(Hook)

Rome wasn’t built in a day
It was defined over time
Defined over time
Defined over time

(Ayyy)

Rome wasn’t built in a day (No!)
It was defined over time
I was defined over time
Ima be defined over time

(Ayyy)

Verse 1

Rome wasn’t built in a day (No!)
Took a little time, hence the name (What’s my name?)
Everything you see is what I made (That’s me!)
Been through so much change, still the same (Never switch!)
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Started from the ashes, rose through the flames (Through the flames!)
Scars on my frame, I ain’t ‘shamed (I ain’t ‘shamed!)
Learned so many lessons from the pain (the truth hurt)
And I ain’t going back where I came (NOT ME!)
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Back to when I was a carbon copy
Now I’m looking at ‘em looking sloppy (Ugh!)
Promise when I say this it ain’t cocky
But look me in my eye, live a lie, Nope, Not me (Not me!)
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Make it on my own or Ima go down swinging
Don’t you dare count me out unless Roseanne singing
On the mic, only ever trying to be like Mike
But hey, even Mike wasn’t Mike overnight, so …

Bridge

Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Whoa

(Hook)

Rome wasn’t built in a day
It was defined over time
Defined over time
Defined over time

(Ayyy)

Rome wasn’t built in a day (No!)
It was defined over time
I was defined over time
Ima be defined over time

(Ayyy)

Verse 2

Let me keep it 10 thousand
I put in my 10 thousand
So I could be onstage for 10 thousand
And walk up to the booker like Give me $10 thousand!
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And this is just the start
I’m really going off, but you ain’t seen me go hard (Go hard!)
Walk soft, but you gonna see the big dog (Big dog!)
If you ever try to step in my yard (My yard!)
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You only live once as the clock tick (clock tick!)
God got me, so I got this! (Got this!)
But you ever try to rob me of my options (Options!)
Ima go kamikaze in the cockpit (Cockpit!)
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No, we are not the same, the shoe does not fit
Ima always go 100, trust the process
Yeah, I’m watching how you snakes is always watching
Man, yall gon’ make me go Dennis Rodman
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Only got one shot, will not let that blow
Keep rolling, do not stop, just process my goals
Do not lose myself in the process, the object is progress
Do not rest till I’m dressed in gold (Boy!!!)
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Can’t stop the king, I’m gon find my crown
Show me the lie, that’s how silence sound
Oh, you throwing shade ‘cause I’m shining now?
That’s why you CAN’T SEE ME, My time is now!
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Your time is up, Now you’re stuck!
And just trust, this wasn’t luck
Been defined over time, but my time is hardly over
Didn’t do this in a day, though my day is getting close, man …

Bridge

Bridge

Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Whoa

(Hook)

Rome wasn’t built in a day
It was defined over time
Defined over time
Defined over time

(Ayyy)

Rome wasn’t built in a day (No!)
It was defined over time
I was defined over time
Ima be defined over time