[00:14.690]I had an epiphany
[00:15.890]I was repeating history
[00:17.030]I was doing everything I hated
[00:18.780]The weight on my shoulders
[00:19.630]I let it all get to me (I let it all get to me)
[00:21.580]I had an epiphany
[00:23.420]I just smiled at my enemies
[00:24.810]I was listening to everybody who was talking
[00:27.200]But never did **** for me, yeah
[00:29.450]I had an epiphany
[00:31.140]I was looking at everybody else that's up in the industry
[00:33.380]They ain't as sick as me (they ain't as sick as me)
[00:37.360]I had an epiphany
[00:38.710]I was seeing somebody that never had no good intentions for me
[00:41.410]Now she missing me, yuh (now she missing me)
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[00:44.740]Moral of the story is that nobody did it for me
[00:46.180]Had to make a change (nah)
[00:47.840]I was living in the city with no scene
[00:48.880]I had a dream I had to make a lane (yup, yup)
[00:51.470]Always knew that I couldn't live off of minimum wage
[00:53.170]Ripping the pay stub
[00:54.460]I had a minimal taste for all the fame stuff
[00:55.960]But I got into the game without a cent to my name
[00:57.900]And now I'm ballin' like I'm in the NBA, bruh
[00:59.890]And I know I got a lot but I'm not content
[01:01.840]If they ask me to stop, I will not consent
[01:03.680]Never gonna let nobody block cause my shot to miss
[01:05.620]You can meet me at the top if you hop the fence
[01:07.560]And you climb the stairs
[01:08.460]And you fight the beast
[01:09.360]And you lose your way
[01:10.310]Then you find your peace
[01:11.210]And you do it sober
[01:12.100]Then you find a drink
[01:13.150]Then you spiral down
[01:14.200]And it all repeats
[01:15.050]And I always had a vision I could get it
[01:16.540]So I did it by my lonely
[01:17.340]I don't owe nobody nothing, never let nobody own me
[01:19.240]Got some money from the music, and I spend it on the homies
[01:21.280]But don't put nothin' before me, gave a whip to little Brody
[01:23.270]And I'm only getting started
[01:24.360]And I'm eating with the people that I starve with
[01:26.250]And my batteries, I had to recharge 'em
[01:28.100]I made an album but that **** was garbage
[01:29.890]Yo, I was trapped in a gimmick
[01:31.730]I finally get it
[01:32.480]I'm here to make music that matters
[01:34.130]If I die, it'll all be alright
[01:35.670]'Cause the message I gave you will live for me after
[01:38.010]And my chapter will highlight a lifetime
[01:40.360]Of energy gave through a bright mind
[01:42.250]How you never had to stand on the sideline
[01:44.040]How you the guide to your own guidelines
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[01:46.230]That's an epiphany
[01:49.370]I had an epiphany, yeah
[01:53.310]That's an epiphany
[01:57.050]I had an epiphany, yeah
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[02:00.770]I had an epiphany
[02:02.320]That I could make history
[02:03.570]That I could prove everyone wrong
[02:05.020]That told me I wasn't cut out for this music thing, yeah
[02:08.460]I had an epiphany
[02:10.210]What if I took my energy
[02:11.600]And used it on positive things in my life
[02:13.490]Instead of the people that lie to me, huh?
[02:15.730]Yeah, I had an epiphany
[02:17.920]That I could put all of my hurt into music
[02:19.670]And use it for people that might feel the same as me
[02:23.250]Yeah, I had an epiphany
[02:25.050]What if everyone knew my depression was worse than they thought?
[02:27.930]They probably gonna look at me differently
[02:30.620]Yo, this song got me going back, when I was a stupid kid
[02:33.810]Thinking maybe I could make it in the music biz
[02:35.710]And then I figured out the politics
[02:37.270]And realized that half of y'all don't even know what music is
[02:39.760]And going nowhere, I told 'em to get used to me
[02:41.560]Feels like I'm living in a movie scene
[02:42.910]A bunch of people trying to tell me how to act and breathe
[02:44.850]One thing I never let nobody ever do was tell me who to be
[02:47.640]I never got into the party scene
[02:48.590]Maybe I was just scared to drink
[02:50.130]'Cause addiction it runs in my family
[02:51.770]That's someone I was scared to be
[02:53.010]You're looking pitiful compared to me
[02:54.410]Since I can barely read
[02:55.560]All I wanted was somebody I could trust
[02:56.910]That I knew would keep it real with me
[02:58.200]Rap's always been a mirror for me
[02:59.440]That's when I figured out that maybe I'm the one
[03:01.290]That's gotta make it on my own, yeah, it's clear to see
[03:02.960]A lot of people think that what I'm doing is a gimmick
[03:04.810]Everything you hear me writing I've been living
[03:06.010]I ain't quitting, send the money to my family
[03:07.250]Try to show them that I miss them
[03:08.300]And I cherish every moment when I'm home and when I'm with them
[03:09.900]And this is the way that I feel
[03:11.590]In the industry of fakes trying to stay real
[03:13.080]In the industry of lames trying to get deals
[03:14.870]Lord knows imma get it, that's Meek Mill
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[03:18.450]Yeah, I lay in my bed at night thinking
[03:20.300]"There's got to be more to me"
[03:21.000]I'm trying to pay off the mortgaging
[03:22.650]But the life of the people I love in the midst of it
[03:25.190]I've always thought that if
[03:26.380]I learn from mistakes that I'd make
[03:27.730]Even the losses are victories
[03:29.220]That's when it starts hitting me
[03:30.510]If you set your mind to it you can do anything
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[03:32.960]That's an epiphany
[03:36.650]That's an epiphany, yeah
[03:40.180]I had an epiphany
[03:43.210]I had an epiphany, yeah