Little Simz - How Did You Get Here(2021)

[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?
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[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?
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[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
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[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?)
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