Don't let nobody tell you who you are
I remember sleeping wishing on a shooting star
After practice overnight cleaning working hard
Coming up short, hoping one day I'd go far
I was young, dumb, broke, and I was still naive
I had failed so many times, but I still believed
That I would turn into that man everyone could see
Wouldn't never let nobody tell him what he could achieve

I stayed focused, walked right on my path
I told my mom I was leaving and I couldn't come back
Hopped out my feelings, quit my job, graduated, and laughed
Then went to Cali straight broke and hopped right in my bag
Now I'm standing here speaking giving all I am
Trying to show you that the change starts with one man
I ain't lying 'cause I did so I know you can
So I'm here to help the world understand that

This is motivation
For every single chance you ain't taken
Any rule that's in your way, you better break it
Shut up, embrace it
The pain is a pre-requisite, without it how the fuck you think you ever gon' make it

The sweat is your payment
Fuck an escalator, take the stairs to top right from the fucking basement
Your life is a statement
Leave a legacy and stop waiting
Get yo ass up today and start chasing
This that motivation

I'm hoping that this hits your soul
They're just dreams till you sit down and you write your goals
I remember when they said I wasn't built this strong
I bounced back like elastic and put myself on
Now I'm selling out these tickets to places I don't know
Going to these places they said that I couldn't go
Giving all my time to people at these shows
To spread this message and this music that I know brings hope
They feel it
I don't gotta top a stupid chart or win a Grammy just to show that I'm the realest
I don't need a co-sign from nobody if they ain't said nothing by now, they pretending not to see it
Any odd I beat, negativity delete it
I don't care about success, it's the journey I'm fiending
If I say it, I mean it
Flow (floor) dirty, can't clean it
Give a fuck about the past 'cause I R-I-P'd it
Now I'm 'bout to fucking hit the top
You fucking people can't cancel me
Put me in box or fucking drive to me to insanity
I'm already crazy, one-fourth of me is all of you
So half of me is two of you, and four of you is all me
You'll need a whole army if you thinking 'bout stopping me
And five lifetimes if you're thinking you can copy me
I've beaten poverty, went to war and beat mediocrity
My life is mine, I'm molding that shit like I'm doing pottery
I'm not scared of failure, I embrace it and chase it
If there's a one percent chance I can do it, I take it
I took the hate they all threw, sat down, and I ate it
Then took the motivation from it, turnt to one of the greatest
And now every time I drop I know I'm making a statement
Replacing every single person that you got on your playlist
I'm not a product of the system, that's why no one can break it
I'm tryna change the whole game, man, fuck being famous, dawg
I'm self-proclaimed, and I ain't never changed
I rock the same clothes and still got the same chain
It's a reminder when I hooped, and I would go and get my jersey
And those people didn't even know my name
Well, now I know you see it!
They told me leave, I made a promise they would all feel it!
I couldn't find the change, so I said I'll be it!
So I hope that y'all know
This is Dax fucking self proclaimed 4
Go!

This is motivation
For every single chance you ain't taken
Any rule that's in your way, you better break it
Shut up, embrace it
The pain is a pre-requisite, without it how the fuck you think you ever gon' make it
The sweat is your payment
Fuck an escalator, take the stairs to top right from the fucking basement
Your life is a statement
Leave a legacy and stop waiting
Get yo ass up today and start chasing
This that motivation