Started out thinking I was too small for the world
A round the way girl
Too naïve and too young to see

I could grab the mic and sing
But I had to conceive and believe to achieve
Beat down the pavement

Roll up my sleeves
Life can be sweet
But the honey ain't free

I tell you like somebody told me

Gotta keep pushin' it forward

Gotta keep making hotter
Gotta hit the scene with the lean
Gotta keep makin it happen

Gotta get the gleam for the team
Gotta keep takin it higher
Gotta go after the dream

Gotta keep makin it better
Gotta keep food on the table
Gotta keep on the move on the groove

Gotta stay willing and able
Gotta keep the mood
Gotta stay clean and mean

Gotta stay true cause the stakes is higher
Gotta set the world on fire


Mama always said to me Stephanie
You can be successfully
what you wanna be

And god bless the child that's got his own
Cause papa was a rolling stone
And if you don't make it the first time

You really need to try a little harder the second time
Cause Steak ain't cheap
And the butcher ain't beat

Stay on your feet
And take to the street


Gotta keep pushin' it forward
Gotta keep making hotter
Gotta hit the scene with the lean

Gotta keep makin it happen
Gotta get the gleam for the team
Gotta keep takin it higher

Gotta go after the dream
Gotta keep makin it better
Gotta keep food on the table

Gotta keep on the move on the groove
Gotta stay willing and able
Gotta keep the mood

Gotta stay clean and mean
Gotta stay true cause the stakes is higher
Gotta set the world on fire


Wait a minute
Gotta get it

Put it on the paper
so ya'll can get with it
Push up the level of the mic

So I can spit it
Bump it in the club and say that I did it
The melody, harmony, poetry

Of the symphony
For the streets and beat to keep the heat,
Make your move and see

Peep but don't sleep

Gotta keep pushin' it forward

Gotta keep making hotter
Gotta hit the scene with the lean
Gotta keep makin it happen

Gotta get the gleam for the team
Gotta keep takin it higher
Gotta go after the dream

Gotta keep makin it better
Gotta keep food on the table
Gotta keep on the move on the groove
Gotta stay willing and able
Gotta keep the mood

Gotta stay true cause the stakes is higher
Gotta set the world on fire