You Beat Me To It! [Shia LaBeouf]

Lyrics

Verse 1: Look at me now, Grandma, hope you proud I didn't give up, I kept writing on the clouds Although it's been a battle, my soul bruised Only way to win is to learn how to lose Know it's contradicting, I don't mean to confuse We learn from mistakes, give us room to improve A lot of you couldn't walk a mile in my shoes My tunes jazzy, ironic we walk with the blues But I can't complain, let the music be my muse Most thought it was funny, well I'm glad you amused 'cause I'ma touch the sky, I'ma see the sun Been redeemed from the past, things we have done That only God can judge, I gotta move on Plenty memories I made in them group homes And foster homes that I'm tryin' to eliminate The nightmares are starting to form into a face That I'm tryna forget, the images they haunt me And thoughts of my mom, wondering why she ain't want me Then I stop and think, look where I am now Became a man, didn't demand a handout I standout, fall through the doubts, grew from experience Found my true strength in the moments of my weariness In periods I want to end it all, people come to me for inspiration But what about me? Who I call? 'cause it's hard to trust, everybody seem phony Only wanting something from me, I came for bologna and bread Me and my mama and stepdad, just tryna get ahead I was five, we was tryna survive by threads They taught me how to value what's around me Arms spread right below the heavens where they found me A young legend, well so they claim, I'm a king Just a ordinary guy who happened to grew wings For my dreams, coulda been a rolling stone, can I kick it? Rest in peace Phife, Ali, Prince and the gifted Phenomenons that we lost searching for the parmesan Tryna get a slice of life, I'll take two Papa John's Chorus: And I'ma show you what it sound like Food for thought, gettin' full off a sound bite, yeah A little jazz for your membrane My pen stain, whole world going insane, yeah Just relax for a while Let the pain go out of style Destiny is calling, I was just about to dial you first but You beat me to it, you beat me to it, yeah You beat me to it, you beat me to it, girl You beat me to it, you beat me to it I was just about to do it, I almost blew it Life ain't nothing to it but to do it Shi LaBeouf, you was right, man I knew it Gotta… (do it) x14 Verse 2: Always stood out, like a sore thumb Tryna walk the right path in case the Lord comes 'cause to somebody out there, I'm a hero It seems life's and death the only things we know 2008, one of the girls I loved Stood me up on Christmas Eve, never picked me up From the shelter, I guess I wasn't good enough A homeless man there told me, 'Son, I know it's rough But you gon' get through it if you keep believing Aim for the skies, that's the only way to even the odds Reach for the stars, kid, you still young, there's a way for the lost' I never forgot him, his message still embedded I even wrote a song about him, "Pigeon Man," check it In my Unmodern Life learned nothing is impossible Nothing from nothing leaves something, that's only logical The prodigal son, returning my boo thang This Autumn bad, kicking' flame lookin' like Liu Kang My Method Man Wu-Tang You'll never hear 'you changed' Cut from a delicate cloth but it do stain For real, but I'ma ge-ge-get it, I don't mean to stutter Everybody sound the same but you'll never find another like me, uh And can't forget Sublime Put some lovin' in your mind Do you remember the time I was moonwalking on Saturn, I drew my own pattern in this game? Me sounding like them? I couldn't fathom We need more from thinkers and less hype-beasts, capeesh? The key to youth - iron out the stress and the wrinkles bond to the crease I'll see you later Fresh to death, made the reaper wear a respirator An alligator 'bama crocodile when you crack a smile That makes all the pain worth the while and I'm out Chorus: And I'ma show you what it sound like Food for thought, gettin' full off a sound bite, yeah A little jazz for your membrane My pen stain, whole world going insane, yeah Just relax for a while Let the pain go out of style Destiny is calling, I was just about to dial you first but You beat me to it, you beat me to it, yeah You beat me to it, you beat me to it, girl You beat me to it, you beat me to it I was just about to do it, I almost blew it Life ain't nothing to it but to do it Shi LaBeouf, you was right, man I knew it Gotta… (do it) x14