How Did You Get Here (Explicit)-Little Simz

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[00:00.00]How Did You Get Here (Explicit) - Little Simz
[00:04.74]Lyrics by：Simbiatu Ajikawo/Dean Josiah Cover
[00:09.49]Composed by：Simbiatu Ajikawo/Dean Josiah Cover
[00:14.24]How did you get
[00:15.82]How did you get get
[00:17.39]How did you get
[00:19.18]How did you get here
[00:27.37]How did you get
[00:28.92]How did you get get
[00:30.54]How did you get
[00:32.14]How did you get here
[00:38.94]How the hell did I get here
[00:40.37]Sometimes I sit here and I wonder
[00:42.08]I'm the version of me
[00:43.26]I always imagined when I was younger
[00:45.63]All the doubt I had thrown at me
[00:47.21]All the time I invested
[00:48.69]I sit and read my old lyric books like
[00:50.42]D**n it must've been destined"
[00:52.02]Stuck to it I improvised my way here no rules
[00:55.29]Back when it was serious
[00:56.84]Handin' mixtapes out in my school
[00:58.77]All I had was my brain and my hunger
[01:00.48]Had to use that as tools
[01:01.91]Amount of people that told me no
[01:03.41]And I turned that into my fuel
[01:05.03]Slackin' in my schoolwork didn't care much
[01:07.66]Sisters are gettin' onto me
[01:09.24]But trust me this music ting is my prophecy
[01:11.81]I didn't need to convince them 'cause
[01:12.92]They saw it all from just watching me
[01:15.07]Now I got them on sight confidence rises
[01:16.63]There ain't no stoppin' me I'm unstoppable
[01:18.34]Got a strong head on my shoulders
[01:20.55]And bein' good-hearted don't cost at all
[01:22.35]Times I thought I had lost it all
[01:23.91]When I ain't even have s**t to my name
[01:25.54]Studio runs on foot trekkin' through the rain
[01:28.17]Made me into what I became
[01:29.74]All I wanted to be around
[01:31.17]Was like minded people on the same page
[01:33.09]And I found that in Space Age
[01:35.51]Back then we never had a penny
[01:36.44]But it didn't matter to us
[01:37.44]Because our soul was nourished
[01:38.96]Shootin' music videos in Chucks' garden
[01:41.14]With no budget
[01:42.19]Came up with some real ones
[01:43.66]All the talent we had to harvest
[01:45.46]We didn't always see eye to eye
[01:46.77]But they always had my back regardless
[01:49.29]That was a pivotal time
[01:50.45]Breaks my heart it didn't work but we tried
[01:51.95]Still I had never aborted the mission
[01:53.75]All that I've taken is all God has given
[01:55.37]When Tola's talkin' to me then I listen
[01:56.76]Told me to follow my own intuition
[01:58.35]Go at the pace I set for myself
[02:00.17]I don't need drums to follow the rhythm
[02:01.89]Couldn't have planned this it was just written
[02:03.62]Many dreams I'm sittin' on
[02:04.88]I'm made up of the same stars that I wish upon
[02:07.53]Times I thought that my prayers
[02:08.85]Weren't gettin' answered
[02:09.53]But boy was I wrong
[02:10.92]All it took was me knowin' I'm meant to be here
[02:12.92]It's where I belong it's where I belong yeah
[02:15.93]How did you get
[02:17.06]Like sometimes I forget
[02:18.27]How did you get get
[02:19.36]How did you get
[02:20.81]How did you get here
[02:22.21]But I have to think back
[02:23.93]And remind myself of the journey
[02:27.31]It's been a beautiful one yes
[02:32.21]Sometimes I sit and I wonder
[02:33.88]I'm the version of me
[02:35.09]I always imagined when I was younger
[02:37.33]All the albums I studied
[02:38.51]Learned about flow and cadence
[02:40.48]I sit and listen to my old s**t like
[02:42.24]D**n all it took was patience
[02:43.78]Story over the glory other paths that weren't for me
[02:46.85]Wasn't much of an academic or road invested or sporty
[02:50.18]Made the most with all I was blessed with
[02:52.20]Of the tools in my inventory
[02:53.55]Things the teachers don't teach you
[02:55.26]And now the student might lead you
[02:56.78]If you wanna leave the class then you're free to
[02:58.70]Everything here is subjective
[03:00.31]If you stand where we're standin'
[03:01.65]You might understand the perspective
[03:03.57]How the hell did you get far
[03:05.07]You ain't get no head start
[03:06.90]All decisions we made is based on our circumstance
[03:08.75]We hope to surpass it
[03:09.90]Took most of our lifetime to wake up
[03:11.93]Smell the roses realise that the world is ours
[03:13.92]Us and them but we worlds apart
[03:20.02]Nothing in life comes easy
[03:21.31]And you work twice as hard 'cause you Black
[03:23.21]Used to think mum exaggerated 'til the world
[03:25.22]Showed me it's fact
[03:26.42]Still it's mine for the takin'
[03:28.07]Lock the doors and we break in
[03:29.44]Still got love for them non believers
[03:31.09]Yeah the ones that said we won't make it
[03:33.03]Everything you want is out there waitin'
[03:34.80]For you to take it
[03:35.99]The key is to have faith in your dreams
[03:38.26]And never stop chasin'
[03:39.03]And you'll make it trust
[03:41.42]How did you get
[03:42.84]How did you get get
[03:44.05]All it was was perseverance
[03:44.98]How did you get
[03:46.03]Pushin' never givin' up
[03:46.88]How did you get here
[03:49.36]They built them walls so high up and we tore 'em down
[03:53.20]They told us no we said yes
[03:56.43]It's okay
[03:58.99]Some get it some don't
[04:00.42]It didn't take you long to get here
[04:04.91]But we keep pushin' on
[04:06.52]How did you believe you would get here
[04:11.09]And in times of doubt
[04:12.98]You didn't sell your soul but you held on
[04:17.31]Always
[04:19.53]It didn't take you long to get here
[04:23.64]And here we are
[04:27.65]It's the story of never ending it's been a long road
[04:33.37]Haha
[04:35.32]Feel good don't it
[04:37.74]Yeah
[04:39.65]It didn't take you long to get here
[04:42.94]Tell your kids to play this
[04:45.99]How did you believe you would get here
[04:51.55]Simz