[00:14.82]I had an epiphany
[00:16.03]I was repeating history
[00:17.22]I was doing everything I hated
[00:18.91]The weight on my shoulders
[00:19.90]I let it all get to me (I let it all get to me)
[00:21.88]I had an epiphany
[00:23.30]I just smiled at my enemies
[00:24.75]I was listening to everybody who was talking
[00:27.40]But never did **** for me, yeah
[00:29.44]I had an epiphany
[00:31.04]I was looking at everybody else
[00:32.77]That's up in the industry
[00:33.84]They ain't as sick as me (they ain't as sick as me)
[00:37.54]I had an epiphany
[00:38.86]I was seeing somebody
[00:39.71]That never had no good intentions for me
[00:41.66]Now she missing me, yuh (now she missing me)
[00:44.48]Yeah, moral of the story is that nobody did it for me
[00:46.45]Had to make a change (nah)
[00:47.48]I was living in the city with no scene
[00:49.21]I had a dream I had to make a lane (yup, yup)
[00:51.27]Always knew that I couldn't live off of minimum wage
[00:53.40]Ripping the pay stub
[00:54.20]I had a minimal taste for all the fame stuff
[00:56.17]But I got into the game without a cent to my name
[00:58.13]And now I'm ballin' like I'm in the NBA, bruh
[00:59.81]And I know I got a lot but I'm not content
[01:01.92]If they ask me to stop, I will not consent
[01:03.96]Never let nobody block 'cause my shot to miss
[01:05.86]You can meet me at the top if you hop the fence
[01:07.81]And you climb the stairs
[01:08.88]And you fight the beast
[01:09.68]And you lose your way
[01:10.59]Then you find your peace
[01:11.55]And you do it sober
[01:12.51]Then you find a drink
[01:13.53]Then you spiral down
[01:14.45]And it all repeats
[01:15.44]And I always had a vision I could get it
[01:16.88]So I did it by my lonely
[01:17.77]I don't owe nobody nothing, never let nobody own me
[01:19.68]Got some money from the music,
[01:20.69]And I spend it on the homies
[01:21.60]But don't put nothin' before me,
[01:22.61]Gave a whip to little Brody
[01:23.57]And I'm only getting started
[01:24.50]And I'm eating with the people that I starve with
[01:26.57]And my batteries, I had to recharge 'em
[01:28.39]I made an album but that **** was garbage
[01:30.34]Yo, I was trapped in a gimmick
[01:32.24]I finally get it
[01:33.03]I'm here to make music that matters
[01:34.64]If I die, it'll all be alright
[01:36.41]'Cause the message I gave you will live for me after
[01:38.44]And my chapter will highlight a lifetime
[01:40.43]Of energy gave through a bright mind
[01:42.45]How you never had to stand on the sideline
[01:44.26]How you the guide to your own guidelines
[01:46.30]That's an epiphany
[01:47.69]I had an epiphany, yeah
[01:52.06]That's an epiphany
[01:55.90]I had an epiphany, yeah
[01:59.63]I had an epiphany
[02:02.50]That I could make history
[02:03.72]That I could prove everyone wrong
[02:05.57]That told me I wasn't cut out for this music thing, yeah
[02:08.81]I had an epiphany
[02:10.04]What if I took my energy
[02:11.27]And used it on positive things in my life
[02:13.56]Instead of the people that lie to me, huh?
[02:15.62]Yeah, I had an epiphany
[02:17.58]That I could put all of my hurt into music
[02:19.76]And use it for people that might feel the same as me
[02:22.06]Yeah, I had an epiphany
[02:25.23]What if everyone knew
[02:26.36]My depression was worse than they thought
[02:27.97]They probably gonna look at me differently
[02:29.60]Yo, this song got me going back, when I was a stupid kid
[02:33.76]Thinking maybe I could make it in the music biz
[02:35.79]And then I figured out the politics
[02:37.15]And realized that half of y'all
[02:38.58]Don't even know what music is
[02:39.67]Ain't going nowhere, I told 'em to get used to me
[02:41.49]Feels like I'm living in a movie scene
[02:42.92]A bunch of people trying to tell me
[02:44.26]How to act and breathe
[02:45.10]One thing I never let nobody ever do
[02:46.31]Was tell me who to be
[02:47.24]I never got into the party scene
[02:48.62]Maybe I was just scared to drink
[02:50.28]'Cause addiction it runs in my family
[02:51.82]That's someone I was scared to be
[02:52.97]You're looking pitiful compared to me
[02:54.41]Since I can barely read
[02:55.38]All I wanted was somebody I could trust
[02:56.94]That I knew would keep it real with me
[02:58.22]Rap's always been a mirror for me
[02:59.54]That's when I figured out
[03:00.29]That maybe I'm the one
[03:01.07]That's gotta make it on my own,
[03:02.14]Yeah, it's clear to see
[03:03.11]A lot of people think that what I'm doing is a gimmick
[03:04.58]Everything you hear me writing I've been living
[03:06.10]I ain't quitting, send the money to my family
[03:07.37]Try to show them that I miss them
[03:08.40]And I cherish every moment
[03:09.20]When I'm home and when I'm with them
[03:10.36]And this is the way that I feel
[03:11.40]In the industry of fakes trying to stay real
[03:13.28]In the industry of lames trying to get deals
[03:15.27]Lord knows I'ma get it, that's Meek Mill
[03:17.15]Yeah, I lay in my bed at night thinking
[03:20.32]"There's got to be more to me"
[03:21.40]I'm trying to pay off the mortgaging
[03:22.88]But the life of the people I love in the midst of it
[03:25.27]I've always thought that if
[03:26.35]I learn from mistakes that I'd make
[03:27.89]Even the losses are victories
[03:29.26]That's when it starts hitting me
[03:30.61]If you set your mind to it, you can do anything
[03:32.98]That's an epiphany
[03:36.33]That's an epiphany, yeah
[03:39.56]I had an epiphany
[03:44.12]I had an epiphany, yeah