Let me take y'all back to the day
Before I had raps I recorded where I stay
This before North Ave, the EP, 1246
This is kicking' it on my home street young bored as shit
I was still at Clarke Central had a homie on the east side
We'd get together we would kick it to the freestyles
I still remember that first time chillin’
With the beat tape on we spent the whole night spittin'
We were getting' real into it, simple as beginnin’ is
It's all uphill from there come to think of it
I thought to myself yo I got a good life
So to say I 'preciate it shit, oughta live it right
So I set my sights high, way up in the night sky
I got up on my grind and started to write rhymes
See I heard about tomorrow how tomorrow never comin'
But today stretch longer when you getting' something done and

It been runnin' through my mind, runnin' through my mind
I been sittin' in the studio trying' to unwind
Been runnin' through my mind, runnin' through my mind oh
Where did the time go, where can I find mo'
Runnin' through my mind, runnin' through my mind
I been think' on the past years, workin' on my lines
Been runnin' through my mind, runnin' through my mind oh
Where did the time go

Four years later and I'm halfway through college
It had been a year since I started workin' down at Aubrey's
Where I had a lot of time to think 'bout who I wanna be
What to do with my life and how to set it free
Well It was gettin' close to summer
Really thinkin' but I couldn't think of nothin'
I was feelin' low and slumpin'
Really sinkin' but I wasn't sunk yet
Naw cuz it was through the sadness that I channeled into rappin'
Through soakin' up the tears and writing lyrics on the napkin
That I started makin' beats, emotions had to match 'em
Yo I had to make 'em real check it had to make 'em feel
Like that sound that I was after so I asked around Athens
How to get my start in learnin' the art of recordin'
So I got my chance to turn it around by the mornin'
And I took yo' advice to Rec W and went fo' it

It been runnin' through my mind, runnin' through my mind
I been sittin' in the studio trying' to unwind
Been runnin' through my mind, runnin' through my mind oh
Where did the time go, where can I find mo'
Runnin' through my mind, runnin' through my mind
I been thinkin' on the past years, workin' on my lines
Been runnin' through my mind, runnin' through my mind oh
Where did the time go

Two more years roll by 'bout time
Now I'm sittin' in the studio damn I'm feelin' fine
Got a bed to my left, booth to my right
So I wake up out a dream tell that dream to the mic
"Yo I made it yeah I did it yo I'm doin' what I love
Got food in the Kitchen from the mixin' that I done
No bills on the fridge cuz my song got spun
And It's only the first I got rent for the month
Now my tank half full I'm feelin' real cool
Just chillin' in the front seat doin' what I do
That's referencing a track in my '03 coupe
Or I'm freestylin', ain't nothin' new" naw
That's the dream that I been trynna get back to in
The future when I build my life around a mic pad and pen
A whole lotta mixin' and a little mastering'
And that's my recipe for a life that I be happy with

I’ll be happy if I’m makin’ beats, if I’m writin’, if I’m rappin’ and shit I’mma I’mma do this for the rest of my life cuz I love it