How Did You Get Here (Explicit) - Little Simz

Lyrics by：Simbiatu Ajikawo/Dean Josiah Cover

Composed by：Simbiatu Ajikawo/Dean Josiah Cover

How did you get

How did you get get

How did you get

How did you get here

How did you get

How did you get get

How did you get

How did you get here

How the hell did I get here

Sometimes I sit here and I wonder

I'm the version of me

I always imagined when I was younger

All the doubt I had thrown at me

All the time I invested

I sit and read my old lyric books like

D**n it must've been destined"

Stuck to it I improvised my way here no rules

Back when it was serious

Handin' mixtapes out in my school

All I had was my brain and my hunger

Had to use that as tools

Amount of people that told me no

And I turned that into my fuel

Slackin' in my schoolwork didn't care much

Sisters are gettin' onto me

But trust me this music ting is my prophecy

I didn't need to convince them 'cause

They saw it all from just watching me

Now I got them on sight confidence rises

There ain't no stoppin' me I'm unstoppable

Got a strong head on my shoulders

And bein' good-hearted don't cost at all

Times I thought I had lost it all

When I ain't even have s**t to my name

Studio runs on foot trekkin' through the rain

Made me into what I became

All I wanted to be around

Was like minded people on the same page

And I found that in Space Age

Back then we never had a penny

But it didn't matter to us

Because our soul was nourished

Shootin' music videos in Chucks' garden

With no budget

Came up with some real ones

All the talent we had to harvest

We didn't always see eye to eye

But they always had my back regardless

That was a pivotal time

Breaks my heart it didn't work but we tried

Still I had never aborted the mission

All that I've taken is all God has given

When Tola's talkin' to me then I listen

Told me to follow my own intuition

Go at the pace I set for myself

I don't need drums to follow the rhythm

Couldn't have planned this it was just written

Many dreams I'm sittin' on

I'm made up of the same stars that I wish upon

Times I thought that my prayers

Weren't gettin' answered

But boy was I wrong

All it took was me knowin' I'm meant to be here

It's where I belong it's where I belong yeah

How did you get

Like sometimes I forget

How did you get get

How did you get

How did you get here

But I have to think back

And remind myself of the journey

It's been a beautiful one yes

Sometimes I sit and I wonder

I'm the version of me

I always imagined when I was younger

All the albums I studied

Learned about flow and cadence

I sit and listen to my old s**t like

D**n all it took was patience

Story over the glory other paths that weren't for me

Wasn't much of an academic or road invested or sporty

Made the most with all I was blessed with

Of the tools in my inventory

Things the teachers don't teach you

And now the student might lead you

If you wanna leave the class then you're free to

Everything here is subjective

If you stand where we're standin'

You might understand the perspective

How the hell did you get far

You ain't get no head start

All decisions we made is based on our circumstance

We hope to surpass it

Took most of our lifetime to wake up

Smell the roses realise that the world is ours

Us and them but we worlds apart

Nothing in life comes easy

And you work twice as hard 'cause you Black

Used to think mum exaggerated 'til the world

Showed me it's fact

Still it's mine for the takin'

Lock the doors and we break in

Still got love for them non believers

Yeah the ones that said we won't make it

Everything you want is out there waitin'

For you to take it

The key is to have faith in your dreams

And never stop chasin'

And you'll make it trust

How did you get

How did you get get

All it was was perseverance

How did you get

Pushin' never givin' up

How did you get here

They built them walls so high up and we tore 'em down

They told us no we said yes

It's okay

Some get it some don't

It didn't take you long to get here

But we keep pushin' on

How did you believe you would get here

And in times of doubt

You didn't sell your soul but you held on

Always

It didn't take you long to get here

And here we are

It's the story of never ending it's been a long road

Haha

Feel good don't it

Yeah

It didn't take you long to get here

Tell your kids to play this

How did you believe you would get here

Simz