[Intro:] The time is now on everything Took my heart away from money Aint interested in fame But I pray that never change Ambition is priceless It’s something that’s in your veins And I put that on my name
[Meek Mill:] Uh, the only hope I had was selling dope Was on my grind cause times was harder than the cellar floor My momma taught me never steal and never tell on folks I grew up looking up to niggas that was selling coke Oh, I was raised by the stop sign No religion I was getting saved by the glock nine By the minute I was getting paid like a hot line Servin' rollin' fiends was calling, we was dot com Well connected, well respected and well protected Aint get accepted, well rejected and now they regret it Aint get my message, was no signal when I was texting The niggas I was calling was fraud and I learned my lesson Now I move with aggression, use my mind as a weapon Cause chances are never given they tooken like interceptions So throw that pass, I’ll be the Corner back Me and Folarin MMG gon bring that Warner back
[Hook:] For my Ambition Easy to dream a dream, though it’s harder to live it They gon love me for my Ambition Easy to dream a dream, though it’s harder to live it They gon love me for my Ambition Easy to dream a dream, though it’s harder to live it Look, they gon love me for my ambition Beautiful music, painting pictures that be my vision
(It speaks for itself. Define Ambition for me?)
[Rick Ross:] My ambition to win, just to get me some ends Help me pay my little rent, maybe sit in a Benz I saw momma praying as she wait on results It was hot in the kitchen can I wait on the porch My father was missing, War Lord Oliver North Life was diggin’ me deeper, I kept on coming up short Breaking so many laws, waking up in the dark Who cut my power off? it’s time to move that powder soft Not too many options when you coming from the projects Sittin’ in the trap now you moving Cyndi Lauper Girls wanna have fun, and a nigga with some change And I doubt that ever change Ambition is priceless that’s something thats in your veins And I doubt that ever change Ambition is my shit and I put that on my name And I doubt that ever change
[Wale:] Well wishes to my opposition You niggas probably cop a plea before you cop a pistol I got nothing against them, they got fucking potential But every nigga who can read gotta get his issue Subscribe niggas reside where all the lions and killers be And I aint spend a minute up in the streets But I’m limitless mentally, I’m lyrically ZMT Lebron shit, I was heading 6 after 23 And family is everything and money is less important Long as your mama love you, don’t ever love a woman I got a lot of bitches, they got a lot of feelings But I got that green on my eyes And that ain’t no Donnie Simpson I retire you niggas: fuck you and your position! They play surface so slippery niggas can’t even kick it Y’all rambling, talking shit to these bitches You know you real you don’t say it You know you real, we gon feel it Ralph!
[Outro:] Beautiful music, painting pictures that be my vision They gon love me for my ambition Easy to dream a dream, though it’s harder to live it Look, they gon love me for my ambition Beautiful music, painting pictures that be my vision They gon love me for my ambition
29.5.13
“Lots of people are born into lives that feel like a journey in the very middle of a big ship on familiar seas; they sit comfortably, crossing their legs, they know when the sun will rise and when the moon will wane, they have plans that they follow, they have a map! But then there are those of us, a few, who are born into lives that feel like standing at the very top of the ship's stern; we have to stand up, hold on tight for dear life, we never know when the waves will rock and we never know where the sun will set or when the moon will wane! Nothing follows the laws of common nature and we live in a wild, wild awakening and the only map we have is the map of the stars! We're called to see the lighting tear at the horizon, we're chosen to roar with the tempests, but we're also the first ones to see the suns rise, the first ones to watch the moons form anew! There is nothing ordinary, nothing at all. But neither are we! And we wouldn't want it any other way!”
Pick apart the pieces of your heart Let me peer inside Let me in where only your thoughts have been Let me occupy your mind as you do mine
You've lost (too much love) to fear, doubt, and distrust (not enough) You just threw away the key (to your heart) You don't get burned ('cause nothing gets through) It makes it easier (easier on you) That much more difficult for me To make you see
Love ain't fair So there you are, my love
Your heart's a mess You won't admit to it It makes no sense But I'm desperate to connect And you can't live like this
Your heart's a mess You won't admit to it It makes no sense But I'm desperate to connect And you, you can't live like this
Your heart's a mess You won't admit to it It makes no sense But I'm desperate to connect And you can't live like this
Love ain't safe You won't get hurt if you stay chaste So you can wait But I don't want to waste my love
“Information is not knowledge.” -Einstein A few years ago I was lost. Frustrated. Scared. Unsure. Anxious.
Trapped. Unfulfilled. Stuck in a dead-end job. Smothered by society’s
expectations. Didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do with my life.
