Rapping in my Dad's livingroom all those mornings
Before coffee, kill a beat while he's snoring
Microphone from pound shops. I'd get my beats from Soundclick
Played them on his desktop. Look at me now
Before the Prince's Trust Team, back when it was just me
Walking home from school with my .mp3s, trust me
It seems like a lifetime ago that I was that sick
Tightened up my flow since then - no ratchet
And I can't even handle or comprehend
The feeling I would get just sending songs to friends
They didn't know it then but they believed that I'd make it
Skinner stirred me up, made me "highschool famous"
See my school hates this. Mr. Dunkel told me
I'd never make it. He lied to me. Fuck him [fuck him]
I made it to the museum and a festival. I'm so proud
On top of the world and I ain't ever going down

Smeared black ink [I'll write it on my wrists if I have to]
Your face is ashen and I'm barely listening
To last demands [Fuck what you thought you knew]
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried underneath

Everything I've written is everything I'm living it's
Insane to explain so I point to where the image is
It says a thousand words that I can't quite speak
With my words on the screen, and they are quite deep
But that doesn't explain this - I'm not even famous!
How the fuck did I turn up in exhibits where my name is
On pillars in the museum? I swear I try to hide it
But my smile finds my face every time I'm driving by it
And that's just the tip top. What the hell is hip hop?
White-y sure could 'Woop' when they told me that my spit's hot
I guess I always knew it, and now they have to learn it
My mum cried with pride - it's messed up I had to earn it
But really I'm just pleased that she got to see me do this
With no egg on my face. I knew I wasn't foolish
They saw I had the talent. I knew I had the focus
But when it finally happened it took us all by shock

I am a visitor here
I am not permanent
And the only thing
Keeping me dry is
Where I am [In this gaudy apartment complex]
Where I am [Explaining that I am just visiting]
Where I am [I was the one worth leaving]
[Why I was the one worth leaving]