Story of Me (Live)

Man, it took me fifteen years to understand my worth
It was 1988 when Marley planned my birth
Had to get my feet up out of the sand and surf
Never thought that my rap lines would span the Earth
But they did, went to every corner of the globe
It's time to reveal if y'all really wanna probe
I went from Brownsville kid born in Kingstown
To Queenstown, sitting in a sauna in a robe
And since then, never took a deal from the pen
Understood hard work would pay off in the end, yeah

For as long as my body is strong
I'mma give it all I got, try to body a song
I'mma give it all I got, try to rip that show, yo
Understand I gotta get that dough, so
'Cause I know how to spit that flow
Sold out three nights in a row like tic-tac-toe
In the fast lane, kick back slow, no need to rush
We royalty, bow down at the feet of us
The anticipation is like standing on the
Corner in the cold when you can see the bus

It's finally here, our arrival
Raised in the ghetto, singing songs for survival

We stand united by the beat, man

Type plan, right hand on the Bible, yeah

Trying to let you know
Just wanted to let you see
Real is all I know
And real is what I be
The time is now for y'all
Now is not for me

Life is beautiful

This the story of me
Just trying to make history
Gotta make history, yeah, yeah
Ain't no mystery
Gotta make history, yeah, yeah
Know my history
Gotta make history, yeah, yeah
You can't shake destiny
Gotta make history, yeah

Listen, I almost had the nineties by the throat

I was just that close to getting money by the boatload

Instead of hoping what I wrote flowed

I could've said, "Whoop there it is!"
But it would've felt so wrong to do that song
Trying to prove I belong in a crew that strong
Listen, understand, this was preordained
This was written by God and we all came

Could've signed with Def Jam, but we all changed
Changed his mind at the strangest time
He was still destined to sign a dangerous mind
Another cat with the grind the same as mine
Another son born on the fourth would come
He was of course the one with that course to run
And like a ham sandwich on the softest bun

I refused to eat it, I would not be repeated

Here to stay and get a lot completed
This what I got to offer, what I got is needed
Confident, but I'm not conceited, and I swear
The same mistakes I made will not be repeated
I choose to keep paying up dues
Life tried to beat me up like scuffed shoes
It was hard, doctor caught me off guard
Same place I was born got the rough news

We rise, we fall, we pray for better days
While shooting for the stars, we pray for better aim, yeah, yeah
Through all the change, the game will never change
Long as the sun is shone, the goal is still the same, yeah, yo

Just gotta make history
Gotta make history, uh, uh
Ain't no mystery
Gotta make history, yeah, yeah
Can't shake destiny
Gotta make history, yo, yo
Know my history
Gotta make history, again, listen

We rise, we fall, we pray for better days, yeah, uh, uh
While shooting for the stars, we pray for better aim, yeah
Through all the change, the game will never change
Long as the sun is shone, the goal is still the same

Just gotta make history
Gotta make history, yeah, yeah
Know my history
Gotta make history, yeah, yeah
Can't shake destiny
Gotta make history
Know my history
Gotta make history, yeah, yeah

Keep it, keep it going
Keep it going
Keep it going

Third verse, y'all
Third verse, y'all
Third verse

That's Biscuit on the drums, y'all, that's Biscuit
He gets down

Listen, the story of me
Never would've knew me without it
And they won't make a movie about it

I mean, I guess they could, but truly I doubt it
Mad friends watching Ralph McDaniels knew me and shouted
"Oh snap, that's Davaul, he live in my building!"
Life in the PJs, living and building
Whether you in Cephalo or living in Tilden
Trying to escape men, women, and children
A product of the same and when I got in the game
Initially my moms was really shocked and ashamed
She was like, "Boy, you got a bachelor's"
And I was like, "Why they call it a BS?

Bullshit walks, that's what I was taught"
Yet I ain't had one job interview, and she stressed
The story of me, born from the story of us
Studio bound, the story of bus

My Hyundai's in the shop, no warranty

I need a new regulator, no Warren G
But I'mma get by, do or die
And then I left URI, yeah

I looked around and then came the yellow tape

I decided to sit on chrome and accelerate
And after that, I knew they wanted me gone and singing a swan song
But I decided to let them wait
(Just gotta make history)

I wanna introduce y'all to the band leader, my man Lee Hogans

And my man Jameson on guitar
Jameson!