[Intro]


Ambition is priceless, something in your veins,
Running through your blood, heart, back into your brain,
Whichever one you use, adapt yourself to the pain,

Hope for the best...And pray it'd never change.

I put my mind into my actions, blind to my distractions,

Too focused to flinch, no response, no reaction.
All I see is the goal and the path that I'm traveling,
Get there how you can, walk across or collapse in.

The finish line's ahead, what would make you turn back then?
Your past is in the past, and your future's 'bout to happen,
A lot of riders jumped ship, now you the Captain,

Sink or get sunk, man you better aim those cannons!
Maybe hit the chord to re-ignite your passion,
It's slippin' through your fingers, G, no attempt to catch it,

The flame it, is just wavering, and right above the ashes,
You let it burn out, won't be nothing left but blackness,
You're headed down a void, just a drop without the crashing,

A death in pure silence, no struggle, no combating,
That's the end you'll give yourself if you don't take no action,
Show some ambition, if you see a chance, grab it!


[Chorus]


...For my ambition,
I'll die a thousand times before I say I can't get it,
I know it's easy to dream a dream but harder to live it,

But I'm still in it, striving to achieve success is nothing but a man's mission.
And I know I can finish, traveled over mad distance,
Looking in the past, wishing, suffering that contrition,

Shaking off the sad visions, time to make the transition,
Into the bottom of the ninth, yes, the last inning. (x2)


The place where I had come from, (Homewood) you would think I'm lying,
Where drug deals are made, at night the innocent are hiding,
Where mamas keep on crying and their babies keep on dying,

Dudes half my age, just a product of the environment.
But look what I became, the outcome, I had defied it,
Either death or prison otherwise, no hope if you're inside it,

So the course, I had denied it, I'm too different, I can't hide it,
They just think I'm on a bandwagon, I ain't trying to ride it,
I'll pull up right beside it, being me is what I'm trying,

And my path has got some mileage, but this distance I'm still driving,
Go above and beyond, but don't need no autopilot,
Controlling where I'm flying, I'm just trying to aim the highest,

Surprised I even made it here, considerin' what my style is,
My actions are my words, my spoken words are pure silence,
It might look like I'm frowning, but inversely I'm just smiling,

My life ain't on no written pages, I'm just freestyling it.

[Chorus]


...Well wishes to my opposition,
Your feet can't fill my shoes, let alone fill my position,

What good is having eyesight if you ain't got a vision?
What good is having ears if you cannot even listen?
So you cannot see or hear me, your level is nowhere near me,

I don't even expect respect, but at some point they will fear me,
Keep on watching, keep on leering, y'all can't even see me clearly,
Standing right above you, and you thought I was disappearing,

Nah, I'm here in plain sight, so you'd best get my name right,
Tired of being treated like I'm nothing but the lame type,
The dude who started Day One had changed within the same night,

Shake the system to the core, instilling them with stage fright,
You'd best believe, I ain't 'bout to leave, as long as my lungs know how to breathe,
I'm taking over, Palpatine, no mercy if you challenge me,

Regardless if you're doubting me, your words don't make a sound to me,
Can't counsel me with your fallacies, your lies ignite my allergies,
You're dragging it right out of me, Ambitious I know how to be,

I'm out to achieve, profound relief, before I get right down to sleep,
So I don't see how counting sheep can make success from out of dreams,
This is what I made, what it is, and what it's 'bout to be.