M.I.T.M. Video (MV)

Lately, it feels like it's just all going bad.
I got some issues with my momma and some drama with my dads
I wish that I could take it back to the good times we had.
And maybe momma wouldn't have to be sad.
I can't remember the last time I laughed. Or felt optimistic.
And the problems that I am facing are a lot bigger than digits.
See it's all about the cash. Mo money. Mo problems.
Thinking dope money gone solve it right?
But I ain't ever sold drugs and I ain't about to start.
Was a thief in these streets. But I ain't ever been a mark.
More bite than bark. Can't find more heart.
Grew up on Brett st right next to Hyde Park!
Like my swishers unsweet and my hard liquor, dark!
I'm in the water swimming right next to great white sharks.
But I'm not going to be dinner. You looking at a winner.
And the only thing I needed was the man in the mirror!
Talking to the man in the mirror.
The only thing I needed was the man in the mirror. Got me!
He helps me see things clearer.
Answering my questions if I listen I can hear him!
Talking to the man in the mirror.
The only thing I needed was the man in the mirror.
He helps me see things clearer.
Answering my questions can you hear him? Can you hear him?
I been talking with myself trying to get my head straight.
Get my life on track. Trying to shed the dead weight.
But I can't escape fate. Got a toll I got to pay.
See I wanna be great. Not to many can relate.
Hard work gotta pay off. That's why I stay late.
Keep my grass cut short so that I can see the snakes.
I got to stay awake. Sleep with one eye open.
That's a hard thing to do with the way I'm smoking.
Ain't no way I'm joking. I just pray I'm chosen.
I ain't ready yet to hang it up like a clothespin.
Feeling the walls closing in. Oh no here we go again.
I'm panicking. Imagining the bad shit happening.
And this is what it's like to be me.
Gotta fight to fall asleep every night of the week.
And in spite of my defeat. I aspire to speak.
With the right kind of rhyme to set fire to these beats.
My talk is not cheap. I was taught to think.
I form my own opinions and I swim instead of sink.
Micheal Phelps at the Olympics. Gold metals! I'm a beast.
Standing on the podium. They throwing roses at my feet.
Because I will not surrender. See I am no beginner.
Working on my legacy. The thing that they'll remember.
Ahead of the competition. Man you looking at a winner.
And the only thing I needed was the man in the mirror.
Talking to the man in the mirror.
The only thing I needed was the man in the mirror. Got me!
He helps me see things clearer.
Answering my questions if I listen I can hear him!
Talking to the man in the mirror.
The only thing I needed was the man in the mirror.
He helps me see things clearer.
Answering my questions can you hear him? Can you hear him?