Token - Self Taught lyrics
Token [Benjamin Goldberg]
[Token - Self Taught lyrics]
Shyea!
I've been working in my bedroom for a decade
That ain't gon' change
I don't need 'em, I'll be
Damned if I was seventeen
Battling for my freedom
They told me they had better ideas than me
I don't see 'em
Y'all said you were fans of Token well
It's time you meet him
I've been learning that what's running
My generation is fear
I've been learnin' that you cannot
Teach dedication to peers
I've been learning by myself
You've been very patient I'm here
I'm here, finally, aight
I've been invincible ever since
I was told that
Being different is a gift I hold
Been driven ever since my initial video
Tryin' to get into shows on my tippy toes
I define persistence
I'll tell you to your face
As if you didn't know
So anyone tryin' to confirm their practice
I don't listen to talk, I observe the action
That's why I work like it's pure mechanics
Automatically swallow batteries
Burp the acid these work like magic
These bursts of passion could reverse
The earth's determined axis
I left the world and
I ain't returning bastards
I live by my words now research the map quest
I don't receive your distractions
You rely on teamwork but all of
Your team work like asses and
I can talk about the success of my own career
And say I'm the fuckin' leader of that shit
(That shit, that shit)
That's that shit to turn a coward to
A buddy hoping for power above me
But I wouldn't count with your money if I was
Without any house Or was hungry and you
Had thousands and thousands to
Fund me I'm seventeen
And you are a child to me, how funny
Give me a second, alright
With independence, I built up a method
No women or men will be given
A leverage of limiting anything
I don't really gotta be
Thinking about a limit
I literally eliminate every limit
Who livin' and
Nobody really wanna be givin' me
Lip because even all of my literacy
Will lift you to heaven
Just so I can drop you below (Woah)
Hasn't been a motherfuckin' second that
I'm not in control (No)
Humans also goddamn weak but know
That I got loftier goals (So)
Just because it's never been done man
It doesn't mean that I won't
Make it happen, I know I will make it happen
If I said I'll make it happen
Just know I will make it happen and I
Haven't even received the knowledge to fail
Not pressured by the pressure, when
All else is lost, i prevail
Self taught
Yeah, self taught
Since first grade, writing my first rhyme
Hiding it under my bed and
Hoping no one would find next week
Suspended again and watching my mom cry like
Why we paying this therapist for
All of his time self taught
Since fifth grade, hating myself
Getting ditched by all of my friends
Blaming myself
Found Garageband on the computer
I was bored, I been writing for four years
I might as well record self taught
Since eigth grade, first solo mixtape
Getting laughed at with so much hate
People embarrassed to be around me
I went home, I'll just stay inside
I was inspired to grow self taught
Until now, as I write this
Looking at this project like
I hope they like it but
As I write what helps me make it better as I
Try to forget what forces me
To remember these Eraser Shavings
(Eraser Shavings, Eraser Shavings)
I've been working in my bedroom for a decade
That ain't gon' change
I don't need 'em, I'll be
Damned if I was seventeen
Battling for my freedom
They told me they had better ideas than me
I don't see 'em
Y'all said you were fans of Token well
It's time you meet him
I've been learning that what's running
My generation is fear
I've been learnin' that you cannot
Teach dedication to peers
I've been learning by myself
You've been very patient I'm here
I'm here, finally, aight
I've been invincible ever since
I was told that
Being different is a gift I hold
Been driven ever since my initial video
Tryin' to get into shows on my tippy toes
I define persistence
I'll tell you to your face
As if you didn't know
So anyone tryin' to confirm their practice
I don't listen to talk, I observe the action
That's why I work like it's pure mechanics
Automatically swallow batteries
Burp the acid these work like magic
These bursts of passion could reverse
The earth's determined axis
I left the world and
I ain't returning bastards
I live by my words now research the map quest
I don't receive your distractions
You rely on teamwork but all of
Your team work like asses and
I can talk about the success of my own career
And say I'm the fuckin' leader of that shit
(That shit, that shit)
That's that shit to turn a coward to
A buddy hoping for power above me
But I wouldn't count with your money if I was
Without any house Or was hungry and you
Had thousands and thousands to
Fund me I'm seventeen
And you are a child to me, how funny
Give me a second, alright
With independence, I built up a method
No women or men will be given
A leverage of limiting anything
I don't really gotta be
Thinking about a limit
I literally eliminate every limit
Who livin' and
Nobody really wanna be givin' me
Lip because even all of my literacy
Will lift you to heaven
Just so I can drop you below (Woah)
Hasn't been a motherfuckin' second that
I'm not in control (No)
Humans also goddamn weak but know
That I got loftier goals (So)
Just because it's never been done man
It doesn't mean that I won't
Make it happen, I know I will make it happen
If I said I'll make it happen
Just know I will make it happen and I
Haven't even received the knowledge to fail
Not pressured by the pressure, when
All else is lost, i prevail
Self taught
Yeah, self taught
Since first grade, writing my first rhyme
Hiding it under my bed and
Hoping no one would find next week
Suspended again and watching my mom cry like
Why we paying this therapist for
All of his time self taught
Since fifth grade, hating myself
Getting ditched by all of my friends
Blaming myself
Found Garageband on the computer
I was bored, I been writing for four years
I might as well record self taught
Since eigth grade, first solo mixtape
Getting laughed at with so much hate
People embarrassed to be around me
I went home, I'll just stay inside
I was inspired to grow self taught
Until now, as I write this
Looking at this project like
I hope they like it but
As I write what helps me make it better as I
Try to forget what forces me
To remember these Eraser Shavings
(Eraser Shavings, Eraser Shavings)