I started this journey 'bout five years ago
Obsessed with the fact I was destined to blow
From closet sessions and all of the lessons
Learned from mistakes and plays in the snow

At Holt Park
Used to walk the streets post-dark
With nothinu0027 on my mind, but the dream and time
Wondering when my payoff gonu0027 start
Cuz Iu0027m still broke

6 years later, maybe I donu0027t
Worry bout my wallet as much when Iu0027m ordering out
Or couponing when I shop at the stou0027

Just a kid who knew this
That everyone back in school would say ruthless
Things about his craft as he struggled to adapt
Being around those whou0027s honest thoughts seemed useless
And that

Reflected how they treated him
Always trouble breathinu0027 in
The same air as those who looked down in doubt
And held a weird sense of pride in the sole fact
That they didnu0027t believe in him

He was just a kid with an art thatu0027s tru-ish
Faith in a dream that boiled like fluids
Stuck in Burton while my heartu0027s in Houston
Iu0027m


Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in


I still remember after Iu0027d graduate
That move to Austinu0027s what kept my mind sane
Savinu0027 up cash to afford the gas
In search for a job that could pave my way

Then that day helped Jeremiah move in
Ironic enough after the very last bin
I looked outside with no clue at all as to
Where the fuck my car just went

Turns out it got towed, unrightfully so
Took 30% of the cash that I owned
Crying all night wondering why the river dried
Any fucking time that I tried to float

Til I got a call from my uncle in Houston
No deposit or nothing, told me I could move in
$160 a month for the floor of the dining room in his condo
Holy shit, letu0027s do it

I was so grateful for that call looking back
Positioned myself for unbelievable stats
Set up a studio using chairs and tables
In the dining room that he used to eat at

He didnu0027t even care, understood it all
A musician himself, heu0027s lived thru it all
Vicarious through the youth in me
He rocked, I rap thatu0027s what I toss at the wall


Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in


Making music by day, open mics at night
Preparing myself for the rockstar life
Opened for Slim, Lil KeKe too
Houston legends, I pumped those rooms

Shortly after went on tour with Crops
Time of our lives on a budget watch
Livin in cars and hotels, playing on the street
While random strangers would watch

Oh good God, donu0027t tell me Iu0027m not
In love with this, In sufferance
Used to treat me like I was nothingness
All the meanwhile I fell in love with this

2 years in, festivals under my belt
But to me it just wasnu0027t enough
I felt called to a challenge greater
When I signed up and I boarded that bus

Went off to basic, I still wrote songs
Graduated basic, still wrote songs
Got to Fort Hood and I still wrote songs
My job wasnu0027t music, but I still wrote songs

Not gonna lie, the journey was tough
There were multiple times Iu0027d contemplate giving up
I stayed in the fight, donu0027t know what it was
Guess I gotta thank God for giving me what He does


Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in

Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in
Havin' trouble breathin' in


3 years later Iu0027m gettinu0027 kicked out for what?
But I got no regrets the shit taught me alot
When you have no other choice, you get what you aspire for
A fire under your ass is always worth lighting for

Whatever your truth, itu0027s always worth lying for
Whatever you dream is always worth trying for
Whatever you value is always worth dying for
Whatever you value is always worth dying for
So

Go after your passions regardless of traction
And other distractions that the worldu0027ll be passinu0027
Just know itu0027s a trap nu0027 whatever you have, itu0027s
Itu0027s

Your way, itu0027s your day
Get up, go out, and be great
Just know when you do, if you receive hate
That means youu0027re doing right for Peteu0027s sake

So Love what you have for keepsakes
Success is not built on release dates
Itu0027s built in between when the lights are out
When the court goes dark and the fans are gone

The lonely times, just you and your craft
Swear the nicest of paintings all started from scratch
The largest of fires all starts from a match
And the brightest of stars all came from a crash

The riches you have, they donu0027t stem from the cash
Muster the love and the passions youu0027ve stashed
Itu0027s no mistake that deep underground is
The most common place where the mineru0027s find plat

Weu0027ve only got now, so donu0027t live in the past
Tighten your focus on what could come pass
What you put out is what you attract
And what you put in is what you get back

So donu0027t you ever give up
Regardless of the mountain youu0027re on

Yung D