# Chasing the Horizon *Genre: Hip-hop / Rap — mid-tempo, driving beat, contemplative but confident* --- **[Verse 1]** Woke up hungry, not for food, for more — Standing at a door that wasn't there before. Everybody said "be realistic, stay in line," But the map they gave me led to somebody else's life. I been counting steps instead of counting years, Turning every doubt into a pair of gears. The horizon keeps on moving when I move too, That's the whole point — I ain't chasing what I already knew. **[Pre-Chorus]** It ain't about the finish, it's about the reach, Every version of me is a different kind of teach. So I keep it moving, keep the fire lit, 'Cause the chase is where I learn to live in it. **[Chorus]** I'm chasing the horizon, not the crown, Never let the noise or the no's weigh me down. Ain't about the ending, it's about the run, Every step I'm taking, I'm becoming someone. Chasing the horizon, further than the eye can see, The distance is the teacher, and the teacher's inside me. **[Verse 2]** They say "know your limits" — nah, I'm testing mine, Every wall's a mirror till you cross the line. Ambition ain't a number, it's a way you walk, It's the space between the silence and the talk. I lost some sleep, I lost some fear, Found a version of myself that finally feels clear. Not chasing money, chasing what it took to build — The discipline, the doubt, the moment that I willed. **[Pre-Chorus]** It ain't about the finish, it's about the reach, Every version of me is a different kind of teach. So I keep it moving, keep the fire lit, 'Cause the chase is where I learn to live in it. **[Chorus]** I'm chasing the horizon, not the crown, Never let the noise or the no's weigh me down. Ain't about the ending, it's about the run, Every step I'm taking, I'm becoming someone. Chasing the horizon, further than the eye can see, The distance is the teacher, and the teacher's inside me. **[Bridge]** Maybe it don't end, maybe that's the plan — You don't arrive, you just become the man Who kept on walking when the map went blank, Who built the bridge instead of asking who to thank. **[Outro]** So if you see the line move when you get close, Don't call it losing — call it what you chose. The chase is calling, and I'm answering it now — Still chasing the horizon, still don't know how. That's the whole point. --- *Notes: written to leave room for a beat drop after the Pre-Chorus into the Chorus, and a stripped-back, half-time feel on the Bridge before building back up for the Outro.*