"2025" lyrics
('25, '25, '25, I've been
Turnt, homie, on the grind, I've been
Look alive, look alive)
This is how it sounds to put my life in a timelapse, I
Start rappin', my attention was hijacked
Got swallowed by a dream like a bug in a flytrap
Used student loan money just to buy me an iMac, and
A little mic and start recordin' my own shit
Handful of friends hypin' me that the flow's sick
I'm livin' in the dorm room, but really, I'm homesick
Can barely go to class 'cause now the music my focus
This the era known as "payin' your dues"
I started postin' my songs, they'd get a couple of views
And I don't know where I'm goin', but I got a couple of clues
The only guidance I'm acceptin' has to come from my muse
And I was playin' it cool, ain't really showin' my hand
Now I got a degree but still ain't got me no fans
I got me a plan, at least that's what I'm tellin' my folks
They lookin' back like I'm tellin' 'em jokes, I'm on the ropes
Go fast-forward now to the present day
2025 ('25), still buildin' the résumé
Took a lotta blows, you would think I did MMA
Didn't let the bloodsuckers 'round, got repellin' spray
Another day alive, built another brick
Gettin' older and it's harder to recover quick
Every artist on the grind prayin' somethin' stick
Before we runnin' outta time, there's another tick (Tick, tick, tickin')
You can't just take, nah, you need to add some value too
And they won't value you if you don't value you
And that's the one that I've been pushin' myself on, it felt wrong
I sell myself short 'til my health's gone, sometimes you gotta
Tighten up, put the belt on
Instead of sittin' idle wonderin' what the hell's wrong
Last year was tough, I though of cashin' out
Conversations in my head had me lashin' out
I was tryna find things to be mad about
Started thinkin' like a victim, what was that about? (Ayy, what was that about?)
I went back to New Hampshire for an energy spark
Can only move so far when you're energy's dark
And that was me, I'm just keepin' it a century mark
Past failures left me skeptical, my memory's sharp
So if you got advice for me, then it better be smart
My life episodes are different documentary parts
Feelin' rehabilitated like I'm reborn
Was starin' at a algorithm beggin' for a reward
Like it's the boss I report to before I record
Had to get in touch with my spirit and start to read more
2025, I been feelin' like I'm reborn
Was starin' at a algorithm beggin' for a reward
Like it's the boss I report to before I record
Had to get in touch with my spirit and start to read more, ayy
Days and days I'm lost in and all that weight gets hard to hold
But I'll move straight and keep on walkin', we'll see which way it all unfolds
That glory road (2025; glory road), that glory road (2025; glory road)
That glory road (2025; glory road), that glory road (Glory road; 202—; glory road, glory; 2025)
Turnt, homie, on the grind, I've been
Look alive, look alive)
This is how it sounds to put my life in a timelapse, I
Start rappin', my attention was hijacked
Got swallowed by a dream like a bug in a flytrap
Used student loan money just to buy me an iMac, and
A little mic and start recordin' my own shit
Handful of friends hypin' me that the flow's sick
I'm livin' in the dorm room, but really, I'm homesick
Can barely go to class 'cause now the music my focus
This the era known as "payin' your dues"
I started postin' my songs, they'd get a couple of views
And I don't know where I'm goin', but I got a couple of clues
The only guidance I'm acceptin' has to come from my muse
And I was playin' it cool, ain't really showin' my hand
Now I got a degree but still ain't got me no fans
I got me a plan, at least that's what I'm tellin' my folks
They lookin' back like I'm tellin' 'em jokes, I'm on the ropes
Go fast-forward now to the present day
2025 ('25), still buildin' the résumé
Took a lotta blows, you would think I did MMA
Didn't let the bloodsuckers 'round, got repellin' spray
Another day alive, built another brick
Gettin' older and it's harder to recover quick
Every artist on the grind prayin' somethin' stick
Before we runnin' outta time, there's another tick (Tick, tick, tickin')
You can't just take, nah, you need to add some value too
And they won't value you if you don't value you
And that's the one that I've been pushin' myself on, it felt wrong
I sell myself short 'til my health's gone, sometimes you gotta
Tighten up, put the belt on
Instead of sittin' idle wonderin' what the hell's wrong
Last year was tough, I though of cashin' out
Conversations in my head had me lashin' out
I was tryna find things to be mad about
Started thinkin' like a victim, what was that about? (Ayy, what was that about?)
I went back to New Hampshire for an energy spark
Can only move so far when you're energy's dark
And that was me, I'm just keepin' it a century mark
Past failures left me skeptical, my memory's sharp
So if you got advice for me, then it better be smart
My life episodes are different documentary parts
Feelin' rehabilitated like I'm reborn
Was starin' at a algorithm beggin' for a reward
Like it's the boss I report to before I record
Had to get in touch with my spirit and start to read more
2025, I been feelin' like I'm reborn
Was starin' at a algorithm beggin' for a reward
Like it's the boss I report to before I record
Had to get in touch with my spirit and start to read more, ayy
Days and days I'm lost in and all that weight gets hard to hold
But I'll move straight and keep on walkin', we'll see which way it all unfolds
That glory road (2025; glory road), that glory road (2025; glory road)
That glory road (2025; glory road), that glory road (Glory road; 202—; glory road, glory; 2025)
Writer(s): Jerry Zajac
