Yo, I get lost inside my head on the regular I gamble for a living and music is the creditor I borrow self worth from the screams of the crowd Then the lights turn off and the interest compounds I know the way that it sounds, I don't take it for granted I'm talkin' 'bout my world, hoping you can understand it See, I live on a planet where I'm globally known But tend to feel so alone 'cause of the way that I roam I'm always visiting home via a cellular phone Feeling less like a man and more like a drone But I keep it in the red and ignore the physics 'Cause if I slow down, it validates the critics Yo, I'll continue grinding on the ladder that I'm climbin' 'Til the day I'm at the top with the hard days all behind me Keep talking shit, you ain't the first one that's said it I'm the motherfucking truth, you're just the radio edit You don't gotta love me, it ain't gonna hurt It's a sold out show and they're singing all the words You don't gotta love me, it's all relative You don't gotta love me but I'd love it if you did I try to live by the words I speak I try to learn through the friends I keep I struck a nerve while fast asleep I possess the curse of a true believer And every verse is another word written in a book titled, "Self Help" A costly possession Yo, I need to find a way to exhaust my aggression I feel the most at peace when I'm lost in obsession So I open a cage filled with limitless rage To be held against its will by the ink on this page Telling me it's still gonna try to think up a way To escape from its cell and take over my days And so I bottle it up until I'm out on a stage Then I scream into a mic until I'm blue in the face Every bar that I produce is just a word in my biography Put 'em on your track, they're the peak of your discography You don't gotta love me, it ain't gonna hurt It's a sold out show and they're singing all the words You don't gotta love me, it's all relative You don't gotta love me but I'd love it if you did Ayo John (Ayo man) Man, wouldn't it be great if we could just go demonstrate how we're empowered by the hate? But the love (But the love), it can take us into space Just like a rocket full of fuel to rule in each state and every state So we play (So we play), and roll the dice with every shake I manifest my best with every breath I go and take Away from all the crowds and get 'em loud, and make 'em quake 'Cause when the mic is in hand, I feel the weight of all the greats Wouldn't it be great, wouldn't it be swell If you came and saw me on the night I'm doing well? Wouldn't it be nice, wouldn't it be cool If I could only be myself without feeling a fool? Wouldn't it be wonderful (Wouldn't it?) If my mistakes were refundable? Wouldn't it be rad if I didn't feel bad? Wouldn't it be great if I could let down my guard? It don't gotta be hard (Look, look) It don't gotta be hard You don't gotta love me, it ain't gonna hurt It's a sold out show and they're singing all the words You don't gotta love me, it's all relative You don't gotta love me but I'd love it if you did