Be Somebody (feat. Lupe Fiasco, Holly Brook & Tak)

Uh, MS, Lupe You know, I'm a fan man, I'm a real fan (Gonna be somebody) I feel real honored to be up in here, you Know what I'm sayin'? (Gonna be someone) They had to bring out the expensive Mics for this one (Gonna be somebody) You know what I'm sayin'? The seven-thousand-dollar headphones For this one here, you know what I'm sayin'? (Gonna be someone) Come on, talk to 'em This is a story of them against us, win or lose Forcin' your feet into someone else's shoes Everybody's got somethin' to say, that we oughta live their way What we're doin's not okay In this world, everybody's got a chip on both sides of the neck Got no respect, wait up a sec You ever feel like the pressure's too much to take, too much weight? Ladies and gentlemen If anybody can hear me right now, please shout back We're not the only ones feelin' so trapped In a dream of somebody else, in fact They got their heads full of some overblown scheme Opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen And all they wanna do is push you to be that And all you wanna do is scream back Gonna be somebody, for anybody tellin' me I can't, yeah Gonna be someone, for anyone who told me I had no chance Gonna be somebody, I'm tellin' you, the time has come like that Gonna be someone, and maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done We don't sleep to dream, we sleep to build stamina Energy to do our thing, get your camera 'Cause this ride is about to begin Sit down, and buckle it in, let me say it again In this world, everybody's got a chip on both sides of the neck Got no respect, wait up a sec When I was young, they said the odds of makin' it were slim to none Ladies and—, fuck it I'm tired of them sayin' the dream you have doesn't exist Tellin' you you're worthless, sayin' you should quit Basically tellin' you that you'll never be shit Really, they're pissed 'cause they'll never achieve Some opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen And all they wanna do is push you to be that And all you wanna do is scream back Uh, they gon' think you're crazy, mumblin' to yourself In the basement all day, uh-uh-uhin' to yourself My pops didn't dig it, was shovelin' to myself My boys used to get it, they dug it because they felt My undertakin' took me, I was makin' in my stealth A wealth of rhymes of crazy, I would chuckle to myself (Haha) Then they went into the mental Rolodex See, I knew 'em by heart like a brain in my chest And I took 'em to school where subjects was gettin' felt (Uh) Books under my seat, notebook layin' on my desk My teacher's like, "Mr. Jayco, yes?" With all that knowledge, you ain't tryna go to college? Be a lawyer or a doctor, get a whole lot of dollars? Rather degrade women and glorify violence? Well, the work that works for me might not work for you No homework, I got work to do (Woo) Gonna be somebody, for anybody tellin' me I can't, yeah Gonna be someone, for anyone who told me I had no chance Gonna be somebody, I'm tellin' you, the time has come like that Gonna be someone, and maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done (Uh, when I'm finally done) Yeah, this one goes out To those fantastic human beings that keep us down and hold us back Who give us fuel for what we do Thanks