Once upon a time

So you just have to Ask yourself Is it worth it Cause if you lose Yourself you really have nothing left To give you know But who wants to make it to the top To witness the view alone So it becomes this constant battle of Potential vs reality and I'm not going To bore you with the pros and cons But Moral of the story is Wait you don't know the story Once upon a time I was on the grind Busy minding mines Vision on my mind Couldn't think about a set back Forward motion couldn't look back Wasn't worried bout a man Wasnt in the plans Solo mission Was to shake back to me Silly old little me Thinking I could Justify all of your flaws For a good deed Leave it up to me To save a (huh) Oweee But that was back then Never now no no Could that be (Why) Cause this is a Shake back I'm taking all of My love back RIP to those who lost that But I don't got no time To get back (I Know) As much as I hate that I'll chalk it up I gotta take that Respect you Gotta earn Life is Live and learn Silly ol silly ol me Thinking I could shift Your vision Tryna make you independent Procasting my intentions Silly ol Silly ol Silly ol me You were blind and I was tryna make You see All that you could be Leave it up to me To put a cape on baby But I'm no Bonnie To ya Clyde Only the strongest survive And I gottta thrive I guess in the moment of truth Your pride is all that's left to you And that's tough to chew Let along swallow it Must feel like hollow tips Straight to your heart To know you lost Your power trip Now i got confidence That's the empowerment Said I can't do better Know I love challenges Life's about balances That's the real magic No damsel here I can slay my own dragons Nobody's fool I can't Lower my standards not one to handle Won't take me for granted Run it up run it up run it up (No more excuses I'm coming up) Wake it up wake it up wake it up (Woke up the beast now Let's shake it up) Baby It would be silly of me To lose myself in In fairy tales And make believe Cause this is a Shake back I'm taking all of My love back RIP to those who lost that But I don't got no time To get back (I Know) As much as I hate that I'll chalk it up I gotta take that Respect you Gotta earn Life is Live and learn Silly ol silly ol me Thinking I could shift Your vision Try to make you independent Procasting my intentions Silly ol Silly ol me You were blind and I was tryna make You this is a Shake back I'm taking all of My love back RIP to those who lost that But I don't got no time To get back (I Know) As much as I hate that I'll chalk it up I gotta take that Respect you Gotta earn Life is Live and learn Silly ol silly ol me Thinking I could shift Your vision Try to make you independent Procasting my intentions Silly ol Silly ol me You were blind and I was tryna make You