For This – English Lyrics

• By: G-Eazy, IAMNOBODI
• Album: When It's Dark Out

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Yeah

Yeah

Ah, yeah

I waited all my life for this

They told me, that I won't make it

(We used to say, yeah, we used to say)

All my life for this

They told me, "I won't make it"

But I made it

Yeah, it's tough not to get anxious

Exercising my patience

I thought it never would happen

I swear, I waited for ages

Had faith in the journey

I said, "Let's see where it takes us"

We want gratification

But see it happens in stages

With a team on my back

A couple times might have cracked

But never broke and I can hold them in fact (you know)

Man, you know how much weight was on him?

Must have came from within'

My lanky ass don't even go to the gym (I waited)

And now I'm in, just one, but 20 mixtapes to my name

A lot of y'all would lose your appetites

With a distaste for the game

Lot of y'all would call it quits

Because you just chase for the fame

Tell my story to inspire you

Just in case you're the same

Self-made, now I employed ten of my friends

Tryna move moms out the Honda

Tryna send her a Benz (I'm trying)

Appreciate it all 'cause ain't no telling when this shit ends

Unless this is all a dream and then it depends, well, yeah

I waited all my life for this (I waited, yeah)

They told me, that I won't make it

(We used to say, yeah, we used to say)

All my life for this (uh)

They told me, "I won't make it" (yeah, yeah, ayy)

But I made it

Listen, and all we ever wanted was chances (yeah)

Dreams of life changing, checks from label advances

Copping mansions, the kind of conversations marijuana enhances

Back then, I let them know what my plans is (yeah)

A poet in 16-bar stanzas (uh)

16 with dreams so far fetched

No one understands us (now what?)

Playing shows in stadiums

Where everybody way up in the stands is

Standing on their feet, I paint the picture on canvas (I waited)

That I seen, in my dreams in quick visions and glances

Woke up in NYC today, don't think we're in Kansas

Anymore, but sometimes it's hard to be sure

'Cause if I dreamed that it happened, did it actually or

Am I just still asleep, and none of it's real?

Wake up tomorrow, right back in the struggle

Tryna come up and build (yeah)

I don't know this shit gets deep and ignorance is bliss

It's all I've ever loved, I waited my whole life for this, yeah

I waited all my life for this

(I swear I waited so fucking long, yeah)

They told me, that I won't make it

(We used to say, yeah, we used to say)

All my life for this

They told me, "I won't make it"

(We always knew this shit would happen, yeah)

But I made it (uh)

Yeah, reporting live from NYC

2015 and forever, ha-ha-ha

Yeah, uh, yeah

I don't know how to end this shit

Yeah, uh, yeah

I waited all my life for this

They told me, that I won't make it

All my life for this

They told me, "I won't make it"

But I made it

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to spend time expecting or anticipating something
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or produce something verb - to succeed or achieve something
patience /ˈpeɪʃəns/ A2	noun - the ability to wait or endure delay without becoming annoyed
faith /feɪθ/ A2	noun - strong belief or trust in someone or something
gratification /ˌɡrætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ B2	noun - the feeling of being satisfied or pleased
crack /kræk/ A2	verb - to break or cause to break without complete separation
inspire /ɪnˈspaɪr/ B1	verb - to fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something
self-made /ˌselfˈmeɪd/ B2	adjective - having become successful or rich by one's own efforts
appreciate /əˈpriːʃieɪt/ B1	verb - to recognize the full worth of something
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
canvas /ˈkænvəs/ B1	noun - a strong cloth used for painting on
vision /ˈvɪʒən/ B1	noun - the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom
struggle /ˈstrʌɡəl/ A2	verb - to make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction noun - a forceful or violent effort or struggle, especially to attain an end
ignorance /ˈɪɡnərəns/ B1	noun - lack of knowledge or information
bliss /blɪs/ B2	noun - supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment