[Lyric] In The Mean Time (Delon Ellis)

This is Plan A, already been through plan B
Didn’t want that, honestly it just ain’t me
Was a fall back couldn’t see to plan C
Always saw past what I didn’t want to be
But I had to have something in the mean time, even though I knew it really didn’t feel right
And my family said they really couldn’t see why, I left it all, keep telling me to be wise

Working off passion, that be without question
Ain’t claiming no talent, I work on this endless
I made it a habit, turned to obsession
Stuck in a bracket, I had to digress
Put words into action, had to finesse it
I picked up the traction, learned by no lessons
The money been absent, ain’t talking no flexing
Ain’t counting my dollars I’m counting my blessings

Every spare dollar that I ever made, put a studio space at my mommas place
Learned the whole game like it be a trade, writing through the night, working in the day
Had a far sight vision that I had to aim, gotta keep my heart driven putting on my name
Going hard from a distance, hard to keep it all persistent when no body wanna listen, ain’t no body fucking with it, feeling silly nigga
Put my money where my mouth is I couldn’t buy a grill so I went and bought a mic to record what I write
Sick of coming up short, sick of wanting way more, sick of working like a slave, making someone less poor
Sick of sacrificing time, give it back take your job
That be all we really got, they ain’t taking none of mine
Got a vision of my life, I’m addicted to the grind
Had the stars all align, how I knew I got to shine

In the mean time I gotta be broke (be broke)
In the mean time I gotta keep woke (keep woke)
In the mean time I gotta see the green light I know I gotta keep focused (God damn I know)
In the mean time I gotta keep hoping (keep hoping)
In the mean time I gotta be potent (be potent)
In the mean time I gotta be the mean guy I know I gotta keep flowing (God damn I know)

Put the pain to paper, felt the rain the break up
Vented out through a couple pads
Had to change my way up, in the game or stay stuck, doubled down just to run it back
Made my lane, I paved up my terrain this ain’t luck, since a child ain’t believe in that
Don’t want no fame cos fake love be what’s aimed I can’t trust, what they say cos it be all cap

But I got my raps perfected, when I snap it’s endless
Just a fraction of my max would have you clap tremendous
I ain’t playing like I ain’t about to smash some records
Be the greatest I be talking future past or present
Done my laps, invested in my craft, projected number one draft I ain’t gotta act respected
Planed attack, Iv penned it, now it’s class in session
Come with everything they lack, why I ain’t back at second
But it’s hard to see hope when the dream it ain’t paying yet
Hard to be told what I believe ain’t making sense
Hard to see a road when I’m the only one paving it
Hard to leave a zone when I be focused on taking steps
Pardon me I know I gotta be low for a minute (for a minute)
I know I gotta revoke for a minute (for a minute)
I know I gotta devote what I’m feeling
Pardon me I know I gotta be broke for a minute, I know

In the mean time I gotta be broke (be broke)
In the mean time I gotta keep woke (keep woke)
In the mean time I gotta see the green light I know I gotta keep focused (God dam I know)
In the mean time I gotta keep hoping (keep hoping)
In the mean time I gotta be potent (be potent)
In the mean time I gotta be the mean guy I know I gotta keep flowing (God damn I know)