text: Yeah, it’s a long way home at the end of the road
  I’ll be pavin my own way, to the top, I be here to stay
  So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
  And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s your last
  All my life, I couldn’t fit in, like a bad shoe
  I was always too square, too cube, too tall, too weird, too blue
  Forget them high-school’s hotties now I’m too cool
  I guess I came a long way from that young kid
  The school’s most popular lame, no friends, no style, no clothes, no ends
  Just a bed, fell asleep, never woke up again
  Yeah, and my last prayer was don’t ever let me end up like the people that’s down here
  Cause the one that fear change be the one that don’t care
  Look at themselves and see somebody else in the mirror
  But you can always pick me out of the crowd
  Loud mouth with my very own style
  And what I know now is don’t ever pretend
  And live every single day like you won’t see it again
  So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
  And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s your last
  And if you only have 24 hours, 1400 minutes before your dreams gone
  Then you better go live it, cause whatever you love could be taken away
  So live like it’s your dying day
  I dedicate this to my teachers that never believed in me
  And the mother that conceived, but ended up leaving me
  I just wish yall could see me smile, this big’s grin on the tv now
  And I took it from the bottom to the top
  From the holes in my socks, Ramen noodles in the pot
  Used to rob them on the block, now they stop me in the drop
  Middle finger up and that ain’t gonna stop
  I used to take orders, now I make bets
  I used to scrub floors, now I sign checks
  I used to push carts, now I push songs
  I used to be there, now I am so gone
  I fired myself, found a job myself
  Established my name and then I signed myself
  And what I tell myself, is you did this by yourself
  And when Im on so long, I’ll be by myself
  So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
  And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s the last
  And if you only have 24 hours, 1400 minutes before your dreams gone
  Then you better go live it, cause whatever you love could be taken away
  So live like it’s your dying day
  I wish I could see their faces when they heard your boy spit
  Wish I could know what they’re thinking when they heard my first hit
  Cause I remember them wishing that I wouldn’t get big
  Now I bet they’re wishing they wouldnt of said that shit
  I came out of a dying city brought back life
  Everything they said I couldn’t do I did about twice
  Multiplied by the bottles that we popped each night
  That equals out to a celebration, bitches more ice
  Make it toast to the underdogs, toast to the team
  Toast to the fact we this close to the dream
  Pour one for my exes, used to talk reckless
  But now I push Benzes and rock Rolexes
  Came from the city and until they come and get me
  Turn around and see the whole east side’s still with me
  And that’s how we live it, you mans don’t change
  Look, its still the kid, still can’t tell me a goddamn thing
  So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
  And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s the last
  And if you only have 24 hours, 1400 minutes before your dreams gone
  Then you better go live it, cause whatever you love could be taken away
  So live like it’s a dying day
  Yeah, it’s a long way home at the end of the road
  I’ll be pavin my own way, to the top, I be here to stay
  So take my name, remember this face, keep the change and have a nice day
  And live for the moment, not by the past, homie live each day like it’s your last