Peaks+Valleys - John Wayne

Having a dream, seeing a picture

And then bringing it to life…

It’s hard to believe that person could do that

All I ever had was a dollar and a dream

You might have heard it

Do you know what it means?

You gotta risk everything

Barely having a thing

Just trying to live and make a living

In the land of the living

You want a two-car garage

A minaj, and a big Thanksgiving

Anything that I’m missing?

You’re addicted to this

High walls and private jet-setting

Searching my pockets

Collecting the change for the washer

But I couldn’t wash out these stains

The beat-up shoes I walk in

Got 'em looking down on me

Soon as I walk in

How you think that they’ll respond when I start talking?

Say the money talks

And I guess that means that I was never saying nothing

Lost prophet, trying to prove something

Tell me when you gon' stop the bluffing

Putting me down won’t combat

The conversation I’m starting

They said «it's too deep for the market.»

Why?

Cause I know how it feels to go hard

Not make it too far

I’m coming back for my targets

All my people out there busting their ass

And making it happen

Without the establishment

Finally got it established

And you should be glad at it

You should

Love the life that you live

Make it something worth looking back at

Don’t forget to forgive

Treat each day like it could be your last one

Gotta do the right thing

Whether that’s good or bad

You gotta trust your instinct

Always follow your dreams

I know

Life ain’t all that it seems

We got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

Yeah we got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

Yeah we got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

We got, we got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

Coming in kamikaze

Till they stop me

I’ll stack up the stock

When this drop

They gon' wanna sign me

Yeah well you should have caught me

Back before I caught up

I’m back, all it took was timing

Grinding

9-to-5 with my homies

We riding

5-to-9 I’m just perfecting my lines

If you ain’t talking progress

We don’t have the time

You knew me

But you don’t know me

Call me out

I just call it growing

Now I’m going

I’m over-flowing

You should

Tuck your pride in

Don’t ever show it

Say something that’s worth recording

Otherwise

Truth be told

We don’t wanna know it

Save your breath if it was not important

This is potent

They withheld the antidote

You gotta

Love the life that you live

Make it something worth looking back at

Don’t forget to forgive

Treat each day like it could be your last one

Gotta do the right thing

Whether that’s good or bad

You gotta trust your instinct

Always follow your dreams

I know

Life ain’t all that it seems

We got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

Yeah we got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

Yeah we got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

We got, we got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

I’m back to broke

I’m glad that this happened

You haven’t seen mad yet

Haven’t seen over-reaction

They’re not reacting

There’s no point in laughing

Give credit where due

No credit cards

Only IOU’s

Took a break and I think I had a break-through

Make the money

Don’t let the money make you

I’ve been chasing money my whole life

You need it to live

You don’t need it to survive

I find that if you can give it out

It’s not a matter of whether you get it back

It really is a matter of how you get it back

Love the life that you live

Make it something worth looking back at

Don’t forget to forgive

Treat each day like it could be your last one

Gotta do the right thing

Whether that’s good or bad

You gotta trust your instinct

Always follow your dreams

I know

Life ain’t all that it seems

We got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

Yeah we got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

Yeah we got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys

We got, we got

Ups and downs

We got

Peaks and valleys