Born 98, I was raised as a scholar
Parents taught me well had to strive for the dolla
Stay on the hunt tryna make a couple moves
Not afraid to win but petrified to lose, I refuse
Try to stay the course and pick the right path
Couldn't let them racists go and get the last laugh
Had to strive hard; stay on my craft
Pressure like I was number one overall in the draft
Questions like, Jesse, what you wanna be?
Or wondering why girls ain't hollering at me
Had to choose friends, like fuel to my rocket
Made the right decisions like Brady in the pocket
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Reminiscence of a kid, tryna do the family well
Gotta stay the course, it ain't hard to tell
The story of a boy who was too scared to
fail
Story of a boy tryna live and tell his tale
Gotta work hard, so they all see
Last name Moses, First name Jesse
Gotta keep the grind you know how it be
I'm nothing special, I'm just being me
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One night I was chilling, someone's at my door
Hit me with some news that rocked me in my core
I gotta go pray, I need to go repent
Because my friend went through an accident
I think about this moment every single day
Because his cousin sadly passed away
I went to his house, saw my homie's face
All cut up, without any smooth space
He was hurting, in a lot of pain
A lot of thoughts racing around in my brain
When he talked, made me see the light
Had me in my room crying the whole night
When he was talking, I heard the message loud
Don't worry bro, Imma make you proud.
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Reminiscence of a kid, tryna do the family well
Gotta stay the course, it ain't hard to tell
The story of a boy who was too scared to fail
Story of a boy tryna live and tell his tale
Gotta work hard, so they all see
Last name Moses, First name Jesse
Gotta keep the grind you know how it be
I'm nothing special I'm just being me
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First day at school, teacher pull out a syllabus
Damn seems hard, don't know if I'm feeling this
I got to get it though, gotta get the dough
Got an opportunity, that's something I can't blow
I turned down every club, didnt want to go parties
Had to be punctual, so I never got tardies
Got to figure out who I want to be
So I can be a better me
But I couldn't talk to girls, because I had anxiety
But that's ok, I'll make it one day
That means working in the lab, every single day
I had some goals, so I had to persist
Wasn't popular, yeah I'm okay with this
I just wanted my name to be on the dean's list
Now I'm achieving goals, I'm really feeling this
Now I'm getting hungrier, only wanting more
Look out for me, when I bust through the door
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Reminiscence of a kid, tryna do the family well
Gotta stay the course, it ain't hard to tell
The story of a boy who was too scared to
fail
Story of a boy tryna live and tell his tale
Gotta work hard, so they all see
Last name Moses, First name Jesse
Gotta keep the grind you know how it be
I'm nothing special I'm just being me