Self Taught - Token

I’ve been working in my bedroom for a decade, that ain’t gon' change

I don’t need em', I’ll be damned if I was 17, battling for my freedom

They told me they had better ideas than me, I don’t see 'em

Y’all said you were fans of Token—well, it’s time you meet him

I’ve been learning that what’s running my generation is fear

I’ve been learnin' that you cannot teach dedication to peers

I’ve been learning by myself, you’ve been very patient I’m here

I’m here, finally, aight'

I’ve been invincible ever since I was told that being different is a gift I hold

Been driven ever since my initial video

Tryin' to get into shows on my tippy toes

I define persistence, I’ll tell you to your face as if you didn’t know

So anyone tryin' to confirm their practice

I don’t listen to talk, I observe the action

That’s why I work like it’s pure mechanics

Automatically swallow batteries, burp the acid

These work like magic

These bursts of passion could reverse the earth’s determined axis

I left the world and I ain’t returning bastards, I live by my words now

research the mapquest

I don’t receive your distractions, you rely on teamwork but all of your team

work like asses and

I can talk about the success of my own career and say I’m the fuckin' leader of

that shit (That shit, that shit)

That’s that shit to turn a coward to a buddy hoping for power above me

But I wouldn’t count with your money if I was without any house Or was hungry

and you had thousands and thousands to fund me I’m 17, and you are a child to

me, how funny

Give me a second, alright

With independence, I built up a method, no women or men will be given a

leverage of limiting anything

I don’t really gotta be thinking about a limit

I literally eliminate every limit who livin' and nobody really wanna be givin'

me lip because even all of my literacy will lift you to heaven

Just so I can drop you below (Woah!)

Hasn’t been a motherfuckin' second that I’m not in control (No!)

Humans also goddamn weak but know that I got loftier goals (So!)

Just because it’s never been done man it doesn’t mean that I won’t

Make it happen, I know I will make it happen, if I said I’ll make it happen

Just know I will make it happen and I haven’t even received the knowledge to

fail

Not pressured by the pressure, when all else is lost, I prevail

Self taught

Yeah, self taught

Since 1st grade, writing my first rhyme

Hiding it under my bed and hoping no one would find

Next week, suspended again and watching my mom cry like

Why we paying this therapist for all of his time

Self taught

Since 5th grade, hating myself

Getting ditched by all of my friends, blaming myself

Found Garageband on the computer

I was bored, I been writing for 4 years, I might as well record

Self taught

Since 8th grade, first solo mixtape

Getting laughed at with so much hate

People embarrassed to be around me

I went home, I’ll just stay inside, I was inspired to grow

Self taught

Until now, as I write this

Looking at this project like, I hope they like it but

As I write what helps me make it better as I

Try to forget what forces me to remember these Eraser Shavings