[Verse 1: Orchestral-rap male MC, commanding and slow over huge booming drums] I was a handful of nothin' packed together in the cold Ninety pounds of maybe in a jacket with a hole Guidance lady read my file and gave a little laugh Said a snowball's chance, young man, and maybe half of half But she never thought it through, 'cause a snowball in a hand Is a snowball goin' nowhere, it'll melt right where you stand Set it on a mountain, give it one good shove downhill And the heat don't matter, it's the slope, the weight, the will [Verse 2: Orchestral-rap male MC, heavier, sweeping strings, pounding toms] First shove was the program sayin' come back when you're grown Rolled a little faster, picked up gravel, picked up stone Second shove, the notice that they taped up on the door Rolled a little faster, picked up weight I can't ignore Third shove was my uncle sayin' get a real job, kid Every shove you gave me, I just packed it in and slid Everyone who pushed me down was pushin' me downhill Every no was one more yard of snow, and I'm bigger still [Hook: Orchestral-rap male MC, full orchestra, low brass stabs, huge drums] They gave me a snowball's chance, so I rolled it down the hill Every push you gave me added weight, it's rollin' still Now the whole mountain's movin' and the village hear it come Snowball's chance? Look up, I'm the avalanche, run [Verse 3: Orchestral-rap male MC, menacing, the strings swelling] Now the pines are bendin' backward and the birds are leavin' town There's a rumble in the valley, and it's me, and I'm comin' down Guidance lady at her window with her coffee and my file Feels it shakin' in the saucer, first time she's lost her smile Every no I ever got is packed in me like snow on snow Every shove you ever gave me is the reason that I go So don't stand at the bottom with your hand up sayin' stop You should've held me in your hand, where a snowball melts and drops [Bridge: Orchestral-rap male MC, slab break, one sharp crack, a bar of wind, then the whole orchestra and drums come down the mountain at once] Crack Hear that? That's the whole mountain lettin' go Run [Hook: Orchestral-rap male MC, full orchestra, low brass stabs, huge drums] They gave me a snowball's chance, so I rolled it down the hill Every push you gave me added weight, it's rollin' still Now the whole mountain's movin' and the village hear it come Snowball's chance? Look up, I'm the avalanche, run [End]
