Listen To My Demo (Explicit)

Listen To My Demo (Explicit) - Joyner Lucas

Composed by：Joyner Lucas

Produced by：ADHD Productions/Leo Son

I'm standin' outside in the rain

Passin' out demo tapes tryna get a name

I was like eleven back then with the braids

It was 1999 I was tryna catch a wave

I heard JAY-Z was in town

'Bout to hit the Summer Jam stage and I gotta see his face

If I give him my demo then I wonder what he'll say

Maybe he'll sign me and I'll finally get a break

So now he on stage

And everybody's singin' all the words to his **** and I'm amazed

I'm holdin' up my demo with a sign sayin' "Please

I just need a couple minutes of your time Mr. JAY could you?"

But that ain't gon' work

**** it though I know there's gotta be another way

Snuck past security and made it backstage

Demo in my hand hopin' he gon' press play when he see me

But when the show was all over I was tryna walk fast

Catch him when he leaves hopin' we can cross paths

But he ain't see me and I was feelin' all bad

And then security approached me he was wearin' all black

I passed him my CD with my house number on it

Sayin' "If you listen to it could you please call back? Please"

Please listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

P-p-p-p-please listen to my demo

Listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

Please

It's 2001

I'm thirteen now but I'm better than I was

Rappin' in my class when I should be doin' work

But I'm thinkin' 'bout this beat I was hearin' on the bus

I heard Dre and Snoop Dogg was in town

Up In Smoke Tour Eminem comin' out

You should have seen the way my eyes popped out

You'd have thought the heavens opened up and God popped out

I wish that I could vibe with him

If I give him my demo maybe I could ride with him

Maybe Em would listen if I got some time with him

Maybe Dre is lookin' for a kid that can sign with him

I don't know

All I know is that I gotta go hopefully it all pans out

Tryna get tickets so I get the plan down

If I get front row then I'll probably stand out

Then my pops came home with two VIP passes in clutch

And at that very moment I was happy as ****

So I started gettin' dressed so fast in a rush

Demo in my hand had a rich-man glow

He walked in my room and said "Kids can't go"

Damn

And so he brought his girl with him

And I can't believe I let another big chance go damn

Please listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

P-p-p-p-please listen to my uh

Please listen to my demo

Can you listen to my demo?

Please listen to my demo

P-p-p-please uh

A lot of years went by

I'm twenty-five now and the tears went dry

2015 and I still got a dream

But reality is lookin' kinda real this time

I'm in the booth with the grunge on my face

Tryna make a demo with no funds in the bank

I don't wanna quit 'fore I make it out the bricks

And my girl told me that we got a son on the way

What the ****? Damn

I gotta push the go button I ain't got a bit of time

'Cause it ain't 'bout me no more I gotta just provide

If I don't make it when he born then I gotta get a job

I hit the ground runnin' with a plan

Make a mixtape and build somethin' with the fans

If I don't do it now then I'll never get a chance

Got a certain way of thinkin' some will never understand

So now I'm sittin' on the block

Vibin' out bumpin' instrumentals in the drop

Writin' every day like my pen don't wanna stop

And my baby mom packagin' my demos in a box

I was pullin' up to schools in a rental

CD in my hand put my arm out the window

Nobody took it and I didn't get the memo

And all I kept sayin' was "Please listen to my demo"

Please listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

P-p-p-p-please listen to my demo

Listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

Please listen to my demo

Please

It's 2025 and some change

I think I finally made it to a household name

Moved my whole family out the hood what a change

Told my mama quit her job she won't work another day

I got Platinum plaques now

Couple hit singles and a back-to-back now

Couple big cribs I'ma have to pass down

When I put my demos out I don't have to ask now if you can listen

I'm sayin' what I want

All your favorite rappers keep sayin' I'm the one

And if I died now then I'm grateful what I've done

'Cause a lot of niggas never really made it where I'm from

I'm on tour and they waitin' in the front

Campin' outside while they bakin' in the sun

Pull up in your city and they wavin' to the bus

Got my songs on the speaker and they singin' every one

And so I hit the stage

This the same book just a different page

Crowd goin' crazy but I know this one kid

Starin' at me with a glow like he was in a daze

I'm lookin' at him in the crowd I can see his face

And he lookin' back at me and I wonder what he thinkin'

It remind me of how I used to look at JAY

When all I wanted was someone to give my **** a play

And when the show was all over they was tryna get me back in the cut

Security was walkin' all faster than us

Tryna get me out the buildin' get me back to the bus

Standin' by the bus was the kid that I seen from the crowd

Nigga how coincidental

Handed me his CD with his number on the pillow

Looked at me and said "Please listen to my demo"