Little Simz - How Did You Get Here

[00:14.49] How did you get [00:15.39] How did you get, get [00:17.23] How did you get [00:18.70] How did you get here? [00:22.28] [00:27.06] How did you get [00:28.59] How did you get, get [00:30.37] How did you get [00:31.89] How did you get here? [00:35.47] [00:38.84] How the hell did I get here? Sometimes I sit here and I wonder [00:41.80] I'm the version of me I always imagined when I was younger [00:45.01] All the doubt I had thrown at me, all the time I invested [00:48.49] I sit and read my own lyric books [00:50.11] Like, "Damn, it must've been destined" [00:51.92] Stuck to it, I improvised my way here, no rules [00:55.00] Back when it was serious, handin' mixtapes out in my school [00:58.23] All I had was my brain and my hunger, had to use that as tools [01:01.55] Amount of people that told me no and I turned that into my fuel [01:04.80] Slackin' in my schoolwork didn't care much [01:07.32] Sisters are gettin' onto me [01:08.93] But trust me, this music ting is my prophecy [01:11.55] I didn't need to convince them 'cause [01:13.32] They saw it all from just watching me [01:14.86] Now I got them on sight, confidence rises [01:17.01] There ain't no stopping me, I'm unstoppable [01:18.80] Got a strong head on my shoulders [01:20.46] And bein' good-hearted don't cost it all [01:22.08] Times I thought I had lost it all [01:23.69] When I ain't even have shit to my name [01:25.35] Studio runs on foot, trekking through the rain [01:28.04] Made me into what I became, all I wanted to be around [01:30.94] Was like-minded people on the same page and I found that in space age [01:35.24] Back then, we never had a penny [01:36.54] But it didn't matter to us because our soul was nourished [01:38.48] Shooting music videos in Chucks' garden with no budget [01:41.54] Came up with some real ones, all the talent we had to harvest [01:44.91] We didn't always see eye-to-eye but they always had my back regardless [01:48.37] That was a pivotal time [01:50.02] Breaks my heart it didn't work but we tried [01:51.72] Still, I had never aborted the mission [01:53.44] All that I've taken is all God has given [01:55.16] When Tola's talking to me, then I listen [01:56.57] Told to follow my own intuition [01:58.09] Go at the pace I set for myself [01:59.78] I don't need drums to follow the rhythm [02:01.42] Couldn't have planned this, it was just written [02:03.12] Many dreams I'm sitting on [02:04.78] I'm made up of the same stars that I wish upon [02:07.18] Times I thought that my prayers weren't getting answered [02:09.60] But, boy was I wrong [02:10.40] All it took was me knowing I'm meant to be here [02:12.86] It's where I belong, swear I belong, yeah [02:16.03] How did you get (like, sometimes I forget) [02:16.96] How did you get, get [02:18.92] How did you get [02:20.45] How did you get here? [02:22.26] (But I have to think back and remind myself of the journey) [02:26.78] (It's been a beautiful one, yes) [02:32.37] Sometimes I sit and I wonder [02:33.56] I'm the version of me I always imagined when I was younger [02:36.67] All the albums I studied, learned about flow and cadence [02:40.16] I sit and listen to my old shit like, "Damn, all it took was patience" [02:43.43] Story over the glory, other paths that weren't for me [02:46.71] Wasn't much of an academic or road-invested or sporty [02:49.85] Made the most with all I blessed with, of the tools in my inventory [02:53.14] Things the teachers don't teach you [02:54.78] And now the student might lead you [02:56.45] If you wanna leave the class, then you're free to [02:58.49] Everything here is subjective [02:59.92] If you stand where we're standing [03:01.18] You might understand the perspective [03:03.23] How the hell did you get far? You ain't get no head start [03:06.48] All decisions we made is based on [03:08.25] Our circumstance, we hope to surpass it [03:09.83] Took most of our lifetime to wake up [03:11.67] Smell the roses, realize that the world is ours [03:14.17] Us and them, but we worlds apart [03:17.84] [03:20.15] Nothing in life comes easy, and you work twice as hard 'cause you black [03:22.26] Used to think mom exaggerated 'til the world showed me it's fact [03:26.06] Still, it's mine for the taking, lock the doors, and we break in [03:29.45] Still got love for them non-believers [03:31.26] Yeah, the ones that said we won't make it [03:32.82] Everything you want is out there waiting for you to take it [03:36.09] The key is to have faith in your dreams and never stop chasing [03:39.33] And you'll make it, trust [03:41.15] (How did you get) all it was was perseverance) [03:43.14] (How did you get, get) [03:44.98] (How did you get) pushing, never giving up [03:46.53] (How did you get here?) [03:48.02] They built them walls so high up, and we tore 'em down [03:52.64] They told us no, we said yes [03:55.70] It's okay [03:57.38] Some get it, some don't [03:59.97] (It didn't take you long to get here) [04:03.32] But we keep pushing on [04:05.53] (How did you believe you will get here?) [04:10.12] And in times of doubt [04:12.41] (You didn't sell your soul, but you held on) [04:16.89] Always [04:18.02] (It didn't take you long to get here) [04:23.84] And here we are [04:26.08] It's the story of never-ending, it's been a long road [04:32.15] Haha [04:35.23] Feel good, don't it? Yeah [04:38.02] (It didn't take you long to get here) [04:42.08] Tell the kids to play this [04:45.80] (How did you believe you would get here?) [04:51.50] Simz [04:52.06]