Jake Miller First Row song lyrics

I used to sit up in the nose bleeds, but now I'm sittin' courtside

next to my dad while he's sippin' on his Coors Light

I'm on the big screen, momma look at me now

sittin' so close I could practically get the rebound

but believe me, it wasn't always like this

I should probably wait until after the game to write this

if you see me on the TV lookin' down at my phone

I apologize just know that I was writing this song lemme tack ya back, back to 2009

before the glitz and glamour back when I was on my grind

I would go to see the heat play, but every single time

I had a vision on a mission only one thing on my mind

lemme remind you, I had no fan base, no buzz

just another normal kid, nobody knew who I was

but the thought of being average made me lose sleep

so I would sit up in bed strategizing while you counted sheep

I had this plan, kinda crazy ill admit it

lil Wayne was at the games I always knew where he was sittin'

and back then he was hero, knew every single song

every album every mixtape every feature he was on

so I figured if I could get my mixtape tape in his hands,

maybe he would listen to it, maybe hed give me chance

I packaged em up lookin' all professional shit

it was best work, 7 of my best tracks

I wrote my name and number on the back

and I would stuff em my jeans, pants saggin' to me knees

I felt like my future was depending on these demo CD's

and I would sneak em past security they never caught me

runnin' through the metal detector like you'll never stop me

while everybody watched the game, I never saw a shot

I was staring a Wayne, formulating my plot

up in the nosebleeds, waiting for that halftime buzzer to go off

so I could blend in and get lost in the commotion

like just another fish in ocean, this is my only chance, this is my moment

man I swear to god, this is it I feel like destiny was calling me

walkin' down the stairs like excuse me pardon me

all covered in sweat, million thoughts up in head

gettin ‘closer to my dreams with every single step

and there he was, Lil Wayne, standing 10 feet in front of me

the reason I fell in love with rap 10 feet in front me

but as I walked up to him,

with a a mixtape in my hand I was stopped by his security

and now the only thing standing

between me and my dreams was that 6'7 man

I said I gotta give something to Lil Wayne

I've been waiting all my life for this I swear you don't even understand

and then he cut me off, he took my CD, handed it to Wayne

he looked over me and smiled at him and waved

it was the best day of my life

every now and then I wonder what he did with my CD that night

maybe he listened to on his way home,

maybe he used it as coaster for his drink

I guess I'll never really know that's not the point

the point is what happened that night inside the triple A,

taught me if there's then there's a will there's a way

fast forward to now, funny how life works out

the same body guard that stopped me is my body guard now

its crazy, cause now these kids are comin' up to me

saying Jake you my hero please take my CD

and every time that they do, it's like déjà vu

nice to meet ya how ya doing I was just like you

its like I'm lookin' in the mirror, starin' at my younger self

cause I was in your shoes, I remember how it felt

and now im touring the world,

signing record deals millions of people around the globe know my name

oh and guess what

now I'm sittin' courtside at heat games 3

seats down from Lil Wayne

pretty funny right?

I'm living proof if you send ya mind to something

there's no limits on where you can go

so this song right here is dedicated to the people

tryna to make it from the nosebleeds to the front row