U're Tha Inspiration Lyrics

J. Cole inspired this whole damn EP

Applying pressure like I was off in DC

Showing out every time I made it to TV

Making the money come oh so easy

But I'm a broke rapper working a normal job

Not someone ya see acting like a formal slob

Or someone they consider this cordial prop

But someone that's simply a mere mortal god

Did it all on my phone, can't afford studio time

Recorded in the laundry room reciting the rhyme

Wrote bars at work during my break at nine

And at noon tryna keep going on this climb

Whenever opportunity knocks I'm seizing

Paying my dues so one day I'll be achieving

But till then much more music I'm releasing

Always outta pocket so I've barely broken even

I'm hoping that this extended play ain't my expiration

I'm using my day job as my means of motivation

So to all these lazy rappers wit no true aspiration

I just wanna let ya know that you're the inspiration

Behind the reasons for me going as hard as I do

Ya acting like the front of club being guarded by 2

Scared to come face to face wit me and my crew

I'm a take out the skeptics and then try you

I'm paying off student loans and got no degree

Waking up at 5 to work 2 hours past 3

No one's pen game is quite as potent as me

I'm a wash em all and have em floating at sea

Like my thoughts when I press play on a beat

Letting ink drop into words on this lyric sheet

In a cold summer tryna bring some winter heat

Hopefully 1 day me and comfortable living will meet

And I don't have to rap from this perspective

Always writing broke constantly on the defensive

I can just let the songs talk while I'm reflective

On what pushed me to become so impressive

I'm hoping that this extended play ain't my expiration

I'm using my day job as my means of motivation

So to all these lazy rappers wit no true aspiration

I just wanna let ya know that you're the inspiration

That pushes me to better myself wit every song

I hope that it doesn't always take very long

And this inspiration helps me to carry on

Wit the motivation to prove enemies wrong

Show em all I'm not some struggling artist

This hunger and drive makes me go the hardest

Shining a light that'll illuminate the darkness

It's bout working hard and being the smartest

I'm not here to get a trophy as a reward

I'm here for the love of music that's why I record

If all I did was work a regular job I'd be bored

So I'm tryna save up for a mic and a keyboard

I'm tired of making beats and recording on my phone

I don't wanna constantly piss and moan

But I'm trying my hardest to make it on my own

Even if it means I gotta move away from home

I'm hoping that this extended play ain't my expiration

I'm using my day job as my means of motivation

So to all these lazy rappers wit no true aspiration

I just wanna let ya know that you're the inspiration