Let me see you put ’em upReach the sky, touch the stars up aboveCause it’s, one time for the underdogOne time for the underdogYou got the world on your teamEven if that ain’t what it seemsIt’s one time for the underdogOne time for the underdogA young nigga with a dollar and a dreamAnd these Nikes on my feettryna stay up out the streetsSo I’m rhyming pulling 187s all on these beatsStead of on the concreteCemeting my futurewhile they were focused on what they chiefBut shit, I’m like a chief, head honchoTell me that it’s impossible I’ll get it to you prontoBeen workin’ all these late nightsand these early mornings like AlonzoSo one day they’ll be callin’ me great, just call me GonzoBut, I’m never actin’ nor is anybody pulling stringsEverything I have came from sacrificing everythingI traded workin’ 9 to 5 for the minimumFor workin non-stop so my life be like a cinema screenBut in the end I wouldn’t have it any other wayGot on my knees and for this rap to workis what I prayedAnd now it’s happening, crunchin’ numbers like captainA serial (cereal) killer compelling listenerswith this passion for wordsNever actin, my verbs were truly fashioned to serveNot only masses but curbs, not just the hoodbut the burbsKnow you hear it everytime I grace the micthen I give it to GodFeeling blinded by the lights, and it’s on!Let me see you put ’em upReach the sky, touch the stars up aboveCause it’s, one time for the underdogOne time for the underdogYou got the world on your teamEven if that ain’t what it seemsIt’s one time for the underdogOne time for the underdogA 20 year old dreamin’ of whippin’ Monte Carlo’sAnd gold jewlery lookin’ like I cam from El DoradoPick up the pen and pad, stead of spittin gin and vagI’m paintin’ pictures with my wordsjust call me young picassoThese haters only gas me upand then I mash the throttleBinge drinkers think its safe to sayshould drop the bottleCause what I’m spittin’ is proofand truth is hard to swallowWhen rappers losin’ they headsthat’s word to sleepy hollowNowadays they tryna flex, Johnny BravoAnd I’ll be Rocky in the second fight against ApolloUnderdog, but you see, I won the warAskin me if I can spit is askin’ me to raise the barI been in this place before, matter fact most of my lifeThey told me I would fail, die before I prove ’em rightPennin’ verses on my lunch bag, now I’m doin showsLady luck blew me a kiss, now I’m a prince, never a toadBet your bottom, I’m the greatestthat’s on everything I ownAnd though it isn’t much, I want the world like Al CaponeI’m coming for the glory, this a sermon to the massesThe kid you shitted on is telling you to wipe his assLet me see you put ’em upReach the sky, touch the stars up aboveCause it’s, one time for the underdogOne time for the underdogYou got the world on your teamEven if that ain’t what it seemsIt’s one time for the underdogOne time for the underdog