3%

You should go and quit your job
And make all of those dreams come true
How is your self esteem? Huh?
Thats important in what youre about to do
Dont talk to your friends
Their opinion holds so much weight
And it doesnt make sense
Even your family
Parents just dont understand
Except for Will Smith, hes got a great understanding
Make the time
Drop school, and people, and work, to play
Music all night
Youll make an dollar an hour, at least youll like your life
And roll with the punches
Even when it feels like youre getting ****ing jumped
But youre a real bad judge of it
Hold on tight, boy
Might be a ****ing hell of a ride
But, but, but they said its a 3% chance
That Im gonna make it
Thats a little bit less than what it is in my mind
But its okay, I think I can take it
They said its a 3 %, my friends
Thats what they said
And then I sat there and thought about it
And almost believed it for a sec
But I think that theyll love me
Yeah, if my soul is tainted and ugly
Tainted enough where no one
Should ever want stuff from me, but Im lucky
Lovely people say such nice things for no reason
Except for the songs that I sing them
When I was eighteen I ****ing prayed to God
That one day Ill sing and the crowd would stop
But Im still waiting
For the jaws to be dropped and the bras to be sailing
Im still waiting
For the big contract and a payment
Imstill waiting
For all of my own friends to eat all of their own words
I bet itll taste like blood sweat and tears
And the fear of regret and that ever elusive
3% chance
That Im gonna make it
Its a little bit less than what it is in my mind
But its okay, I think I can take it
They said its a 3%, my friends
Thats what they said
And then I sat there and thought about it
And almost believed it for a sec
But now, its me versus the world
In a competition to see who could be less shitty
Hold your own and if it floats your boat
Then you should row that boat home
But if my boat starts to sink
Ill probably just stop singing and writing poems
Cut my *** *ing hair and
Quit eating like Im homeless
Get a job
But I said, I made two hundred dollars in my first week
Just playing music and being who I want to be
She said 'You think thats acceptable?'
'You think thats an acceptable amount?'
'I made twice the amount working at a shitty ****ing job that I hate
And every morning when I wake up I get really sad
And I was just about to say at my friends birthday party
Before they cut me off, I was just about to say
Wait, wait, wait, wait
You think thats an acceptable amount?
Its a 3% chance
Youll be happy
Doing the same thing you do everyday
For the next ten years
I think thats a 3% chance
That when I say 'Todays the day!'
Youll understand