(I guess) It's just another one of those nights (I guess) It's just another one of those nights (Still can't sleep) It's just another one of those nights It's just another one of those nights Early fringe, you are now tuned in Let me first start by saying I don't know where to begin Wanna put out everything that's on my mind but it's only an intro so we'll have to save it for another time but look... Desperation's reached its peak I can't believe I'm saying this, I don't want to seem weak Is it for better or worse? A gift or a curse? These are the things I dream about, I scheme about, so tell me whatchu know about it? Huh? Watch know about it? All I need was a peak, a glance Now gimme a chance And I'm still lucid dreaming, still stuck in a trance Of course life does change as we go, in due time, but for once I can feel the transition as I live mine Set the goal and missed, did I aim too far? But I done climbed too high for me to lower the bar Branched out in Dallas but my roots still in the D So I'm doing this for my blood and my friends on my family tree Always have and always will be in tune with the music My light is a gift, it's contagious to those who view it My momentum is going and I'm not about to lose it Finally got a mic, so I figured that I would use it Early fringe

What goes around comes around, at least that's what I'm told Well that good karma better come around full circle Cause I feel like it's time, no it's been time Time for me to get it cause I deserve it, still trying to figure out if it's worth it Makes me nervous when my options are to just do it or blow it But with self assurance like mine, yeah you probably wouldn't known it Listening to these thoughts that keep me up at night Cause if you're losing sleep over it, then it's gotta be worth something, right? Naw I'm just tired, tired of losing sleep on the same old things Cause it's a living nightmare when I'm not living my dream Lately life been handing me lemons and I'm trying to turn them into gold My life's a papier-mâché, now watch the story unfold So now I'm up, way up, so high, my ears about to pop I guess the wind blows the hardest the closer you get to the mountain top No, it's not cocky, it's confidence, came before I had the ego In the spotlight, spotlight, I'm high demand, no pay-per-view though Seems like everyone around me wants my company, what do you want from me? My time ain't free, been up for 20 hours, running on 3 Just wondering if I did something wrong or if my time ain't here yet I'm reaping what I'm sowing and it's rewarding, best believe that When they see me on they screen, they like "ooo boy you did it" But it's in my genes, I ain't have to get sized up and fitted People believe in me more than I do myself, that's backwards And God believes in me more than I do in Him, how does that work? I feel I'm playing catch up but can't muster up no courage Cause I ain't tryna get let left behind just paying off bills and mortgage I swear, I swear I'm not content with a 9 to 5, I need to feel alive I guess I'm bout to clock in and do work, I'm going in, it's Primetime I thought I had it figured out just for me to only end up back here I guess I gotta tough it out, plan it out, one thing I can't do is just wait it out here It's the right time for Primetime (Yeah, ain't no better time than now) How do expect to stay versatile with the same old style? How do you expect to get where you going if you not moving now? You stuck in the same mind frame, playing mind games Gon and chase your pleasure even if it brings pain How do you spend your energy? Do you even know what that cost? How do you friend your enemies? Have you really gained more than you've lost? I wish I had a team so we could plot about success People swear they got the class but can't see them passing the test How much wood would a woodchuck really chuck if it could chuck wood? It don't matter, the moral is it first had to believe it could Never underestimate you, never sell your self wealth And no I'm not just telling you, I have to keep telling myself Just take a look at my growth, my head in the clouds My life at its prime, no haters allowed They might make me proud to know that if they doing what they doing then I'm doing it right Cause even when you're in shadows, you know there's gotta be light Look, I'm all about fair time, so when it's your time, take your time When it's my time, I'ma get mine, if you meeting me, it's at the goal line Took the narrow road, no wide gates, you either right in front or you left behind Just don't forget that primetime is the tagline, you feel me? I thought I had it figured out just for me to only end up back here I guess I gotta tough it out, plan it out, one thing I can't do is just wait it out here It's the right time for Primetime (Yeah, ain't no better time than now) Stay motivated, stay focused, wake up everyday with a purpose It's primetime for all of us, DONNCHAM (Just another one of those nights) (I guess it's just another one of those nights)

