You catch my rock, rolling down Loners Blvd You've got dreams, keep on dreaming High school teen, never got accepted Guess it didn't get to go how I expected Now a ***** pissed Steady lookin' at the bottom of the list like "Where the **** re my projections?" *****'s like "Next year Tory It's all good, you'll be next year's story" Then I said "Man, you don't even understand Man, I'm droppin' out now, ain't no next year for me" So I left, bus route to the ***** down 53 Took the last dollar that i had for this dream And I spent it on some naughty nonsense, Micky D's ****, wasn't doin' too fine Then I made a call to this ***** named Rhymes Said he had a little studio and it wasn't top-notch But could damn near do the whole nine So I said "Cool" made a few songs in this **** Stayed too long in this **** But by the month, I was there so much *****'s had to lay futons in this **** I was in my mom's Susanne Drove to my first shows in a new Jetta Always said one day I would be the man I would just laugh like, who are you tellin' Me, I'mma go far I can still dream in this world full of stars I can still scheme in this world full of narcs If they can still scheme and I'm on my car show I'mma dream, I'mma dream, dream I'mma dream, dream like you said to me Best words that were said to me Best words that were said to me Ten long miles, from a long way home I'm headed downtown cause I'm workin' on this lil mixtape With no fillers, no throwaway songs, hopin' that this **** just go Sadly for me, this **** didn't So I make another mixtape and another mixtape and another mixtape 'Til them *****'s start sayin' ****'s hidden Then I meet a guy named Sascha , he tells me he's thinkin' 'bout takin' up management Say he got a million dollar empire on his mind, he just need an artist to plan it with He also say he throw shows out in Texas and maybe I should open up for one Then I say "Cool man' he books me the next flight out like I'm showin' up for somethin' I lay down Houston around nine, warehouse live Was my worst show ever, *****'s damn near got boo'd off stage I performed my first live show ever Women in the crowd would scream for a ***** *****'s in the crowd they was up down Bad enough *****'s let Bun B watch But I feel like I let Sascha down, **** was live on stage dog That night felt like a ***** had the whole world on my shoulders Twenty years old tryna find the one spot in this world gettin' colder Then he came to me like, "Dog, I could put money on this, bet a hundred on this" Gives me a few tips for the next night, set list says Dog you can run it on this And it all works out It's a big world The bigger your dream, the bigger you're livin' it It's all in your mind Don't let no body **** up your high It's a big world The bigger your dream, the bigger you're livin' it It's all in your mind Don't let no body **** up your high
(Phone Voicemail) Father, I lift up my son, I lift up anyone that travels with him and by his speed I pray that you go ahead of him... I assign angels right now to this assignment and I declare Father that they will go before you to make straight his path, I command that every crooked path would be made straight, every rough place would be made smooth Every obstacle, every barricade, every blockade, every conspiracy, every trap Right now is destroyed and removed out of his way in the name of Jesus And I thank you that it is written that goodness and love and mercy, form all the things of our life... (Skit: Tory Lanez) That was it, I had hit rock bottom, lowest point of my life. Just me, the music and a couple quarters in my pocket. Then it hit me...the phone call that would change my life
(Phone Call: Mike + Tory Lanez + Other) Hello Hello, hi...hi...is this, is this Tory Lanez? Yeah, who this? Hi, yeah this is Mike from Interscope Uhm, you slid me your music a couple weeks ago when I was leaving the office Oh yeah, what's up? Uh...I didn't have a chance to listen to it until recently and oh my head is just blown off Oh thank you so much bro, thank you We need to talk...we need to talk F'sho Uh, do you have time this week to sit down? Uhm...yeah, yeah, when? Does...does Friday work for you? Yeah that works, that works Okay, let's lock that in Iight cool I...I gotta run okay? Let's talk soon, see ya bye...
