You Don't Have To Be Rich

from Local Boy Helps Himself (Deluxe Edition) by Local Boy

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I’m not quite there
And I shouldn’t care
But I haven’t reached
Where I think I should be
My progress is slow
And I wanna know
Just how I can go
And catch up with those who’ve outrun me
Sweatin’ through my clothes I’m not close to my big break
Runnin’ on this treadmill since I first dropped a mixtape
Seein’ people drop a video and blow up in like 6 days
Maybe I’m too old and it’s too late and I will be a runner up like Shea Coulee
But she won All-Stars

You don’t have to be rich
As long as you never quit
No money doesn’t mean your work is never valuable
We don’t need any fame
As long as we keep the same
Energy that lights up our world just like a candle huh

I guess we don’t need
To have the same trajectory
We’re all reaching our goals at our own unique speed
And all of these standard
With which we compete
Are blurring the answers that we search for and seek
You don’t got to reach for any goal
You’re already doing great
Might jump back and kiss myself
Take Jake on a dinner date
We’re doing better than we were, better than we were
We’re moving on up if we’re even moving forward
And even if you’re not it’s cool I cannot judge you for it
We’re doing better than we were, better than we were

You don’t have to be rich
As long as you never quit
No money doesn’t mean your work is never valuable
We don’t need any fame
As long as we keep the same
Energy that lights up our world just like a candle huh

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from Local Boy Helps Himself (Deluxe Edition), released May 7, 2021

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