I′ve been working, I've been working, I′ve been learning

So deserving, but not a menace count your blessings

Think you're worthy, think you're special, think you′re somethingWell, I′m just Cody, currently overtly dangerous ya feel

Ay, think that you're running the game, boy you′re just running your mouth

Keep focusing on the fame, I got manners I learned in the south

Like: "Yes ma'am, and no sir, and sorry not now"

Respecting this art form, instead of sitting on that couch (Rude)

Sorry if I offend, I′m just speaking my truth

I've been listening to this game, but most ya′ll just goofs

That's alright though, you're making way for some news

Breaking story the headline, superhumans coming through

Spider-Fram in the rap game, just one of few

Like Joyner, JCole, Logic, Gambino too

I′ve been grinding since 94, trying to show them what I can do

But this flow is getting boring, time to try something new (Go)

Running in circles and chasing your tail

I′ll bob that right off, PETA put me in jail

I paid off the warden and got off on bail

Man, I'm just wasting my time

You′re destined to fail, destined to drop

Drop out the sky, what is this life if I ain't high

What am I doing if I′m not trying to get it across that

I ain't like those other guys, at least I′m wearing my disguise

In these lines, I found some drive, forcing me to think twice

About my life, I've found my mission, got commitment

To a principle insistent on living more consistent, you listening

I've been working, I′ve been working, I′ve been learning

So deserving, but not a menace count your blessings

Think you're worthy, think you′re special, think you're something

Well, I′m just Cody, catching onto dis yet?

I need no validation, made a life all my own

My greatest expectation is that I don't die all alone

Glad my mother raised a hero, I oughta go pick up that phone

Tell her I′ve been around the nation, and I'm making my way back home

I've met many people, and heard many tales

Went to the steeple, and seen marriages fail

Deliberately definitive I don′t end up like Dale

My father never bothered, so I won′t bail him out of jail (Go)

God, I'm so tired of hearing these stories

The boy meets the world, but I′m not Shawn nor Cory

My plan is unfurled, better get on your knees

You're drunk on this flow better give me your keys

Put it in drive, drive it right off a cliff

What did Cole say could not co-exist

I′m in my own league of Legends

Pray to God I get to heaven

Tactful parents so offended

So I just write to be apparent

To teach these kids about the present

The past behind us, begin your severance

You need a job, I got your reference

Learn your lessons and mind your manners

Cause you don't know when they will matter

Pave your way, and climb that ladder

Look

How do I say in any other way

That the heroes you look up to, they too had a price to pay

To be their own hero, and finally cast away

The doubt in their mind so they can save their own day

I′ve been working, I've been working, I've been learning

So deserving, but not a menace count your blessings

Think you′re worthy, think you′re special, think you're something

Well, I′m just Cody, casually out demonstrating youthful massacre