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To Be Great

by Joe Bruce & Clarkwork

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1.
The Work 03:10
They gon wanna take you down When they try Take em out If you built it from the ground Build it higher than the doubt Go and put me on the ticket This gon turn into a bout I got one thing on my mind Climbing mountains all the time No You don't really know me You get close and feel the grind I dont do this for the cash I will never walk the line I keep something in the stash Cause its kinda hard to find People eating all that trash Pledge allegiance to the swine wait Tell me how you wake up in the morning with your head low This is for the ones on the edge with the bread low Low and trynna get back Show you how you get back Push it to the limit aint no glory for the timid Yeah you wanna be a king But you gotta do the work They gon put you in the sky They gon run you in the dirt Fair-weather what you doing when the weather get worse Till they ready my hearse I'mma Show em my worth This for when you in the hole And they wanna count you out Tell me tell me can you Reign when you standing in a drought All my people in the back Let me see what you about When it counts See the moment gotta hold it gotta pounce Never doubt no Everyday Where I'm at? Lifting boulders out the way No complaints I got extra in the tank They cant hold me All the obstacles before me light work I had trouble seeing gold Now I swear my sight work Tunnel vision Nothing mission but attention Need no comment need no mention Manifesting with intention My perspective is a weapon Gotta keep the mind sharp Struggle strengthen my heart Used to dangle us from trees Feel the pain in my bark listen This is for the 9-5 grind Overnight shelve-stocker getting pennies for your time If I'm going to hard I will gladly pay the fine Limitations waiting only in the mind Yeah you wanna be a king But you gotta do the work They gon put you in the sky They gon run you in the dirt Fair-weather what you doing when the weather get worse Till they ready my hearse I'mma Show em my worth This for when you in the hole And they wanna count you out Tell me tell me can you Reign when you standing in a drought All my people in the back Let me see what you about When it counts See the moment gotta hold it gotta pounce Never doubt no
2.
Focus 02:32
Look Ain't no problem on my mind I take orders from my soul Put my chips in on the grind I go Got some places Imma find Nothing missing and I'm fine Fastest way is in a line I know Make no sense to wake up and not live Make no sense to wake up and not go Saw the end of the road and I win Don't be all in my face when I blow You don't know I got determination Never heard of waiting Couple quick moves and I'm learning patients I promise I promise You don't know I always been on it Always been climbing finding new mountains Killed how many beats fuck it who's counting Let em all sleep , leave em all pouting In it too deep my nigga recount it yea This is the part where I come up Uh This is the part where I come up Yeah Don't be surprised when I run up I set the bar then I one up Can a young nigga get paid Can a young nigga get saved body that zip it up aye fuck it up flip it up pray I don't catch one of them strays None of that shit in my way KG givem that fade Shit start slippin away Slip and get slayed All that fit in the maze Fall back christen a wave woah yeah I been on one from the get go put me in a box like Klitschko Might not like how it go It go ape shit 4 5 6 ohh Ain't no problem on my mind I take orders from my soul Put my chips in on the grind I go Got some places Imma find Nothing missing and I'm fine Fastest way is in a line I know Make no sense to wake up and not live Make no sense to wake up and not go Saw the end of the road and I win Don't be all in my face when I blow I just hit the switch cause they need light In between the lines if you read right Never backspace never rewrite Nothing added to it make my tea right Gotta detox Got a clean soul Never gon die Far as we know I ain't getting lynched This is beast mode Like I'm from the bay Welcome to the day Where I come up Gun powder I ain't never picked a gun up I just spit clips pat pat like a drummer Hit me all the time What you doing for the summer I'm just trynna live my nigga Do it big Like it really can't get no bigger Can't drip no pitter patter Get a ladder, Climb it 10 stories high and you still can't find me Lazy boy living and a nigga still reclining bout to hit the road but you know i'm from the island Keep your contract no I think I'm not signing Catch a contact from the dope I be rhyming Whiling out yeah Whiling out though Kill it from the intro to the outro If you love me let me hear you make a shout though Either way I'm going in like a scalpel Yah
3.
Rodeo 03:53
