Influence

As a child, I always had big dreams Doctor or investor, I told myself I'll make history I went to hutch and let someone say what I'm not gon be Struggling confidence, I guess all of the blame is on me But I can't be too mad, cus the result Is me not juggling school, work and debt as an adult Trying my hardest, no lights or starving Them tough decisions that make you question whether or not you really want it Still, my battle's similar I'm discovering myself, so unfamiliar Simultaneously paving the way for me to be called a great I see young people make consensus with fate, but what is mine Be a hip hop star, living on cloud nine Trying to influence lives over these rhymes How many fail with that same ambition in mind I contemplate if I'm wasting my time Mama said, she gon support the dream My niggas said, hit me if you need My soul said, be what you gon be Dad said, Make something of yourself I fantasize me and poetry Having a threesome with rhythm, in their potency And the result of everything to be the dopest thing That anybody ever heard or felt I'll say it now, I wanna make a new genre Homage to DJ Kool Herc, the father I wanna give to archetype that found us Instead of accepting whatever's dealt See, I was a child back in New Orleans Telling my family, I'm going to make history So I plant my feet in music and poetry As the only person I need to make proud is myself