Okay, perfect, I think we got him Aye, aye Mike, let me ask you somethin' You really think this kid could make hit records? Honestly? The music speaks for itself Alright, alright...why...let's listen, let's see what he's got, let's put it in Okay...let's do it
[00:14.44]You catch my rock, rolling down Loners Blvd [00:26.38]You've got dreams, keep on dreaming [00:39.16]High school teen, never got accepted [00:41.22]Guess it didn't get to go how I expected [00:43.28]Now a ***** pissed [00:44.90]Steady lookin' at the bottom of the list like [00:45.79]"Where the **** re my projections?" [00:47.33]*****'s like "Next year Tory [00:49.55]It's all good, you'll be next year's story" [00:51.42]Then I said "Man, you don't even understand [00:53.10]Man, I'm droppin' out now, ain't no next year for me" [00:56.16]So I left, bus route to the ***** down 53 [00:59.56]Took the last dollar that i had for this dream [01:01.23]And I spent it on some naughty nonsense, Micky D's [01:03.60]****, wasn't doin' too fine [01:05.20]Then I made a call to this ***** named Rhymes [01:07.11]Said he had a little studio and it wasn't top-notch [01:09.40]But could damn near do the whole nine [01:11.24]So I said "Cool" made a few songs in this **** [01:13.75]Stayed too long in this **** [01:15.27]But by the month, I was there so much [01:17.29]*****'s had to lay futons in this **** [01:19.32]I was in my mom's Susanne [01:20.84]Drove to my first shows in a new Jetta [01:22.89]Always said one day I would be the man [01:24.94]I would just laugh like, who are you tellin' [01:26.98]Me, I'mma go far [01:28.55]I can still dream in this world full of stars [01:30.51]I can still scheme in this world full of narcs [01:32.50]If they can still scheme and I'm on my car show [01:35.50]I'mma dream, I'mma dream, dream [01:36.92]I'mma dream, dream like you said to me [01:39.36]Best words that were said to me [01:41.46]Best words that were said to me [02:16.78]Ten long miles, from a long way home [02:19.71]I'm headed downtown cause I'm workin' on this lil mixtape [02:22.14]With no fillers, no throwaway songs, hopin' that this **** just go [02:25.50]Sadly for me, this **** didn't [02:26.98]So I make another mixtape and another mixtape and another mixtape [02:30.31]'Til them *****'s start sayin' ****'s hidden [02:32.90]Then I meet a guy named Sascha , he tells me he's thinkin' 'bout takin' up management [02:36.58]Say he got a million dollar empire on his mind, he just need an artist to plan it with [02:40.58]He also say he throw shows out in Texas and maybe I should open up for one [02:44.59]Then I say "Cool man' he books me the next flight out like I'm showin' up for somethin' [02:48.74]I lay down Houston around nine, warehouse live [02:51.56]Was my worst show ever, *****'s damn near got boo'd off stage [02:54.75]I performed my first live show ever [02:56.58]Women in the crowd would scream for a ***** [02:58.69]*****'s in the crowd they was up down [03:00.75]Bad enough *****'s let Bun B watch [03:02.80]But I feel like I let Sascha down, **** was live on stage dog [03:06.94]That night felt like a ***** had the whole world on my shoulders [03:10.68]Twenty years old tryna find the one spot in this world gettin' colder [03:13.89]Then he came to me like, "Dog, I could put money on this, bet a hundred on this" [03:17.70]Gives me a few tips for the next night, set list says [03:20.39]Dog you can run it on this [03:21.56]And it all works out [03:53.76]It's a big world [03:57.12]The bigger your dream, the bigger you're livin' it [04:01.31]It's all in your mind [04:05.47]Don't let no body **** up your high [04:10.15]It's a big world [04:13.53]The bigger your dream, the bigger you're livin' it [04:17.63]It's all in your mind [04:21.94]Don't let no body **** up your high [04:36.18] [04:36.50](Phone Voicemail) [04:37.57]Father, I lift up my son, I lift up anyone that travels with him and by his speed I pray that you go ahead of him... [04:46.81]I assign angels right now to this assignment and I declare Father that they will go before you to make straight his path, [04:56.66]I command that every crooked path would be made straight, every rough place would be made smooth [05:03.60]Every obstacle, every barricade, every blockade, every conspiracy, every trap [05:10.32]Right now is destroyed and removed out of his way in the name of Jesus [05:15.85]And I thank you that it is written that goodness and love and mercy, form all the things of our life... [05:26.51](Skit: Tory Lanez) [05:26.79]That was it, I had hit rock bottom, lowest point of my life. [05:34.18]Just me, the music and a couple quarters in my pocket. [05:40.10]Then it hit me...the phone call that would change my life [05:56.57] [05:56.75](Phone Call: Mike + Tory Lanez + Other) [05:57.14]Hello [05:57.24]Hello, hi...hi...is this, is this Tory Lanez? [06:01.00]Yeah, who this? [06:01.82]Hi, yeah this is Mike from Interscope [06:04.19]Uhm, you slid me your music a couple weeks ago when I was leaving the office [06:08.62]Oh yeah, what's up? [06:09.75]Uh...I didn't have a chance to listen to it until recently and oh my head is just blown off [06:16.00]Oh thank you so much bro, thank you [06:18.67]We need to talk...we need to talk [06:20.35]F'sho [06:20.79]Uh, do you have time this week to sit down? [06:22.83]Uhm...yeah, yeah, when? [06:24.84]Does...does Friday work for you? [06:27.06]Yeah that works, that works [06:28.53]Okay, let's lock that in [06:29.93]Iight cool [06:30.99]I...I gotta run okay? Let's talk soon, see ya bye... [06:35.79] [06:36.12]Okay, perfect, I think we got him [06:38.26]Aye, aye Mike, let me ask you somethin' [06:41.20]You really think this kid could make hit records? [06:44.33]Honestly? The music speaks for itself [06:47.81]Alright, alright...why...let's listen, let's see what he's got, let's put it in [06:52.46]Okay...let's do it