I got a good feeling about this one Shoulda hopped on this rap/hip-hop train from the get-go Shoulda had more confidence than I did before But I'm just getting started, now it's time to walk through the next door I need to build my own self critically To start accepting who I am and not who I pretend to be Cause honestly, I'm not even tryna make it as a rapper I'm a rockstar but it wouldn't be so bad to fall back on after Keep your held high and make the best of it Just keep your glass half full, don't be a pessimist Just several things I tell myself into a dirty mirror Say my name three times in the dark just to see it clearer Ain't where I wanna be but still they wanna talk about it I feel like Eminem cause it feels so empty without me And I got the type of attitude you probably couldn't afford I'm polished, shining brighter than the stars I'm reaching for I never would have seen myself here Cause this road is long and this life is shorter So whatchu making of it? I'm a late bloomer You die or you gon grow Hold up, yeah still gotta good feeling about this one How many years does it take before I stop feeling this young? Cause momma told me black don't crack, be real don't act Got a lot of people in my ear but I won't look back Cause I got way too much in front of me Been going so hard, I forgot about people who make fun of me How dumb of me My old girl probably wish she wasn't done with me And all my new friends don't exist, only day one's with me Y'all wish y'all had this fun with me Pressure, yes sir, I feel it rise inside You can't catch up, fess up, yeah you wanna subside But I just use all compulsion and turn it to motivation You gotta use self implosion to change up your situation, just know It's time to show off my stripes, display my true colors, I'm in this for life Nightmares got smaller, dreams doubled in size Get eaten alive or the will to survive So if you feeling what I'm saying, then come along for the ride, let's go I never would have seen myself here Cause this road is long and this life is shorter So whatchu making of it? I'm a late bloomer You die or you gon grow Life is what you want it to be The only thing that's stopping me is me I'm pushing myself to every limit, always taking life minute by minute Success ain't easy Cause this road is long and this life is shorter I wanna make a change, gonna make the world stir There's a dream I'm chasing, I'm trying to keep up and this life is racing Only looking up cause that's where I'm gonna go I'm a late bloomer, all I do is grow

I think this is the year for me Less and less you'll probably hear from me Cause all my old friend's have been dropping like flies, but they probably never cared for me And yeah I started picking up that book again, reading some stories that you'd probably see on CNN Talking how it's impossible or illogical for someone to do that again, but I guess it's how you see it then Now go down first then hook up right Fighting off nightmares that can keep you up at night Buy into the lies, lying in a bed of lies Boy, you'll fall for anything if you don't keep your game up tight It's a strategy, something that just had to be Honestly, I hate it when anybody is mad at me But if I don't know you, then you distant, your opinion is indifferent Cause really you mad at you for not being me I got doors unlocked and keys on deck Hallway of relativity, well what did you expect And when I go, I still remain here, just like King Tut I'ma do this thing for me To try to impress who for what? Saying I don't make the cut And this is how I do it with ambition and integrity That's almost a guarantee I'ma do it with no if, ands, or buts To try to impress you for what? And if I ever fall then I haven't failed, I just gotta get up and go hard like I'm tryna lose a gut Liars will go and put the blame on you Watching somebody hurt might just put the pain on you Or even worse, you feel the pressure from being lesser Can't catch up to everybody, but it might just be the same for you And did you find what you were looking for? Cause most of us don't even know what we be looking for Instead we go around in circles like the running man But two are better together like a venn diagram Yeah, there's more to life than just complaining Fussing about how you missed the mark, but where you aiming? So many lions that I'm taming, I'm the death of the party leaving with way more than I came with And why we so concerned on what we do or what we don't have Until we end up with nothing and then we want half But money ain't the wool so why bother what sheep cost I count them all like my blessings so there's no sleep lost Sometimes I think about American me, American you How do I fit in society? What's inside of you? Just don't lose sight of what you could be Give nothing less than your best And yet, they still tryna stress you for what? Saying I don't make the cut And this is how I do it with ambition and integrity That's almost a guarantee I'ma do it with no if, ands, or buts To try to impress you for what? And if I ever fall then I haven't failed, I just gotta get up and go hard like I'm tryna lose a gut The world's mine, I see you in it This life ain't a joke but I hope you get it They say to stay in my lane but it's my highway We getting thriller by night then grinding by day This is my master quest, my RPG You see a star in daylight, you know you seeing me And just a word of advice, endurance is the key I know there's a purpose But you say this ain't my destiny for what? Saying I don't make the cut And this is how I do it with ambition and integrity That's almost a guarantee I'ma do it with no if, ands, or buts To try to impress you for what? And if I ever fall then I haven't failed, I just gotta get up and go hard like I'm tryna lose a gut

