'81 was the year shit hit the fan in a major way 
I sat there for an inspiring artist 
Almost 20 years after the fact I'm still on my hustle 
Diggin' graves for an inspiring artist 
Pushing daises up 
And never compromise the arts and make a crowd clap 
Shit on since the first show 
But we turned feces to fertilizer 
So when you diss it's just food for the flowers to grow 
Sold 15 plus out of backpacks, no trunks 
Too young to drive 
But live hip hop 
And the kids are upstate kids that thought rap was past tense, hence the last name 
Got name for playing basements and such and making songs that our friends loved 
And when the fish bowl got too small to hold the goldfish 
We filled our gills with water and ripped that mother fucker like 

So take a step back 
And a breath in 
Let it out now 
Put your chin up 
You can do it tiger 
You a man now 
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now 

So break ourselves down 
And build ourselves up in disappointment 
How fragile we are 
So fragile we are, we just don't show it 
Shake up this town 
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment 
So sexy we are 
So sexy we are, we just don't know it 

This is what you wanted right? 
How many nights were spent pouring out your guts dummy? 
How many punishments endured for fucking up in school? 
How many teachers proved wrong by writing songs instead? 
My point exactly 
But you knew you had a spark, did you? 
Something producin' to the dreams your pop's dreams lent you 
Stay focused when nothing seemed to make sense 
Stealing verses with that cash's clay confidence 
Sometimes you stubborn as shit, that's the McCoy in you 
You learn to be a man without losing the boy in you 
Just do your thing man 

So take a step back 
And a breath in 
Let it out now 
Put your chin up 
You can do it tiger 
You a man now 
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now 

So take a step back 
And a breath in 
Let it out now 
Put your chin up 
You can do it tiger 
You a man now 
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now 

So break ourselves down 
And build ourselves up in disappointment 
How fragile we are 
So fragile we are, we just don't show it 
Shake up this town 
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment 
So sexy we are 
So sexy we are, we just don't know it 

We break ourselves down 
And build ourselves up in disappointment 
How fragile we are 
So fragile we are, we just don't show it 
We shake up this town 
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment 
So sexy we are 
So sexy we are, we just don't know it 

So take a step back 
And a breath in 
Let it out now 
Put your chin up 
You can do it tiger 
You a man now 
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now 

So break ourselves down 
And build ourselves up in disappointment 
How fragile we are 
So fragile we are, we just don't show it 
Shake up this town 
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment 
So sexy we are 
So sexy we are, we just don't know it