I fell asleep on the couch, I was watching TV

Then I woke up in my bed, like "how the hell I get here?"

I got my first day of school pretty soon, and I′m yawning, but let's get itFelt like that′s the moment that would change my life forever

In a way I was right, but I never understood

All the ways I would write, it all depends on my mood

It's either: fly guy etiquette, or all this introspective spit

Welcome to my life, well - just this portion that you're getting quick

Back when the theme song to the news, was our gateway to the globe

The streets I would roam, taught me all I need to know

Before I wanted to lead a life with my Entourage, like Ari Gold

When the vision was an interview on TRL

Before the magic of Christmas time and Easter fell

Before I realised we actually might just be in hell

When we were living without feeling the need to tell

I was scraping my knees, building go-karts with the team

Finding bamboo by the stream, made kites we flew in the street

Racing scooters and that, before the moving of sacks

You couldn′t ruin the vast, lust for life that we had

I′m so far from being Hector (Pieterson) in that picture

So far from the confusion and the stresses of living

Before innocence left me, before my conscience got darker

Every moment was a wonder, when

I fell asleep on the couch, I'm just tired from sport

I′m gon' be the greatest all-rounder school ever saw

I′m gon' win me awards, I′m gon' thrive with the books too

I'm gon′ be the one that all the other kids look too

But girl went from "Cooties!" to cuties, with booby and ass

All the features we made fun of, I now wanted to grab

But politely, so I penned them letters with ink

Welcome to my life, well just this portion that you′re getting quick

Keep them awards yo, I need me some clean sneaks

Spraying cologne in Edgars before I chick meet

I'm already 20 minutes late for the movie

Mom told me: "chores come first, no excuses"

Only 20 minutes though, she probably just sat

I pulled up, and seen some brother with his arm ′round her neck

Now I know it's juvenile, but it hurt like a bitch

But you live and you learn, fall in love and get burned

Find ways to spend time, you′ll reach a point where you find

The pure beauty and freedom you're searching for in this life

But not many hold on, others′ focus is knowledge

Pro-sports, entertainment, art or you hit each college

Or, push on the low, or do a few of those

Then finally you'll realise, school is a funeral for creatives

But it's a necessary tool

To better life, but I realised the cost is cruel

On the couch, as I got home from the club

Biggie had a Castle Lite, and I was drinking like a bum

But he got me home safe, now I′m talking to the moon

Thinking ′bout the booty and the tunes, and what I'm meant to do

I think this fast life gripped me, last night hit me

Bottles at the table make the shawty′s come quickly

Don't overthink it, they′re just getting a drink

Welcome to my life, well just this portion that you're getting quick

Everything is different but it feels the same

I let it all flow out, like I hit a vein

Jody, you′re all grown up, what are you really saying?

What are you doing as the sun rotates the window pane?

Before you're just another memory a few folk have

Before you reach a slump, wishing you could go back

Before losing desire, to see another moon glow

You've got to find something they remember at your funeral

The tricky part′s balancing forcing and fate

I came across these folk before, but the course we would take

Was out of hands, that′s where it all came together

Same visions of changing the face of Hip-Hop forever

In this place that we're from, it′s clear we'll be remembered

So we started to hustle, pushing this music however

I swear that every door closed, we′ve been knocking it down

We'll never not be around, ′cause we're gon' live through these sounds

On the couch, after performing my best

Rapping though some shitty mic′, pouring it all out my chest

I learnt that people want bass, man they just wanna dance

Ain′t got no time for them lyrics that you be bleeding out the pen

But we got some today, and if you've made it this far

And I mean in your life, I don′t mean with this song

Advice: don't overthink it, just do what you love

Welcome to my life, well just the portion that you get in these bars