I was down on my luck Out of my bucks Growlin' my gut while in a rut How I was smilin' when falice was callin' on uh I was proud and I bust loud and enough to rally them up My style is a child it was roudy and ruff Such as life, when the dope ain't sellin' The soap aint smellin' Ripe dough aint swellin', no hope but nope I ain't failing tonight And into the contest with nothin in my palm just A microphone and god next to Tech to bless and I'm set I won, the people voted for me to take the paper Was fate the way it happened the show fell on The day of my graduation day, so I chose the show To go open for EPMD and Gaume that's how it was suppose to go I didn't know that I was chosen never Expected it but these people saw while the other Haters rejected it, I tore through the hardest part Of this art when most neglected it, I poured out My soul on to the paper and you accepted it You are my heart, you are my soul I thank you for all you done for me You are my art, you are my flow My fans made it for everyone to see Forever accepting N9nes soul