[Verse 1] I'm the kid you went to high school with That one that was voted most likely to never make it Or be famous The one you thought would make it That you put your faith in To your amazement He's a dropout Whoa Whoa Who knew Right? In fact If I remember right You said you knew he was a dropout Now he pops out in all the videos 'Cause now he's hot now I bet you miss him Don't you miss him? I know you do But I'ma let him talk to you [Verse 2] Ayy Yo Shoutout to Jay Z Diddy And Cole The proof that you can make it from a hole in the wall If you're good enough The world gon' open the doors So I'ma kick it down Watch the frame hit the floor I always knew that I would get on eventually And if you don't believe in yourself Then who will? I do My mom And God My pops didn't 'til he seen me in that Rari But I ain't need him Now How'd you think that make me feel? To see your pops for the first time in years And his eyes They look familiar I could tell he was real The apple don't fall far from the tree They say Well He told me I ain't the kid that I used to be It's like the Rari changed me Man It's not what it seems I love my pops And I told him "This is what I need" Ayy A relationship between us You know? A father figure But it's just so hard to see He told me it was hard to love me If I ain't have that car or that money But you know That's the difference between you and me And I ain't need you for nothin' now I'm sorry you don't love me And you know You know They say If you can make it in New York You can make it anywhere But I wanna tell you that if you make it anywhere Then you can make it in New York I was only in the fourth grade when I knew what I wanted to do And they thought I was playin' They thought I was stupid You know
