Born For This

Yo 1986 a star was in the makin I had no idea that the world was for the takin’ Received my education from the television stations My family never had them dinner conversations When they got back from work you'd see their backs would hurt So I provided laughter my earliest actin’ work Doin’ dances lip-syncin’ rappers Impersonate Michael Jackson and Kung-Fu captions Ha funny guy never had the butterflies Never shy every five minutes I would improvise Class clown had jokes before a peach fuzz Ask around I was roastin’ them like peanuts Dime bags in middle school my Walkman My life saver through dark days and lost angels Fourteen candles when I wrote a sixteen For the first time my first rhymes were shitty So we practiced and the homie tracked us It attracted mad bitches to the mattress Spent more time on my rappin’ than fractions Dropped all my classes Cause I was born for this Yeah I was born for this I was born for this Yeah I was born for this Damn yo Should’ve heard the corny Jackie Chan jokes Thinkin’ they were gettin’ me when they're 'bout to get handled Rambo killin' my crew like Sam Crow Crammed seven in a van man it wasn't grandiose nah Shows were grassroots Before the cash road gas money tours we were sleepin’ on the floors If you saw me and Zo way before then you would know We have grown if we had a chart it'd be a slope Goin’ up up see the slope goin’ up The student became the teacher now the kid blowin’ up Don't ever leave a mic cold Flow when the cameras roll Signed that open mic list Hunger should have told you this Crenshaw or rock a Bar Mitzvah Any chance I got was like that and like this ya'll Takes ten years not ten seconds to lift off Stay patient and try not to get pissed cause Fifteen year-old Jon would've served young'un Nineteen year-old Jon would've served time But Old Boy Jon man he out here havin’ fun And the best has yet to come I was born for this Yeah I was born for this I was born for this Yeah I was born for this