I know that you love it when I call you "baby" Pedal to the floor, you know I drive you crazy You're like a painted picture, girl you hypnotize me You should know why I get that way when I'm next to your body And you know that I can't do this on my own We both done had our shares of rights and wrongs Remember when I called you "baby"? Do you? Well, it is what it is I did what I did No regrets that were made Adult, teen or a kid But I still feel like we got somehing Every since we met in 2000...something, I can't remember But what I do recall is every time you call, you always pissing me off I said I was hard, you always knew I was soft A lot of up and downs but I wouldn't trade it at all And you know what they say, patience is a virtue And without it I wouldn't have made it here A lot of people started from the bottom, now they at the top But for some reason, I'm still not there (yet) And you can bet I'm still grinding, no whining, no time to FaceTime But from time to time, I still see your face though If we can get it back together, we should take it slow Yeah, if we can make this thing work, we should take it slow I never meant to make you feel like you were not missed But I guess it's all the same I had a couple of mishaps with misfits, exchanged tongues then digits On joyrides and field trips then I'm all up in my feel trips If you said that, you meant it And what I say back, you dismiss it Keep building your defenses but I won't beg for your attention What's your mission, my intentions were not to force you to listen Now we're kissing and it's like it never happened to begin with Now we spring forward, we saving daylight, holding on tight and getting stronger Then we fall back in our last quarter, the days are shorter and the nights are longer And it's so dark that it absorbs light, like a black hole on the event horizon And we're at the point of no return and there's no point of us even trying So we single on the low, fronts that we put on, money that we blown, tryna make it out here on own You might've gone and found someone and they good to call you "lady" But it ain't like that first time, the first time that I called you "baby" For real

Open your eyes It's right in front of your face, it's plain in disguise Still caught by surprise And all you need to be great is to break from the world But still somehow can't even sever the ties Man, open your eyes Just look at what we've done to ourselves So caught up in greed, never content with wellness and health And we were human until we ranked by race, political science will keep us divided, and classified by wealth Open your eyes Are we really doing all we can? We listen just to reply, not listen to understand One man had a goal to make the world a better place Next thing you know we got bombed from Japan Man, open your eyes Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank Give a man a bank and he can rob the world But our perception of happiness can be different Many people are poor cause all they got is their riches Open your eyes Are you seeing what I'm seeing? Are you seeing what I'm seeing right now? Open your eyes So what's the real question? Do people really die from suicide or the depression? Do we stand divided as a nation? Or what if the cure for cancer is in the brain of someone who can't even afford a good education? Real love is more than we can handle If we're a perfect match, why did we burn out like a candle? And if you're poor and caught with drugs, they label it a crime Do the same thing if you're rich, they classify it as a scandal (I'm going to rehab) Many parents will do anything for their kids Except let them be who they are, tryna fit them into a grid Cause a quiz don't study skills, just obedience to take a test If the whole world was blind, would your people still be impressed? When you focus on problems, you'll just have more problems When you sort out your options, you learn how to solve them And you gotta be hurt to grow, you lose you gain Sometimes lessons are better learned through pain Open your eyes Are you seeing what I'm seeing? Are you seeing what I'm seeing right now? Open your eyes It's right in front of your face, it's plain in disguise Still caught by surprise And all you need to be great is to break from the world You exist but do you feel alive? The biggest steps we ever take in our lives come from taking smaller steps in the right direction, never stop progressing Lessen social media time Gotta unplug to try to find a better connection There is only one rule that you should follow When coming up on success, don't reveal everything you know It's so typical to love on the beautiful but even more beautiful to love on the typical Remember, you are a work of art, no one will get you But for the ones that do, they won't forget you Everything in life is your decision If you wanna be great, don't ask permission Are your eyes still closed? What you gain always comes with a greater cost And who you lose is not always counted a loss The greatest battle we face is head versus heart If their true colors show, don't go try repainting the art I see humans but still no humanity The way that we think makes me question my sanity Cause we kill people who kill cause killing people is wrong Now I said too much, they'll have me dead by the end of this song Open your ...

