(LexNour) don't let nobody tell you who you are
I remember sleepin' wishin' on a shootin' star
After practice, overnight, cleanin', workin' hard
Comin' up short, hopin' one day I'd go far
I was young, dumb, broke, and I was still naive
I had failed so many times, but I still believed (kept goin')
That I would turn into that man everyone could see
Wouldn't never let nobody tell him what he could achieve (what now?)
I stayed focused, walked right on my path
Told my mom I was leavin', and I couldn't come back
Hopped out my feelings, quit my job, graduated and laughed
Then went to Cali' straight broke and hopped right in my bag (yes)
Now I'm standin' here speakin', givin' all I am
Tryna show you that the change starts with one man
I ain't lyin' 'cause I did, so I know you can
So I'm here to help the world understand that
This is motivation for every single chance you ain't taken
Any rule that's in your way, you better break it
Shut up, embrace it, the pain is a prerequisite
Without it, how the fuck you think you ever gon' make it?
The sweat is your payment (yes), fuck an escalator
Take the stairs to top right from the fuckin' basement
Your life is a statement, leave a legacy and stop waitin'
Get yo' ass up today and start chasin', this that motivation
I'm hopin' that this hits yo' soul
They're just dreams 'til you sit down, and you write your goals
I remember when they said I wasn't built this strong
I bounced back like elastic and put myself on
Now I'm sellin' out these tickets to places I don't know
Goin' to these places, they said that I couldn't go (yes)
Givin' all my time to people at these shows
To spread this message and this music that I know brings hope
They feel it, I don't gotta top a stupid chart, or win a Grammy just to show that I'm the realest
I don't need a co-sign from nobody, if they ain't said nothin' by now, they pretendin' not to see it (nah)
Any odd I beat, negativity delete it, I don't care about success, it's the journey I'm fiendin' (I can)
If I say it, I mean it, flow dirty, can't clean it, give a fuck about the past 'cause I RIP-ed it
Now I'm 'bout to fuckin' hit the top, you fuckin' people can't cancel me (no way)
Put me in box or fuckin' drive to me to insanity (drive)
I'm already crazy, one-fourth of me is all of you
So half of me is two of you and four of you is all of me
You'll need a whole army if you thinkin' 'bout stoppin' me (can't)
And five lifetimes if you're thinkin' you can copy me
I've beaten poverty, went to war and beat mediocrity
My life is mine, I'm moldin' that shit like I'm doin' pottery
I'm not scared of failure, I embrace it and chase it (yes)
If there's a one percent chance I can do it, I take it
I took the hate they all threw, sat down and I ate it
Then took the motivation from it, turned to one of the greatest
And now every time I drop I know I'm makin' a statement (yes)
Replacin' every single person that you got on your playlist
I'm not a product of the system, that's why no one can break it
I'm tryna change the whole game, man, fuck bein' famous, dawg
I'm self-proclaimed, and I ain't never changed (never changed)
I rock the same clothes and still got the same chain (same chain)
It's a reminder when I hooped, and I would go and get my jersey
And those people didn't even know my name, well, now I know you see it
They told me, "Leave", I made a promise they would all feel it (all feel it)
I couldn't find the change, so I said, "I'll be it"
So I hope that y'all know this is Dax, fuckin' "Self Proclaimed 4", go
This is motivation for every single chance you ain't taken
Any rule that's in your way, you better break it
Shut up, embrace it (shut up), the pain is a prerequisite
Without it, how the fuck you think you ever gon' make it?
The sweat is your payment, fuck an escalator (keep goin')
Take the stairs to top right from the fuckin' basement (keep go, keep goin')
Your life is a statement, leave a legacy and stop waitin'
Get yo' ass up today and start chasin', this that motivation
(This that motivation) breathe
Get up and chase your dreams
'Cause if you don't, who will?
It's Dax
