Rose in the Concrete

Wanna take a take five to reflect Think about every no and reject Think about every time that I fought and I lost And it all and crashed down for a reset Wanna take a pit stop on the sidewalk Recall every speech, every side talk Every bedroom show for the walls of my room It was all I could do and could be yet Take it back to the days in a classroom I was always the weird and the sad dude Had to hide all my pain put it deep in my brain I was scared of the world and I had to Couldn't say all I thought so I wrote it down Carried on to this day, I still do it now When the world gets cold and the tears grow old And my worn out soul is past due Never really had the confidence to start doing music Till I made my mind up Realized it was Junior year I had nothing else And so I went and signed up Always had the gift of writing just needed music to elevate it Found my stress relief, brought out the best in me I'll do this 'till my time's up Nowadays when I write it out Tend to share it all with the people Spill my heart a little on a couple tracks Try to save the rest for the sequels Looking back at me from a year ago and There's not a chance that we're equal Was a child then, guess that I still am But I'm proud of that, so I keep it I feel like a rose in the concrete Feeling like I've grown so much Know that all my roots grow so deep Even though it's been so rough Know that I ain't made it too far Got so much left to go But I'm hoping that you're proud of me now That I've turned into this blooming rose Nice view of the older me My past doesn't still get ahold of me Even if things get a bit hard sometimes Never ever wanna be that colder me Never listen to the lies that are told to me Never mind a little bit of cold shoulder see Just keep my head down, where I head now's My move, not where I'm supposed to be Know that I'm not too famous yet but I'll make it big, I promise When I'm on that stage, on a cover page I'll still be the real me and honest Back in school, yeah I learned a lot but There ain't a class I was taught this Know that I'll be doing what I love to do Take the coldest mic and I'll make it the hottest Yeah it's been hard, yeah it's been sad Been there and I did that Write pain and I sing songs for the bad days that's why I rap 'Cause it gets real and what I feel's weighing so much that I might snap Take a moment then and I breathe it in When I'm tired out, run another lap Nowadays when I write it out I actually feel better Music's just the way I medicate How I put my pain into letters Spill my heart but I don't make a mess Slow the beating down inside my chest Focus on my goal to be the best Think I'm stopping now, that's a never I feel like a rose in the concrete Feeling like I've grown so much Know that all my roots grow so deep Even though it's been so rough Know that I ain't made it too far Got so much left to go But I'm hoping that you're proud of me now That I've turned into this blooming rose Hoping that you're proud of me Hoping that you're proud of me Hoping that you're proud of me Hoping that you're proud I feel like a rose in the concrete Feeling like I've grown so much Know that all my roots grow so deep Even though it's been so rough Know that I ain't made it too far Got so much left to go But I'm hoping that you're proud of me now That I've turned into this blooming rose