Around The Clock

[Verse 1: EZEC]
This is my story, this is just the beginning
Last name is champion, yes I’m always winning
The studio is a system, and you could say that I'm driven
This is the last song so please just listen
To my passion, my outlet to the world
I’m focusing on my dream not focusing on these girls
Cause men lie, women lie, numbers never do
I make this music for me, but I release it for you
To help people relate and can vibe with it
Never lie in it, every thing I do is real
Keep it on mass appeal, I don't need a deal
I’m gonna do it independent, sign when I feel
Like I gotta push forward and break another ceiling
I wanna change the world and to evoke feelings
Not the money or the girls and everything that comes after
I want it all in time but I’m an artist not a rapper
Word to Bino, word to Skizzy, word to Logic
I love my songs, they keep me busy and on topic
Want enough money to vacation in the tropics
I want this bumping everywhere from the city to the projects
Shoutout to the greats, the ones that came before me
The artists motivate me to live and create my stories
Hoodie Allen, G-Eazy, Eminem and Kyle
You could all cheer me up and bring a smile
Thanks to Kendrick and Cole for changing the game
Shoutout to Drake, yeah nothing was the same
Word to the 6 and the 905
I’m loving my city, I feel so alive
Play my music in the greatest compilation
They calling me a star, like I’m in the constellation
Top the nation, that's my plan, I am just a man
But once I drop this music, everyone is just a fan

[Hook: Nico Tripodi]
Do you believe me now?
Can you see me now?
You already know that, you can't bring me down
Feel like I got it
It's all that I want
I’ve been working, right around the clock
Cause I’m gonna make it
Straight it to the top
Cause I’ve been working, right around the clock

[Verse 2: EZEC]
Got a beat pad, I was inspired by Jon
Making my own music, and writing my own songs
My material gets better by each day
I gotta say, after every song they gonna replay
The first time they heard my voice on a track
I could’ve dropped 4 songs and drop but now I'm back
Cause I finish what I start
This is professional art
Music from the soul and especially the heart
Music that makes you want to create your own
Work 7 years, growing, one day you can watch the throne
Working from my home, studio in my basement
Real artistry, you know that you can't trace it
Put me in a box, won't work, I think outside of it
Replaying this mixtape after listening is a sign effect
Now I'm just a kid and I'm doing what I love
Music is my main goal, I put nothing above
But I'm good at other things, got skills in other rings
I’m a rapper that spits lines and occasionally sings
Now 4 years you gonna see me on the TV
HD or 3D, promoting my new CD
You like how I do it, flowing on a mixtape
But I just cut out the beat like a switchblade
Tell em all which date, every fan is gonna download
Repping up the symbol, yes I know the crowd knows
Ask me to write a song, I'll kill it and produce two
Listen to my dream, let me introduce you
2 years ago, I wasn’t sure to keep going
But now that I keep flowing, now I keep growing
Killing any rapper swiftly, yeah I keep glowing
Write every night, take flight like a Boeing
Pay attention to me now, watch as I paint the eisel
Cause to understand the ending one must understand the prequel

[Hook: Nico Tripodi]
Do you believe me now?
Can you see me now?
You already know that, you can't bring me down
Feel like I got it
It's all that I want
I’ve been working, right around the clock
Cause I’m gonna make it
Straight it to the top
Cause I’ve been working, right around the clock

[Verse 3: EZEC]
So where I'm at now, couples songs for the public
A mixtape for the world, now I feel like I run it
I got the next 3 years mapped out in my mind
A couple more mixtapes, maybe a deal that I'll sign
But that dont mean that I'm a sell out
Glass ceilings only come when you know that you can sell out
Arenas, I'm making hits like Serena
Chilling in Bora Bora, got an Ora like I'm Rita
But I know my level, killing it in my lane
In a couple years, everyone will know my name
I wanna sign with VMG
Maybe be on TMZ
Make a hunnit, yeah I’ve done it, run it like I'm DMC
I wanna sell out the Meridian
A Grammy in my hand, I wanna be a recipient
I wanna win a Juno, I need another award
I want people to bump everything that I record
I got long term goals, this mixtape was a dream
But now that it's completed, I got years full of schemes
I got it all planned, yes I know the outcome
Maybe sign a deal but either way drop an album
Yeah I got some hot lines, but they're for the eighth track
No I won't take back
I’m Dilla with an 8 track
Imma go far, Imma spit it so hard
Cause I'm like a go kart, doing laps on the racetrack
Talk about your favourite rappers I wanna be your top pick
Rapping different topics, yo shoutout to Logic
V's up, peace, love, keep up the positivity
You get me on the mic, I rock it, there's endless possibilities
Ready for the games to start, ready to face off
Take my girl to the beach, yeah you know I Baywatch
Never chasing my liquor, I'm always drinking straight Scotch
I love where I'm at, so I'd never trade spots
It's funny how rappers now do it for fame
Money, cars, and just their personal gain
Well me? I respect the art form what it became
It's my escape, from everyone in my way
Everybody is getting theres, I’m ready to get mine
Hands around the clock, never stop, I don’t set time
Look at my watch, tonight might be long
But I'm focused and awake when I write these songs
Told my teacher my goals, he said be realistic
Sorry I don't wanna grow up to be a statistic
I’ll risk it, and I may not be perfect
But I know in the end it’ll all be just be worth it

[Hook: Nico Tripodi]
Do you believe me now?
Can you see me now?
You already know that, you can't bring me down
Feel like I got it
It's all that I want
I’ve been working, right around the clock
(Cause I’m gonna make it
Straight it to the top
Cause I’ve been working, right around the clock) x2

[Outro]
(Clocks ticking)