I cared for myself enough to change my life, but I didn’t have the
slightest clue where to start. I spent my days wishing that things would
change—that I could escape a life that my soul could no longer bear.
The worst part of all, I was living the life that society had always
told me to live. “Find a secure job, work hard,” they would say. “Get a
solid job and work your way up the ladder.”
I don’t know about you, but it turns out that for me, the “right thing to do” sucked the joy out of life.
Imagine feeling trapped in an unsatisying existence. Wasting your
precious time doing things that you really don’t want to be doing. Being
afraid to express your uniqueness. Having fun on the weekends then
dreading the upcoming week. Maybe you don’t have to imagine it;
maybe your life is just like mine was, few moments of satisfaction
drowned out by a constant grind of work that doesn’t fulfill you.
Then something hit me. It was a proverbial hammer to my head. I’d
heard it before, but it had never sunk in. Then, as if out of nowhere, a
voice in my head spoke loudly and clearly.
“Discover who you truly are and fully give every aspect of
your uniqueness to the world. This is your path to an extraordinary
life.”
I followed this wisdom as if my life depended on it. And I can tell
you that my life has changed for the better since I followed this
guidance.
I can tell you without any doubt that the greatest piece of wisdom that I’ve discovered in my life thus far is this: If you want to live an extraordinary life it is imperative that you know who you truly are, and to do so you must explore who you truly are.
These 6 questions changed my life forever. They will also change your life forever by allowing you to find your true self, and in doing so, discover why you’ve been born into this great world. I’m not talking about the “self” that others demand you to be or the
self that acts a certain way to fit in and conform with what society
accepts. I’m talking about the true you—the you who wants to
authentically express your special and unique qualities to the world.
By answering these questions you will discover your unique passions,
strengths, values, desires, and motivations, which are all yearning for
your expression.
You have a unique purpose. Discovering the answers to these
questions will allow you to align yourself with that purpose and bring
real magic into your life.
Self-knowledge is the greatest knowledge that you will ever acquire.
Why? Because your ability to fulfill your unique internal drive will
determine your ability to fulfill your potential, which in turn
determines the quality of your life.
The questions below are designed to help to know yourself deeply and
find what is truly important to you. We all have an unexpressed
potential; the exercises are specifically designed to help you find
yours.
1. What do I absolutely love in life?
2. What are my greatest accomplishments in life so far?
3. What would I stand for if I knew no one would judge me?
4. If my life had absolutely no limits and I could have it
all and do whatever I wanted, what would I choose to have and what would
I choose to do?
"You get that one chance; and damn it, you’ve got to take it! If there’s one lesson I know I will take with me for eternity, its that there are those things that might happen only once, those chances that come walking down the street, strolling out of a café; if you don’t let go and take them, they really could get away! We can get so washed out with a mindset of entitlement– the universe will do everything for us to ensure our happiness– that we forget why we came here! We came here to grab, to take, to give, to have! Not to wait! Nobody came here to wait! So, what makes anyone think that destiny will keep on knocking over and over again? It could, but what if it doesn’t? You go and you take the chance that you get; even if it makes you look stupid, insane, or whorish! Because it just might not come back again. You could wait a lifetime to see if it will...but I don’t think you should.”
Most people are too imprisoned in the moment to plan with any kind of
foresight. They do not possess the ability to ignore immediate dangers. People believe that pleasure translate into power.They are powerless of being able to overcome the natural human tendency to
react to things as they happen. They have not taken the time to train themselves, to step back, imagining
the larger things taking shape beyond their immediate vision. Most people believe that they are in fact aware of the future that they are
planning and thinking ahead. They are only succumbing to their desires, to what they want the future to
be. Their plans are vague, based on their imaginations rather than their
reality. hey may believe they are thinking all the way to the end. hey are really only focusing on the happy ending, and deluding themselves
by the strength of their desire.
“There are gigantic trees that have grown tall into the
winds and the clouds over the thousands of years of their lives, their tops are
rustled and tossed by the mists of the atmosphere! Then there are the short
trees that don't live for long, they are young with no deep roots and only a
few annual rings to tell their stories.The tall, ancient trees sway in the
realm of freedom while the short young trees cannot even raise their branches
into that direction of the sky! Now, you are the bird who needs a tree to live
in; if you choose to live in the tree which thrives in the realm of freedom,
that doesn't mean you are not committed to that tree. You are still committed
to your tree, but together you and your tree live in freedom. Freedom is not
the absence of commitment. If you are the bird who chooses to fly around
amongst the short trees and live in them, that's because your wings are too
short to make it any higher and your vision too near to see any further into
the clouds. And if you move from one short tree to the next short tree, that
doesn't mean you are free, you are still down there below, freedom is still
nowhere near you.”
