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Following the path of creativity is one of the most difficult paths that one can follow these days. Rarely is an artist's hard work compensated monetarily which helps to solidify the starving artist stereotype.
Well this artist will not starve. My hunger drives me to keep creating, to create better and to share those creations with the world. This is the first step to Upgrading My Status.
- KB
lyrics
LYRICS
BrendanMusik:
I need to upgrade my status
I need to upgrade my, need to upgrade my
I need to upgrade my status
I need to upgrade my, need to upgrade my
KB:
I've been saying one of these days for so long you'd think that I forgot how a calendar works
but one of these day the world they gon' open their eyes and they gon' see what my talents are worth
see that starts at home, in the heart in the mind, looking deep inside I'm a see what I find
goes past the mental to the spiritual side, chasing my dreams has been a series of mine
cause I've been up late night the rest of the world is sleeping, I finish my work and then I go to bed starving
I wake up the next day I do it all again, staring at a block and my hands are carving
I don't ever rest if I'm awake, I just drink a cup of coffee and get back on my grind
see I work hard but I need to work smarter, I've got all the drive I'm in the passenger's side
so I'm taking the keys, taking the wheel, been bottled up now I'm breaking the seal
got a lot of talent, I ain't got a lot of time, I got dreams I plan on making them real
Never gave up not once, not even when it seemed that the path was hopeless
shout out to those who always had my back, gave me a hand when I was at my brokest
it ain't not joke it, took a lot of years, just to get to here where I stand now
no way I'll cease fire cause I'm all tooled up I see no reason why I should stand down
I'll be firing pictures from the pen, reload the clip and I'll do it again
I've been struggling for too long I'm at my wits end, but this is the life that I'll defend
BrendanMusik:
I need to upgrade, my status
need to upgrade, my status, my status
One of these days I'm a make six figures, from my own creations
the new me busy making step by step plans, the old me still waiting
they say that only dollars make sense, I'm just trying to make sense of the world we live in
been blessed with a state of mind that's oh so vivid, trying to do the best with what I've been given
I'm just telling you all the truth, it's been a beautiful life but it was paved with pain
started out dark being beaten and belittled, still I made the gains
now I'm standing tall in the eye of the 'cane, on the path to a higher plane
to rewire my brain I set fire to strains, what's got me worked up I'm a try to explain
see I've lived in the darkest places, moved around my whole life trying to escape it
I grew with a heart that was vacant, and when that turned normal I just grew complacent
now I'm changing out those soles, lacing up a new pair of sneakers
to all of my believers I'm really so eager, to hear my songs banging out your speakers
It's been a long road, took a break to get a better view, vantage point of where I'll be headed to
I just want a better life than I ever knew, opportunity is at my door then I'm a let it through
and give it the key, I'm here from hard work and what's been given to me
it wasn't much but my mama helped me get a degree I'm in proximity of where I've striven to be
now I need to upgrade my status, get it figured out like once and for all
I did all that I thought that I could at the time but I always ran into a wall
now it's demolition, take it all apart built it up in a better way
a premonition, that soon I'll be looking for a better day
