I sit down to watch BET
And a rapper comes on called Dom Kennedy
Something he said really stuck to me
He said If you don't know my name by now, I ain't working hard enough
Then I got off the chair and went to my bed
Must konked out cos the next thing I knew, I was out of my head
Talking to a man with skin soft like cotton
And with a tone so rare I had no choice but to listen
He said come on come on you know you got something
Come on come on there's work to do
Come on come on don't make the people wait
Come on come on get over you
It's more than you
I wallowed in self pity for too long
Wanted to be noticed but had nothing going on
Longed to be heard
Compared myself to others which I knew was so absurd
Still I found it getting worse
Then daddy said to me
I didn't name you after Ella Fitzgerald for me
I did it for the world to see
You are in your own league
But you gotta put the work in
Focus on your dreams
Come on come on you know you got something
Come on come on there's work to do
Come on come on don't make the people wait
Come on come on get over you
It's more than you
If you don't know my name by now I ain't working hard
If you don't know my name by now I ain't working hard
If you don't know my name by now I ain't working hard enough
Hard enough
If you don't know my name by now I ain't working hard
If you don't know my name by now I ain't working hard
If you don't know my name by now I ain't working hard enough
Hard enough
I see mothers limping home from graveyard shifts
Shop shutters rising before the sun
This is me
I forecast my history embedded on the pages
My nieces and nephews might read
I've yet to see a reflection with more potential
Yet I'm circle driven
By comparing my successes to others
Build your rome in a day, Beginners luck
You couldn't begin to roam around the kingdom that I plan to construct
My heart whispers, come on, come on
While standing on a mountain, screaming to a thousand and one
Hoping that if I change the lives of any then we've already begun
To inspire and light fires in these daughters and sons
Willing to persevere through pain
So that one day they might feel the
Touch of their passion tumbling, embrace
I was born to be a legend, I say it because I mean it
I'd rather sound conceited before sounding defeated
Live forever