Life move like a rodie odie oh Kinda know me they don't know me know me though One time for my homie omie oh's No gimmick no phony onie oh These chains can't hold me hold me no Never did what they told me told me no Life move like a rodie odie odie Odie Odie odie Odie Odie Oh Life move like a rodie odie oh Kinda know me they don't know me know me though One time for my homie omie oh's No gimmick no phony onie oh These chains can't hold me hold me no Never did what they told me told me no Life move like a rodie odie odie Odie Odie odie Odie Odie Oh Gotta hit em with that Rhody Rhody flow uh They don't know me know me no uh I'm sick man too sick man Thats Polie olie Oh My , Portfolie olie oh Diversified been certified Show you mankind with the mask off Mick Foley Olie Oh Eyes on the prize Heart in the air Mind on the goalie olie oh If you ain't got drive I ain't got time I'm moving Soli olie oh Right Cause the load don't get no lighter Get no rings if you ain't no fighter No time for hanging cause that's for the spiders And I know the pressure And when it gets tighter Shit, I done been down down so down down low Cant keep me down down no down down no Cycle around round round round And I found that the ups and the downs make life move like a Rodie odie oh Kinda know me they don't know me know me though One time for my homie omie oh's No gimmick no phony onie oh These chains can't hold me hold me no Never did what they told me told me no Life move like a rodie odie odie Odie Odie odie Odie Odie Oh Life move like a rodie odie oh Kinda know me they don't know me know me though One time for my homie omie oh's No gimmick no phony onie oh These chains can't hold me hold me no Never did what they told me told me no Life move like a rodie odie odie Odie Odie odie Odie Odie Oh Look I ain't trippin my bruddah I was made for it Brought that oh yeah line em up and wait for it Need a sixteen you gon have to pray for it That holy holy flow Uh Ask the devil how much would you pay for it Need time how long would you stay for it Need time man I'm on my way for it Can't hold me hold me no Ice cold like Kobe Obie Oh Put me right next to Hov-Iovie Oh And O V O vio And Biggie Pac and Cole Before I got to go I'll Show you why I'm Gold I gotta Lock and Load My fuse about to blow My fuse about to blow And you about to know As soon as I reload As soon as I reload Shit, I done been down down so down down low Cant keep me down down no down down no Cycle around round round round And I found that the ups and the downs make life move like a Rodie odie oh Kinda know me they don't know me know me though One time for my homie omie oh's No gimmick no phony onie oh These chains can't hold me hold me no Never did what they told me told me no Life move like a rodie odie odie Odie Odie odie Odie Odie Oh Life move like a rodie odie oh Kinda know me they don't know me know me though One time for my homie omie oh's No gimmick no phony onie oh These chains can't hold me hold me no Never did what they told me told me no Life move like a rodie odie odie Odie Odie odie Odie Odie Oh
4.
To Be Great 03:25
What does it take to be great What does it take Was it written in the stars is it fate Or do you wait Cause good things come to those who do There's no debate But I been plotting on seizing the day I can't be late Is it Thriller or hitting the game winner over Elo Or what I project that others misconstrue as ego I been feeling something brewing for sometime Navigating through the lies but they cutting the truth like Benzino Walking the tight rope No net below The more we're enslaved the less we know So when you getting up tell me Time to listen up There's a calling to be great Everyday when you get up Are you focused on the goal or are you focused on the rut There are people who control and never want to give you up so get up I'm saying educate yourself how could you be so self righteous And not care about your health How could you act altruistic and just care about yourself Take two steps to the right way Take some good and make sure that good vibrates All across the globe The march to greatness and no its never getting old no See I been waiting my whole damn life For a sign I been looking at this whole thing right Got me asking are we born great Or does the cream rise You know you made it when they look at you with green eyes So look back look right back through em 5 Seconds on the clock and you know who's shooting It's that be great, sleep, wake Live, Die All for the thing that you believe in no breaks Keep going Yeah yeah yeah Said keep going Remember when my pops worked just to keep the heat blowing Then a needle made him leave and didn't say where he was going So it's time to be a man Where's my sisters, where my brother at Listen, where we going we ain't coming back No Cause we done seen that low low And we done felt some feelings that we'll never feel again Type of shit to make your whole body shake like a snow globe Thought they could just take you down Show them its a no go Tell them that you gone Fuckers should've took a photo I'm teaching to the no shows The ones who saw the education system as a babysitter Who starts the cycle of mis-info Pollutants in the air steady coming at your lymph nodes They trynna stop your greatness Couldn't bare to see you oppose the order Uphold the border Between fear and great See I been waiting my whole damn life For a sign I been looking at this whole thing right Got me asking are we born great Or does the cream rise You know you made it when they look at you with green eyes So look back look right back through em 5 Seconds on the clock and you know who's shooting It's that be great, sleep, wake Live, Die All for the thing that you believe in no breaks Keep going

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To Be Great is about the grind, Perseverance , Doubt , Pain, Triumph... All that.

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released May 11, 2020

Composed by Andrew Clark
Written by Joseph Bruce
Narrated by William Winfield
Executive Produced by Andrew Clark

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