I decided a long time ago
I would write my own chronicle
Turn around, that ain't me
No one's followin' the lead
Let me build what I see
You know it starts with a piece
Give it time, let it breathe
Instead of suffocatin' crazy dreams

(Hey)
'Til it starts paying off
(Hey)
'Til it starts paying off
(Hey)
'Til it starts paying off
(Hey)
'Til it starts paying off

(Ah) and when it pays off, pays off
(Ah) and it feels so good inside
(Ah) and when I told you, I told you
If the only way it happened was mine

When it was time
I got butterflies
Don't look surprised, girl
With a dream this size (yeah)
Everythingseems so easy for other guys
But I never moved my eyes
It takes a thousand tries

'Til it starts paying off
(Hey)
'Til it starts paying off
(Hey)
'Til it starts paying off
(Hey)
'Til it starts paying off
(Hey)
'Til it starts paying off

(Ah) and when it pays off, pays off
(Ah) it feels so good inside
(Ah) and when I told you, I told you
(Ah) there ain't been any other way but mine
Never took days off, days off
(Ah) if they hated, now they want to die
(Ah) finding a break and where it goes to
We keep stackin' high, high, high

Piece by piece, piece by piece, piece by piece, piece by piece
Piece by piece, piece by piece, piece by piece, piece by piece

(Ah) and when it pays off, pays off
(Ah) it feels so good inside
(Ah) and when I told you, I told you
(Ah) there ain't been any other way but mine
Never took days off, days off
(Ah) if they hated, now they want to die
(Ah) finding a break and where it goes to
We keep stackin' high, high, high

Piece by piece, piece by piece, piece by piece, piece by piece