I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwin away my shot!

Imma get a scholarship to King’s College

I probably shouldn't brag but dag I amaze and astonish

The problem is I got a lotta brains but no polish

I gotta holler just to be heard with every word I drop knowledge

I’m a diamond in the rough

A shiny piece of coal

Trynna reach reach my power of speech unimpeachable

Only nineteen but my mind is older

There New York City Streets get colder I shoulder

Every burden every disadvantage

I have learned to manage I don't have a gun to brandish I walk these streets famished

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame but damn it's getting dark so let me spell out the name

I am the

A-L

E-X

A-N

D

E-R

we are ment to be

A colony that runs independently

Meanwhile Britain keeps shittin on us endlessly

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly

The King George turns around, runs a spending spree.

Then King George turns around runs a spending spree

He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free

So there will be a revolution in this century

En t e r m e (he says in parentheses)

don't be shocked when your history book mentions me

I will lay down my life if it sets us free
eventually you'll see my ascendency

And I am not throwing away my

S H O T

I am not throwing away my
Shot

Hey yo I'm just like my country,

I'm young scrapy and hungry