Take it back to my journey Being broke was not working Minimum wage I wasn't paid But I knew that it'd be worth it Go to school but not learning Learning bout my main purpose Selling out shows, doing the most Know that I gotta go earn it Pro tools on my laptop Everyday I be wrapped up Making beats and I'm making songs But nobody would put me on Started out on my Soundcloud 50 plays and I'm gassed up Knew that I gotta keep going cuz people be watching now I cannot back up Mama told me I'd make it Pops told me be patient Brother told me I'd pop off Never wanna be famous Instagram makes animals People focused on getting views I just been focused on music I'm hoping to do everything that I said I'd do I remember when they thought I wouldn't make it I remember when they thought that I was crazy I remember every time that I fell down But it turned me to the man that I am now This the real me Yeah this the real me Everybody stayed down on the same team This the real me Yeah this the real me And we all came up What a feeling This the real me Yeah this the real me Everybody stayed down on the same team This the real me Yeah this the real me And we all came up What a feeling Growing up never the best But I got heart in my chest Never the one who would quit History telling the rest People be counting on me so I gotta make everything happen for me Cuz I gotta lotta people waiting on me and I got a family I need to impress Yes Know I'm the man Know I be counting up bands Always remember the past Knew that it never would last Everyone who would've laughed Now they all gone Everything on Don't need a party I gotta make songs People be listening what I'm envisioning but I be hoping the righting my wrongs Yeah Everything that I built up Took a lot of time And a lot of gut Lot of self belief Lot of sacrifice But I let it be This ain't overnight And I stayed down When it got tough And I got friends And they show love So we came up and we stay up This ain't Hollywood I won't change up I know I remember when they thought I wouldn't make it I remember when they thought that I was crazy I remember every time that I fell down But it turned me to the man that I am now This the real me Yeah this the real me Everybody stayed down on the same team This the real me Yeah this the real me And we all came up What a feeling This the real me Yeah this the real me Everybody stayed down on the same team This the real me Yeah this the real me And we all came up What a feeling

You make it real, you make it I'm running to you baby, yeah You are the only one who saves me I've been missing you lately You gon' make it real for me I'm running to you baby, yeah You're the only one who saves me I've been missing you lately You make it real You make it real for me You make it real You gon' make it real for me You make it real You make it real for me You make it real You gon' make it real for me I'm running to you baby, yeah You are the only one who saves me I've been missing you lately You gon' make it real for me I'm running to you baby, yeah You're the only one who saves me I've been missing you lately You gon' make it real for me (for me) You make it real, you make it You make it real, you make it You make it real You make it real for me You make it real You gon' make it real for me You make it real You make it real for me You make it real You gon' make it real for me You make it real You make it real You make it real You make it real You make it real You make it real You make it real You gon' make it real for me You make it real, you make it

Bullshit dinners and the free champagne Men in suits who think they know it all No one knows me but they know my name That's not real to me Hotel lobby to the aeroplane Another country but they start to look the same Watch the world behind a windowpane That's not real to me When I see my babies run When all the madness has been and gone I'll raise my family and live in peace Now, that's what's real to me, real to me Dying flowers in a dressing room A dangerous time to let your head make up its own mind Got me thinking that the spirit's flown That's not real to me When I see my babies run When all the madness has been and gone I'll raise my family and live in peace Now, that's what's real to me Picnics in the garden Then the children they can play The first day of the summer and I laze here all the day And we'll invite the family 'round And drink some English tea Then I raise up my finger and watch football on TV Yeah, oh Now that's what's real to me When I see my babies run When all the madness has been and gone I'll raise my family and live in peace Now, that's what's real to me That's what's real to me, real to me Wake up, you might be dreamin' Wake up, you might be dreamin' now

I feel a need to people please Staying at parties I should leave Because I care what everyone thinks I do Spending my money on new things Buying a world that I don't need Because I care what everyone thinks, it's true But You See my true colors Yeah, You You never look away No, You don't look away I love me when I'm not me I love me when I'm not me Photoshop when I'm ugly Autotune when I sing off key, yeah I love me when I'm not me I love me when I'm not me But You see what I can't see Underneath and You love the real me Real me I've been afraid to make mistakes So I go overcompensate With all the chances I don't take Take on You Every little flaw like a wrecking ball in my brain Now You know 'em all, it's a miracle You love me the same I love me when I'm not me I love me when I'm not me Photoshop when I'm ugly Autotune when I sing off key, yeah I love me when I'm not me I love me when I'm not me But You see what I can't see Underneath and You love the real me Real me Real me Real me, yeah You See my true colors Yeah, You You never look away Oh, You don't look away I love me when I'm not me I love me when I'm not me Photoshop when I'm ugly Autotune when I sing off key, yeah I love me when I'm not me I love me when I'm not me But You see what I can't see Underneath and You love the real me, yeah (You love the) real me (You love the) real me Real me (Yeah)