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[00:00.00]"Welcome To Forever" (feat. Jon Bellion)
[00:09.48]This is real life, the only one we get to live
[00:12.86]I remember being broke and thinking something gotta give
[00:15.37]This is real life, everything we do is legendary
[00:18.42]And we gon' do it to the day we in the cemetery
[00:21.16]Real life, it feel like I'm dreaming
[00:23.33]Used to feel like I was nothing, now my life has meaning
[00:25.97]Said this is real life, God damn this is real life
[00:29.43]Yeah, I've been fiending for this moment
[00:32.52]I've been dreaming 'bout this moment
[00:33.91]I guess this is how it feel to have everything you ever wanted
[00:36.19]Writing these records like a dissertation
[00:38.86]While the fans go crazy from anticipation
[00:41.39]Damn, nine years that's a lot of patiences
[00:44.08]And now I'm looking at my idols and feeling adjacent
[00:46.74]It's hell of a long way from back in the basement
[00:49.42]Looking at hip-hop tryna find my placement
[00:51.94]I bought my first pair of Jordans at 22
[00:54.42]Same year I bought a crib too
[00:57.09]Now my face in magazines I used to flip through
[00:59.45]And my music on all the sites I used to sift through
[01:02.14]Remember meeting Nas for the first time
[01:03.81]Shook his hand and he started quoting my lines
[01:06.36]Said he a fan, God damn this is my time
[01:08.95]I'm a get it, I'm a do it till we prime time
[01:11.74]I told him every single day that I be at it
[01:15.31]In the studio recording like an addict
[01:18.23]He said that real hip-hop shit I had it
[01:20.58]Thinking to myself damn man you made Illmatic
[01:23.22]This is real life, the only one we get to live
[01:25.62]I remember being broke and thinking something gotta give
[01:28.52]This is real life, everything we do is legendary
[01:31.31]And we gon' do it to the day we in the cemetery
[01:33.85]Real life, it feel like I'm dreaming
[01:35.85]Used to feel like I was nothing, now my life has meaning
[01:38.65]Said this is real life, God damn this is real life
[01:42.73]I used wonder what it feel like
[01:44.78]Aight, I guess we back again
[01:47.37]With another verse of about how much I'm black again
[01:49.66]You don't like to blame God for my packaging
[01:52.16]Bringing up my race, don't call me a white rapper then
[01:54.70]Damn, they judging me by my skin tone
[01:57.30]Instead of my talent, man these motherfuckers been wrong
[01:59.74]But it's all good I just thought I'd address it
[02:02.69]And spell it out for people so they can finally assess it
[02:05.28]This is dedicated to anyone with a dream
[02:07.47]And a realization of what following it means
[02:09.82]Breaking the cycle and not following your genes
[02:12.46]That perfect moment when your logic intervenes
[02:15.01]And let you know that everything ain't always what it seems
[02:17.71]But if you really looking, I promise you'll find your dreams
[02:20.34]This is everything I ever wanted, half of y'all won't get it
[02:22.94]The other will probably laugh and wonder how I did it
[02:25.53]I just spit it from my mind, one word at the time
[02:28.33]Take everything I'm going through and put it in a rhyme
[02:30.76]I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a lot of weight upon my shoulders
[02:33.97]But this is my therapy as I flow this
[02:36.21]Spilling out my heart, I just hope somebody notice
[02:38.66]I've been real from the start and you motherfuckers noticed
[02:41.05]Once my name elevated that's when the fame escalated
[02:43.88]But on the real, I've grown accustomed to the stares
[02:46.33]People watching every move I make like it was theirs
[02:48.87]All up in my business, and even in my personal affairs
[02:51.63]Now, I know I talk a lot of game, but I ain't trynna sell you
[02:54.36]Cause honestly, I could show you better than I could tell you
[02:56.90]And even though there's been moments when everything have fell through
[02:59.86]We kept it moving, assuming even the greatest fail too
[03:02.31]I swear this business shit is do or die
[03:04.84]I never contemplated suicide, I'm too alive
[03:07.49]In front of thousands, but I'm talking like it's you and I And every day
[03:10.59]This is real life, the only one we get to live
[03:14.45]I remember being broke and thinking something gotta give
[03:18.31]This is real life, everything we do is legendary
[03:21.10]And we gon' do it to the day we in the cemetery
[03:23.79]Real life, it feel like I'm dreaming
[03:26.14]Used to feel like I was nothing, now my life has meaning
[03:28.49]Said this is real life, God damn this is real life
[03:34.03]Everything I seen, made me everything I am
[03:38.32]Everything I do, I'm a man behind mine
[03:57.19]Said, welcome to forever
[04:02.77]Welcome to forever
[04:09.01]Welcome to... forever...
[04:13.95]..........by OG..........