Long Time Coming - Justin Stone

Yo, never conversin' with my critics, I won’t give 'em time of day

I’m writing different from the rest, leave my incision in the game

Heart into this music with my face up in the frame

'Cause you ain’t never seen a white kid do this I like I can

Moved to Columbus, now all of Ohio show me love

If we talkin' hometown artist that will make it—I'm the one

Perception is what you see

Nobody had my vision back when I was writin' in that class, I never paid

attention

Tearin' down the stage—forget about a desk job

Gettin' girls and chasin' dreams, swear I got the best job

I ain’t making money, but I swear I got some perks

Tryna land a deal before they throw me in a hearse

Tell that label I don’t need 'em, loving all this freedom

All my fans are gettin' hungry so I got music to feed 'em

These girls be gettin' thirsty, brought some Aquafina

On the stage, you make it rain

Like reenacting Katrina, hello

Señorita—My name is Justin, where you from?

Maybe I could make you mine—well, if you don’t break my funds

Heard that I was fluent in French, she must be speaking tongues

Crazy how a year ago nobody showed me love

Now they do

Everybody in my city coming through

Put Ohio on my back, I’ve been grinding—where were you?

When I didn’t have the fanbase and I didn’t have the buzz

Now these women hit me up because they know what I’ll become

And that’s BS, so I don’t respond to their text

Living in the moment, down for whatever is next

I’ve been on a new high and I’m loving the view

To have a good time, I don’t need that vodka with juice

Complacent is all you is, you just try to be like everyone

I’m just tryna be myself

You won’t find another one

Writin' 'bout my life and my perception that I see

Used to wanna be like them and now I wanna be like me

Bringing content back to music, God given gift and I use it

Facing all these demons, get that money or you lose it

Had to take a risk—I threw it in

Walking in like, «Who is him?»

I’m the one you’re 'bout know, so I don’t need your compliments

Faking all this confidence until I actually got it

Paying all my bills tend to empty out my wallets

That’s cool, I’m getting by, made a killing genocide

I’ll be making six figures in my prime but it’s gonna take some time to get

where I wanna be

Remember nobody but my brother had faith in me

Now they tell me all the time that I’m blowing up the scene

Man, I feel like Michael Bay, like I’m Scruby on this beat

Ohio, I made it back

In the city that I grew up in

You think you are family but you are just some common kin, no mannequin

I’m Anakin, using force, you can’t handle him

Ballin' on these rookies, play you suckers like a mandolin

I’ll let the fame ride out when it’s suppose to

I’m sorry ladies, you’re the ones I can’t get close to

I’ll show you love, but I can never really stay

'Cause I have some dreams of flyin' different cities everyday

I can’t stay around and settle down, I got things to pursue

If you’re down and you support me, baby, you’ll be coming too

Let’s be real, I’m bouta make it

Long time coming

Weren’t with me from the jump—won't be there when I am somethin', what up

Yeah

Been a long time comin'

Been a long time comin'