Hometown Kid

Yeah, big heart

(In my city, I'm the)

(In my city, I'm the)

Yeah, have you ever felt so underestimated

Once you make it, it don't even live up to your expectations (Woo)

You got everything you wanted

Yeah, you famous, you amazing

But inside you see a version that you can't relate with

This life a pressure cooker, but I ain't domesticated

I can barely make some scrambled eggs but I got all the bacon

Wide awake and I can't sleep 'cause my heart is racing

Even when I'm on the top, it feel just like I'm in the basement

Put the team up on my back, watch me run the track

Going through this paper like I got a fax

Feeling like my best became a artifact, carving glass

They gon' study this shit in a century

But 'til that day, I gotta blast

Jimmy Neutron, got my dancing shoes on

I work hard so I never have to put a suit on

Got fans, they surrounding me just like I'm Susan

Been to every state, that's word to Sufjan

In my city, I'm the god

In my city, I'm the prince

In my city, I'm the man

In my city, I'm the shit

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

In my city, I'm the man

In my city, I'm the god

In my city, rolling with me

In my city, going hard

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

Check it, yeah

Long Island, that's the place I was raised

Get me started, I could probably talk about it for days

The original bagel boss, put some beats on the side

Got that '97 Honda, that's forever my ride

But forever ain't forever, some people change for the better

Some people change like the weather

I'll probably throw on a sweater

And pull up to any local establishment

If they ask what I want, I look at the menu and

I'm having it

My goal was not to blow up, just not to blow out my brains

'Cause if I couldn't create, I'd probably go insane

Sometimes I wish all my demons go away, but if they did

Would I still look at life the same way and appreciate?

I hope I'm never jaded

I hope I never fade into the background of your playlist

Like "Where he go? What's the status?"

Don't it make you feel like one of the greatest? I am

Bitch, I made it

In my city, I'm the god

In my city, I'm the prince

In my city, I'm the man

In my city, I'm the shit

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

In my city, I'm the man

In my city, I'm the god

In my city, rolling with me

In my city, going hard

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

This is a love story to all my old memories

Fake friends who would turn to cold enemies

If yo jealousy was a new currency

I could buy a big house out in Yosemite

This a love story to my reality

Got real fans, I treat 'em like family

If I'm helping you, just know that you helping me

I guess this shit was really meant to be

I guess this shit was really meant to be

In my city, I'm the god

In my city, I'm the prince

In my city, I'm the man

In my city, I'm the shit

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

In my city, I'm the man

In my city, I'm the god

In my city, rolling with me

In my city, going hard

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

In my city, I'm the hometown kid

I'm the hometown kid

I'm the hometown kid

I'm the hometown kid

Yeah, yeah

In my city, I'm the

In my city, I'm the