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[Hook] Welcome, welcome Welcome, welcome [Verse 1: Joell Ortiz] Uh See for everyone who made it, there's a million more of us who deflated When the air came out of what we thought would be greatness Shoot for the stars, become the next superstar and be famous Don't follow your dreams, chase it And make sure no one takes it away from you But not all of us have that luxury And due to circumstances, we navigating uncomfortably And some of thеse decisions that we makе for the moment and show up suddenly Then bite you down the line like a fish in the ocean's currency Before you know it, you see your dreams in a distance Climbing over the horizon, that ship sailed and you missed it Feels like treading water Doing the things that you gotta, not doing what you wanna A world that you want no part of See this for every hoop star around the way that ain't go to the A For every karaoke singer that blows you away Amazing must be what it's quite like to be you We never needed all them bright lights to see you Welcome [Hook] Welcome, welcome Welcome, welcome [Chorus: Jeweliet] You arrived Take a look around This where everything that's ever lost can be found And they find their way to Ocean Terminal [Verse 2: KXNG Crooked] I seen him at Ocean Terminal with his notebook Scribblin' in the page, filled with a little rage 'Cause now he's middle-aged Got the greys just chilling up in his waves As he gazed at a kid dribbling in his J's, reminiscing on days He was younger, full of hunger, wanted to be a rap star Back when he was twenty, now he's sixty, maybe older And to tell the truth, I don't think I'm as old as his raps are He been writing since Hip-Hip was in a baby stroller Talking circa Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz and 'em He used to imagine going on tour having a blast with them But that's before he got Jasmine pregnant on accident Rap isn't paying the bills and Jasmine is having twins To put his pen down, that was real hard But he had to get a quote-on-quote, real job Time flew by, now he's retired with grand kids He picked up his notebook again, let that man live Welcome [Hook] Welcome, welcome Hey let me hear something old man, what you got over there old timer Welcome, welcome Old timer? You crazy youngin' Come here let me show you how we used to do it [Chorus: Jeweliet] You arrived Take a look around This where everything that's ever lost can be found Dreams don't die, they just re-route And they find their way to Ocean Terminal Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Lin-Manuel Miranda [Verse 3: Lin-Manuel Miranda] Opportunity knocks, but it's locked from the outside You crack open the box, where your fears and your doubts hide Prep your system for shocks, and on every decision Let these motherfuckers kick rocks, if they can't see the vision Because there isn't no competition, you did it, you're top position Your mission's accomplished, isn't it? Listen, your job is finished Think of the warriors you used to protest and picket with Think of the kids back home you used to sing, can I kick it with? Think of those golden moments you were hoping to capture Think of your narrow focus, then open the aperture The greatest lie that you could tell yourself is that you did it by yourself Now look around beside yourself, you see The folks who loved you picked the lock when opportunity was knocking Your community was rocking with you, providence was watching Bring them with you, deep down you've always known Nobody makes it home to ocean terminal alone Welcome [Hook] Welcome, welcome Welcome, welcome [Chorus: Jeweliet] You arrived Take a look around This where everything that's ever lost can be found Dreams don't die, they just re-route And they find their way to Ocean Terminal