that I don't die all alone
Glad my mother raised a hero, I oughta go pick up that phone
Tell her I′ve been around the nation, and I'm making my way back home
I've met many people, and heard many tales
Went to the steeple, and seen marriages fail
Deliberately definitive I don′t end up like Dale
My father never bothered, so I won′t bail him out of jail (Go)
God, I'm so tired of hearing these stories
The boy meets the world, but I′m not Shawn nor Cory
My plan is unfurled, better get on your knees
You're drunk on this flow better give me your keys
Put it in drive, drive it right off a cliff
What did Cole say could not co-exist
I′m in my own league of Legends
Pray to God I get to heaven
Tactful parents so offended
So I just write to be apparent
To teach these kids about the present
The past behind us, begin your severance
You need a job, I got your reference
Learn your lessons and mind your manners
Cause you don't know when they will matter
Pave your way, and climb that ladder
Look
How do I say in any other way
That the heroes you look up to, they too had a price to pay
To be their own hero, and finally cast away
The doubt in their mind so they can save their own day
I′ve been working, I've been working, I've been learning
So deserving, but not a menace count your blessings
Think you′re worthy, think you′re special, think you're something
Well, I′m just Cody, casually out demonstrating youthful massacre
