you catch my rock, rolling down loners blvd

you've got dreams, keep on dreaming

high school teen, never got accepted

guess it didn't get to go how i expected

now a n***a pissed

steady lookin' at the bottom of the list like

"where the f**k re my projections?"

nigga's like "next year tory

it's all good, you'll be next year's story"

then i said "man, you don't even understand

man, i'm droppin' out now, ain't no next year for me"

so i left, bus route to the B***h down 53

took the last dollar that i had for this dream

and i spent it on some naughty nonsense, micky d's

shit, wasn't doin' too fine

then i made a call to this n***a named rhymes

said he had a little studio and it wasn't top-notch

but could damn near do the whole nine

so i said "cool" made a few songs in this shit

stayed too long in this shit

but by the month, i was there so much

nigga's had to lay futons in this shit

i was in my mom's susanne

drove to my first shows in a new jetta

always said one day i would be the man

i would just laugh like, who are you tellin'

me, i'mma go far

i can still dream in this world full of stars

i can still scheme in this world full of narcs

if they can still scheme and i'm on my car show

i'mma dream, i'mma dream, dream

i'mma dream, dream like you said to me

best words that were said to me

best words that were said to me

ten long miles, from a long way home

i'm headed downtown cause i'm workin' on this lil mixtape

with no fillers, no throwaway songs, hopin' that this s**t just go

sadly for me, this s**t didn't

so i make another mixtape and another mixtape and another mixtape

'til them nigga's start sayin' shit's hidden

then i meet a guy named sascha , he tells me he's thinkin' 'bout takin' up management

say he got a million dollar empire on his mind, he just need an artist to plan it with

he also say he throw shows out in texas and maybe i should open up for one

then i say "cool man' he books me the next flight out like i'm showin' up for somethin'

i lay down houston around nine, warehouse live

was my worst show ever, nigga's damn near got boo'd off stage

i performed my first live show ever

women in the crowd would scream for a nigga

nigga's in the crowd they was up down

bad enough nigga's let bun b watch

but i feel like i let sascha down, s**t was live on stage dog

that night felt like a n***a had the whole world on my shoulders

twenty years old tryna find the one spot in this world gettin' colder

then he came to me like, "dog, i could put money on this, bet a hundred on this"

gives me a few tips for the next night, set list says

dog you can run it on this

and it all works out

it's a big world

the bigger your dream, the bigger you're livin' it

it's all in your mind

don't let no body f**k up your high

it's a big world

the bigger your dream, the bigger you're livin' it

it's all in your mind

don't let no body f**k up your high

(phone voicemail)

father, i lift up my son, i lift up anyone that travels with him and by his speed i pray that you go ahead of him...

i assign angels right now to this assignment and i declare father that they will go before you to make straight his path,

i command that every crooked path would be made straight, every rough place would be made smooth

every obstacle, every barricade, every blockade, every conspiracy, every trap

right now is destroyed and removed out of his way in the name of jesus

and i thank you that it is written that goodness and love and mercy, form all the things of our life...

(skit: tory lanez)

that was it, i had hit rock bottom, lowest point of my life.

just me, the music and a couple quarters in my pocket.

then it hit me...the phone call that would change my life

(phone call: mike + tory lanez + other)

hello

hello, hi...hi...is this, is this tory lanez?

yeah, who this?

hi, yeah this is mike from interscope

uhm, you slid me your music a couple weeks ago when i was leaving the office

oh yeah, what's up?

uh...i didn't have a chance to listen to it until recently and oh my head is just blown off

oh thank you so much bro, thank you

we need to talk...we need to talk

f'sho

uh, do you have time this week to sit down?

uhm...yeah, yeah, when?

does...does friday work for you?

yeah that works, that works

okay, let's lock that in

iight cool

i...i gotta run okay? let's talk soon, see ya bye...

okay, perfect, i think we got him

aye, aye mike, let me ask you somethin'

you really think this kid could make hit records?

honestly? the music speaks for itself

alright, alright...why...let's listen, let's see what he's got, let's put it in

okay...let's do it