Innocent Ambition-Apollo Brown

[00:00.19]And as I look out the window, I see the sun start to climb [00:11.86]Early morning... [00:14.86]He told me I can have it all [00:17.29]Well not direct, I mean he told me from afar [00:19.37]And as he opened up the doors to 100 thousand awes [00:22.17]Iit was loud enough to send my inhibitions thru the floor [00:24.87]Intuition getting drawn like Kadir was by the wall [00:27.33]And all, I wanted was a shade [00:29.67]A hue of a sort I could sort to replace [00:32.67]All the hues of the halls and the walls where I stays [00:35.22]Attentive as I should be, but the thought of it shook me [00:38.21]'cause my diligence puts me, where God overlooked me [00:41.10]So he came up and took me, where no one ever put me [00:43.65]And put a bag of pieces in my hand and it hooked me [00:46.69]And if someone mistook me, for being from his stream [00:49.49]Then I'd be overzealous of the jealousy received [00:52.07]And seeing my desires transpire from my dreams [00:54.87]Is as sweet the hopes that my mama sung to me [00:57.76]Like "**** I used to dream", but now I'm more sleepless [01:00.61]And I doubled my age by erasing all the dreaming [01:03.39]And my innocence fades into black, Michael Lee **** [01:06.13]But how my transition to the kitchen came seamless [01:08.79]Stamps for the fly out, culinary sequence [01:11.72]Sean Combs '94, hands in the remix [01:14.51]Prayers to the highest, and send 'em up the most [01:17.26]Feeding you your diet, and burying my lows [01:20.11]He said I'd have it all [01:22.50]In my innocent ambition [01:24.43]Less singing, and more getting [01:26.88]Less dreaming, and more living [01:29.82]Early mornings, same difference, right ? [01:32.87]In my innocent ambition [01:35.29]Less singing, and more getting [01:38.08]Less dreaming, and more living [01:41.06]Early mornings, same difference, right ? [01:44.26]He said I couldn't have a thing [01:46.25]I mean aside from what my mama usually sing [01:48.12]And the song that's being sung is sitting high enough to ring to The ears of who forgot us [01:53.38]He said it should be obvious [01:54.65]His hand was on his 40, his title on his collar [01:57.40]He looked about 40, 27 my scholar [02:00.16]He said why even bother ? I wondered what he means [02:02.87]Then looked back at his 40 and proceeded to agree [02:06.02]My agreement was for me to prove him wrong [02:07.95]Then I started to hear the harmonies of all the songs [02:10.44]He mentioned to me before, and not before long [02:13.35]I was less about proving the already foregone [02:16.19]Assuming him as wrong, was more wrong me right ? [02:19.09]The cameras turned on, with no room for rewrites [02:21.98]I mean what could I rewrite ? That isn't just hopeful [02:24.62]It's better to leave it and believe he at least knows you [02:27.48]He said look I can show you, threw me on his Impala [02:30.16]The 40 to my fitted, no one around bothered [02:33.01]Like who's supposed to bother ? He said look at these doors [02:35.81]Another couple years and none of these **** will be yours [02:38.59]A change gonn' come right ? Y'all said it yourselves [02:41.39]So y'all can blame each other for the changes that prevailed [02:44.14]I put away my youth and I heard somebody call [02:46.78]It sounded like a sweeter version of my mama's song [02:49.99]And he said I'd have it all [02:51.97]In my innocent ambition [02:53.90]Less singing, and more getting [02:56.39]Less dreaming, and more living [02:59.13]Early mornings, same difference, right ? [03:02.99]In my innocent ambition [03:04.96]Less singing, and more getting [03:07.56]Less dreaming, and more living [03:10.40]Early mornings, same difference, right ?