[Intro] Backpack half-zipped Bus stop sunrise Numbers on my homework Dreams in the margins [Verse 1] Mom said, "Hurry up" Teacher said, "Sit down" I was scribblin' ideas Tryna get this sound Group chat blowin' up "Bro, you still around?" Yeah, I’m in my own lane Lap three on the playground Hand-me-down sneakers Laces all frayed Still I walk in the room Like the carpet got laid For me Lil kid, big brain too free They laughed when I said "I'ma live off these sixteen's" Now I'm talkin' in bars When I talk to myself Turn a D on a test To a W on the shelf Every "nah" that I heard Got me polishin' the skills Had to study all my L's Just to graduate to chills When they play it in the back row (phone lights up) Whole class yellin' that quote (that's us) Got the shy kid singin' my hook And the bully in the corner Givin' side-eye looks [Pre-Chorus] I was quiet in the back seat Now I’m laughin’ at the backseat They was talkin’ like they know me They don’t even know the last week Stayed up, eyes wide Workin’ while they flatlined Now the hallway echo Every step, that’s a headline [Chorus] I don’t wait for green lights I just start the sparks Turn my doubts to daylight Glowin’ in the dark All my friends like, "Hold up How you go this hard?" Told ’em, "I was in the basement Buildin’ from the start" Yeah, I don’t wait for green lights I just start the sparks Start the sparks, start the sparks From the curb to the charts I don’t wait for green lights I just start the sparks [Verse 2] Fast lane, fast brain, backpack, caffeine Last name on the roll call, still the main theme They was sayin' I'm a daydream Now the daydream pay streams I’ve been tryna turn the late nights Into late-spring great scenes When the grades came back I was sinkin' in my seat Now my name came back On they "who to watch" sheet With the loose-leaf schemes I was loopin' sixteen’s Every lunchtime While they chewin' on memes I'ma move with the proof In my blue three-ring Put a bruise on the booth When I do my thing Look If they doubt one time That’s fuel If they laugh two times That’s cool If they talk three times That’s school I’ma learn that talk I’ma flip that rule I’ve been runnin’ on adrenaline Again and again And when they fumble I’m ahead of ’em I’m better with pens I got a puzzle in my head I put the pieces in ten I set a timer on the fear And then I beat it by ten, like Tick-tock, wristwatch, thrift-shop drip Kit-kat break? I don’t take that, skip I don’t ever do pause I just press that shift Turn a hallway rumor To a headline clip, like (yeah!) [Pre-Chorus] I was quiet in the back seat Now I’m laughin’ at the backseat They was talkin’ like they know me They don’t even know the last week Stayed up, eyes wide Workin’ while they flatlined Now the hallway echo Every step, that’s a headline [Chorus] I don’t wait for green lights I just start the sparks Turn my doubts to daylight Glowin’ in the dark All my friends like, "Hold up How you go this hard?" Told ’em, "I was in the basement Buildin’ from the start" Yeah, I don’t wait for green lights I just start the sparks Start the sparks, start the sparks From the curb to the charts I don’t wait for green lights I just start the sparks
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