Starving Artist: The Manifesto Lyrics

Shit gettin' harder

I gotta be close to a breakthrough

I gotta be

I gotta make it I been pass due

Every bill I got is past due

Real Shit

I gotta make it

I'm in desperation

Telling God I need a blessing

A new Destination

I gotta make it

I been working overtime to make these ends meet

Smiling I refuse to let my kids see me crying

Say I'm dieting I only made enough to let the kids eat

Trying but I ain't seeing triumph

I'm fighting for survival on the daily

Go and get it Seven days a week

It gotta be a way for me

I gotta make it

I just put my last dollar in the tank

I'm overdrawn I ain't got nothin in bank

I need a change

All I got is change

Talking bout I really had to scrape

Hit the store and hit em' for

This shit I really had to take it

Just to make it

Gotta make it

For I take the wrong way

Gotta make it

For I catch the wrong play

Gotta make it

For I go back to my old ways

Tired of living check to check

Devil and a Angel on my shoulder

Goin to neck to neck

What else can I do?

I gotta make it

I cash now

Hope nobody see me in this building

Sellin plasma

Gotta make it

I can let em' see me with my head down

I'm too proud to beg

Aint finna catch me with my hand out

Gotta make it

Played The Mega Million

Hope these numbers hit

So I can build a place to save these children

Gotta make it to the moment

I'ma take it I'ma own it

I'ma make it I'ma show em'

I'ma get my Granny outta that apartment

I'ma make it

I'ma get my Mama everything she want

And tell em' both that they ain't goin back to work

Cause I ain't broke no mo'

I gotta make it

Gotta change the story

Need elevators just to change the story

Wanna change of scenery

Hop on private plane to change it for me

Shit Hope somebody praying for me

I'm ready set if off and go out in a blaze of glory

Last of a dying breed bet anything

They say they know me

I bet they play this shit and sang it for me

Oh what a shame she was a Starving Artist

I bet they say I shoulda made it

Gotta make it for I