Released: March 19, 2012
Songwriter: Abstract
[Intro]
Abstract-Abstract
[Transcript]
Rocky Balboa Jr.: This is only gonna end up bad for you—and it's gonna end up bad for me
Rocky Balboa: You think I'm hurting you?
Rocky Balboa Jr.: Yeah; in a way, you are
Rocky Balboa: That's the last thing I ever wanted to do
Rocky Balboa Jr.: I know that's not what you wanna do, but that's just the way that it is. Don't you care what people think? Doesn't it bother you that, that people are making you out to be a joke, and that I'll be included in that? Do you think that's right? Do you!?
Rocky Balboa: You ain't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. *taps palm* I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "This kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody ever knew."
[Verse]
Yeah, alright
Yeah, alright
Welcome to my own time, I'm workin' with my own rhymes
Walkin' on my own lines, doin' it with my own mind
Saw you standin' outside, and who are you to criticize?
If you don't know about my past, how can you believe in my future?
I give 'em a tape full of reasons just to shut up the accuser, yeah
'Cause when I rock a flow, most my shit is philosophical
Seein' all my dreams, now appearin' in my opticals
Funny that I did it all, the hurdle on my obstacles
Now I'm turnin' all they said I'd never do the possible
[Transcript]
Rocky Balboa: And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching, every day was like a privilege. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world... and you did! But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame... like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, now go out and get what you're worth! But you gotta be willing to take
The hits, and not pointing fingers, saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that, and that ain't you! You're better than that!
[Break]
People are gonna try to change you, and think you have to fit some type of criteria to be what you want in life. That's not true
[Transcript]
Rocky Balboa: I'm always gonna love you, no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son; you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life
[Break]
That's what On My Own Time is all about. Don't let anyone tell you who to be or how to act, 'cause this is your own time—live it how you want to. Shouts to OnCue for the beat
Abstract-Abstract
[Transcript]
Rocky Balboa Jr.: This is only gonna end up bad for you—and it's gonna end up bad for me
Rocky Balboa: You think I'm hurting you?
Rocky Balboa Jr.: Yeah; in a way, you are
Rocky Balboa: That's the last thing I ever wanted to do
Rocky Balboa Jr.: I know that's not what you wanna do, but that's just the way that it is. Don't you care what people think? Doesn't it bother you that, that people are making you out to be a joke, and that I'll be included in that? Do you think that's right? Do you!?
Rocky Balboa: You ain't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. *taps palm* I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "This kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody ever knew."
[Verse]
Yeah, alright
Yeah, alright
Welcome to my own time, I'm workin' with my own rhymes
Walkin' on my own lines, doin' it with my own mind
Saw you standin' outside, and who are you to criticize?
If you don't know about my past, how can you believe in my future?
I give 'em a tape full of reasons just to shut up the accuser, yeah
'Cause when I rock a flow, most my shit is philosophical
Seein' all my dreams, now appearin' in my opticals
Funny that I did it all, the hurdle on my obstacles
Now I'm turnin' all they said I'd never do the possible
[Transcript]
Rocky Balboa: And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching, every day was like a privilege. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world... and you did! But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame... like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, now go out and get what you're worth! But you gotta be willing to take
The hits, and not pointing fingers, saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that, and that ain't you! You're better than that!
[Break]
People are gonna try to change you, and think you have to fit some type of criteria to be what you want in life. That's not true
[Transcript]
Rocky Balboa: I'm always gonna love you, no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son; you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life
[Break]
That's what On My Own Time is all about. Don't let anyone tell you who to be or how to act, 'cause this is your own time—live it how you want to. Shouts to OnCue for the beat