Roxanne Meet me in outer space We can disappear without a trace Meet me in the atmosphere We can never come down from here We can stay up If they ain't what we doing, baby Let's just stay young I know just what you feeling, baby Meet me in the Milky Way I can take you light years away, if you want me to Don't fret, have no fear All our secrets heard by no ear We can stay up If they ain't what we doing, baby Let's just stay young I know just what you feeling, baby Zone out, meditate Vibe out, leave our problems in desolate Slow down no rush, go with the flow rate Just follow the comet, yeah that's a tailgate And it's so divine what I'm telling ya When the stars align, you know I'm feeling ya When our hearts collide, it's crash nebula Through the space time continuum Come along with me on a galactic odyssey So many things that you gotta see I'm talking way out, cosmic dust clouds Pass the Kuiper Belt, near the Oort cloud Now that gravity is steady growing stronger and my light won't seem to eclipse As I ignite, I see you wonder just how do you do it

Dear mother, I love you like no other I know you always praying for me, always got me covered by the Lord's eternal mercy and grace, by His hand So now tell me, how do you raise a man? Cause my father wasn't there and where he cannot you can and I'm the evidence You said that I could be whatever, even president I know you meant it When a male is raised by his mama, you know she in his story throughout the periods and commas and the nonsense Even throughout all of the girl drama All these people want my time and my signature, too But do they really know that I'm just a miniature you? And I appreciate you fully, this one was made and played by yours truly This one was made and played by yours truly Dear sister, Just know I always miss ya They only I time I see you year round is in the winter but it ain't a enough Growing up was tough up in the D, watching family twist and turn can be a tongue twister But I know you always down for me, we like some blood blisters So what's next, we go from MI to the TX, you go from TX to the GA I didn't know if you'd stay but looking back on it now, yeah we probably needed some space I'm kidding, you know that you're my favorite sibling over no one else Even family we choose for ourselves And when we don't have much to say, the love can speak for itself No one can match against your beauty, this one was made and played by yours truly This one was made and played by yours truly Dear Jesus, I hope You not only hear this but you see this I'm constantly caught between You and this world that I compete with And it's leaving damaged and worn out And I don't know where I went wrong but I know I'm not too far gone I'm surprised that I've been dealing with the same old things for so long And truth be told, I'm sick of being me, I know who I should be I'm sick of the routine, I'm sick of falling short But most of all, I'm sick of these demons that torment and torture me when I'm weak Man, I get so weak But I know that if you call me Your son then I know the war is already won That when You said it was finished, it was already done This life was made and paid by You, it's Yours, it's Yours truly

I got a lot of dreams I wanna see fulfilled A lot of things that's on my plate, I think I wanna spill But I'm not the type to gossip, you know what's the deal Sometimes life can leave you numb, well here's something to feel Are you feeling this? Tell me now one time, are you feeling this? Feel Me This is the sequel, my words done turned lethal Might think we the same but our status unequal D-O-double N-C-H-A-M Had to boomerang the beat and bring it back again We can meet up at the party, bring the f-a-m 10 PM, going to the bright AM We up! And ain't nothing changed since the first time It's been a long time coming Your attitude ain't changed from the last time You spend a lot of time slumming Never fall, I just bounce back Living life up on the edge, I need to step back Like a daredevil You wonder how I got up to this level Couldn't tell you You know I'm always blessed Always up Stay down You know what's up Got my crown, from a prince to a king A goblet is my cup, royalty is my thing Medieval, you got about much hype as a bad sequel Man, you so see through And what you think that matters is all fecal Most of me likes hugging trees but sometimes get a little savage My life GPA got A's and B's But my greatest point ain't average Life ain't a game but you skipping and lagging Now I'm stuck here picking up for what you lacking Releasing the kraken You heard of the cypher, that's me For all of these codes I be cracking You know the motto, yeah these times change but these people don't Gotta do those things that those people won't Be wise and listen when the people spoke To know when to go and when to stay Like blackjack, you either hit or miss There's a million things that you need to know But only one emotion if you're feeling this That's life, never tripping Her waist is what I'm gripping Best believe I got them digits Doing things your man couldn't Heating up like a summer jam Got the power in my hands Talkin bout them bandz on bandz I am ignited, I am the flyest Me and my homie DONNCHAM doing nothing like we do this everyday