Music is my calling, I know you see me dialling Know that I won't fold like that shit you put a file in Every single day, I'm just tryna get a smile in But they been lookin' at me like: Hendersin, you're wyling But fuck 'em, yeah, they don't know what it took Forget the same page, we ain't in the same book And I been working night and day They said I threw my life away I gave it what I had left Now I got the right to say It's been a long time coming Now it's time to stop running nowhere Nowhere And I almost had to leave 'Cause I just couldn't breathe no air No air It's been a long time coming Now it's time to stop running nowhere Nowhere And I almost had to leave 'Cause I just couldn't breathe no air No air Throw your hands high Like you reaching for the sky Just ask: Why not? Instead of why? (Why?) And we're reaching for the stars We're driven like cars We know that the world is still ours Don't hold us down, no Just hold it down Don't hold us down, no Just hold it down Uh, so what you know about a dollar and a dream? No, I'm not a mascot, but I did it for my team Yeah, I did it for my state For them kids who can relate David Blaine with the pain They just need that escape Yeah, they gonna hate I'm just hoping that you know That somebody can do it Well, they quick to tell you: No They probably gonna say that your dream is just a waste First you make 'em eat they words and you ask 'em how it taste It's been a long time coming Now it's time to stop running nowhere Nowhere And I almost had to leave 'Cause I just couldn't breathe no air No air It's been a long time coming Now it's time to stop running nowhere Nowhere And I almost had to leave 'Cause I just couldn't breathe no air No air Throw your hands high Like you reaching for the sky Just ask: Why not? Instead of why? (Why?) And we're reaching for the stars We're driven like cars We know that the world is still ours Don't hold us down, no Just hold it down Don't hold us down, no Just hold it down Yo, it go (na, na, na, na-na-na) It go, it go, it goes (na, na, na, na-na-na) Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, I said (na, na, na, na-na-na) Yeah, yeah, yeah (na, na, na) Na-na-na, ahh, ahh Throw your hands high Like you reaching for the sky Just ask: Why not? Instead of why? (Why?) And we're reaching for the stars We're driven like cars We know that the world is still ours Don't hold us down, no Just hold it down Don't hold us down, no Just hold it down