No handoutsNobody gave me a thingTook the stairs they said was broke and made the whole floor ringNo handoutsDid not wait for permission, did not need a yesBuilt it out of nothing and I cleaned up the messI don't want the favor, keep the co-sign and the loanEverything I'm standing on, I poured it on my ownYou inherit, I assembled, that's a different kind of proudSelf-funded every brick while you was borrowing out loudCut the dead weight early, kept the day-ones tightTurned a no into a motor, run it every nightNo handoutsNobody gave me a thingTook the stairs they said was broke and made the whole floor ringNo handoutsNo silver spoon, I carved the spoon out the dirtNo safety net, I sewed one out my own damn shirtThey love a story when the start was paved and cleanMine was potholes, mine was hunger, mine was leanBut that is why it's mine, ain't a piece I gotta shareEvery plate I'm eating off, I dragged out of the airNo handoutsNobody gave me a thingTook the stairs they said was broke and made the whole floor ringNo handoutsThey wanna call it privilege, they wanna call it luckI was up at 4 in the morning when the rest was still asleep and stuckNobody mentored, nobody opened up a doorI was studying for free from every failure I enduredThe only inheritance I got was a last name and a spineAnd I bent it into iron over a decade of grindDo not pity the come-up, it's the realest thing I gotThe struggle is the receipt that the soft ones never boughtGive me the hard way, give me the long climbI would rather earn a dollar than be handed every dimeNow they wanna shake hands that they would not shake beforeWanna call it luck, like I wasn't at the doorAt 4 in the morning when the dream felt like a lieI bet on me alone, and that's the reason I am highSo keep your little handout, keep your pity and your doubtI built it brick by brick, and that's what it's all aboutNo handoutsNobody gave me a thingTook the stairs they said was broke and made the whole floor ringNo handouts
