Colin Munroe, Joell Ortiz - Piano Lessons lyrics

Don't bet on me I'm a long shot
I'm a long shot

Maybe it's the fault of way I
Was raised on my bed in my room til
I reached ninth grade all by myself
With days to dream away, yeah

It was there that I met keys and a drum set
In the basement, played them hard til I swear
And due to this day

When I was ten they said
"Son go and take piano lessons"
When I was twelve
"I said I'd take them no more" they said
"Son you fail at life if
You fail piano lessons"
I said, "So be it" and walked out the door

So don't bet on me I'm a long shot
I might be a million to one
So don't bet on me I'm a long shot
But in a million I might be the one the one

I guess it was then that
I said they were wrong
I don't need these skills to
Help me write a song i'm fine on my own
So just stand by
Watch me fail or watch me fly
Either way I'm gone
Some day you'll sing along

When I was ten they said
"Son go and take piano lessons"
When I was twelve
"I said I'd take them no more" they said
"Son you fail at life if
You fail piano lessons"
I said, "So be it and walked out the door"

Yup, and that's exactly what she was
Stroked the keys ever so gently with
Her fingers what she does
Finesse is the perfect word
To describe her manafescense
She was well after perfection
At every piano lesson
And C's sounded like B's
B's sounded like A's
Carpal Tunnel told her to leave
But she wanted to stay
Her friends said that was weak
But she wanted to play
This is what she wants to be
So every other day
Turned into every night so those
Mistakes I once heard
Sort faded away like those
Corny friends of hers i know cause I watched
From outside the window
As she sat in front of that grand piano
Her teacher stood up and then he clapped
So proud of his pupil that
Wouldn't give into the haters
And now shawty's playlist consists
Of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, Beethoven - yeah my baby havin fun
But of course I had to scoop her out
Out of a million she's the one

Don't bet on me, I'm a long shot