History

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Jimmy Nice] Tryna make some history Picture me up in the stands where they're waving hands Little me'd look at me now like 'You've made it, man' It's funny, in front of strangers I feel at home This here is the only thing that I really own Really though, NY bound, I'm on the red eye Mind playin' tricks on the kid like Jedi Will I reach these heights, be everything I said I would? I touch down like the engine that could I'm in the Mecca, the hood, this ain't my neck of the woods But I'm a man with a dream that's as grand as the scheme Cue the scene, gutter full of steam And big brother be telling me where he was as a teen And each word remains in my brain's hall of fame See you and I we're kinda like the same We'll probably always ride the back car of the first train 'Cause the heroes in our lives know us by our first names' That's game, no... that's James [Chorus: Solo & Joyride] Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day [Verse 2: Nick Lupi] Tryna make some history Consider these cornerstones of a legacy Delivery of everything I said I'd be On the benches, one day they gon' mention me I spread fire like a westerly See I never believed in destiny Always put free will over what's meant to be I say it like it was said to me One day it'll make sense, well I guess we'll see (Best believe) Fans want that-new shit, fam want a new Nick Me, I want both, I stand here tryna prove it Let me help you understand how I do this I give the signal with my hand and they lose it These days, everybody follow the blueprint But if it was easy everybody would do it See I burned all my books on the last day of school But the ones at the top never stop being students We keep it movin', homie [Chorus (Condensed): Solo & Joyride] Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day [Verse 3: Kai] Tryna make some history But I got my father's sins in me Forgive me though, it all happened so quickly Looking in the mirror and I'm tipsy And suddenly it's all clear to me As a mixed race kid, mixed up kid My face looking more like yours than it ever did I catch myself doing things I swore I never would Like I never treat my girl too good, well there it is Oh, and I found your negatives Looking at them in the sun, I think it's crazy That you up and quit photography to raise me Your only son, and you about to blow up, man those flicks are amazing And I see it in myself sometimes When I'm low and its all going to hell But I know I owe it to you, so I'm never giving up I don't know a lot, but I know this much [Chorus: Solo & Joyride] Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day [Verse 4: Solo] Tryna make some history Picture me ringing tills, still in my teens A lost kid till that hip-hop intervened Seeing my idol recite on the mic All up in the front row, best night of my life Afterwards, I greet him with a pound of the fist Probably said a thousand words that amounted to this: 'Thank you for the music, it gave me my blueprint' And he just smiled and said, "Man, that's cool shit" Now picture this, flip the switch, role reversal I'm in his shoes now, it's come full circle I got man, nah—I got fan Saying he understand what I jotted in my journal He said, 'Thanks for the sage advice' That what I wrote in that rain song saved his life I mean goddamn that's crazy right? But I've seen behind the scenes And found out the price of dreams See who's the man to you, ain't the same who's the man to me Means there ain't no man to be Except your own, so I plan to be Ain't no plan achieved, it just is how had it to be I'm singing [Chorus (Extended): Solo & Joyride] Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day Best laid plans I'ma be the man some day, one day