Stay Hungry

(album: Words Are Weapons - 2023)

Stay hungry, stay hungry

Time and time again I see people looking to others for permission
Permission to start, permission to stop, permission to breathe
Why do we feel the need to seek permission from others

Stay hungry

On the common path to uncommon success
The only permission you need is from yourself

There's always another level
Another mountain to climb, race to run, hand to help, mouth to feed
Wrong to right, song to sing

This is your life, your opportunity, your path
Why should we allow someone else to lead the way?
In a single word
Don't

Don't wait another second, do it now
Lay hold of it, go after it
Set a goal and beat it, raise the bar and leap it
A goal is nothing more than a dream with a deadline

Turn back on that dream machine
Get a new vision, a new mission
Find your purpose for living

Comparing yourself to others will always lead to despair
There will always be someone who is richer, taller, skinnier
More muscular, prettier, happier, more successful
There will also always be someone poorer, fatter, weaker
Uglier, sadder, and less successful

Just because they've given up on their dreams
Doesn't mean you've given up on yours
You're not a quitter
Don't take average advice from average people
Surround yourself with fighters that are gonna make you stretch

Find your purpose for living

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize
How close they were to success when they gave up

You're not a quitter

If they just held on a little longer
Stay hungry
Stop procrastinating before it steals your time and unlimited potential
Stay hungry
Keep knocking door to door, call to call, email to email
You gotta be relentless
You gotta want this
Stay hungry

If you remember the following, you'll lead a happier life
The only person you should compare yourself to is you yesterday

You're not a quitter
Who you fighting for?
You're not a quitter
Your family, mom, dad, husband and wife?
Find your purpose for living
Why don't you give your kids the life you never had?
Stay hungry
Sometimes it takes 99 no's until you hear one yes
But that one yes can change your life

On the common path to uncommon success, we win at life

If it seems impossible, good
My God is in the business of doing the impossible, that's what he does
Pray, meditate, get a positive mind state
Then lock in
Go to work and don't come home until you get it
Just like the marathon runners who run until their feet ache, their bones hurt
Sweat dripping off their faces, sting their eyes
Stomach cramps that make Olympic athletes wanna collapse

But those with the hunger and desire to win
Push a little harder, run a little more
Until they hit that moment of breakthrough
And develop what's called a second win
And all of a sudden the cramps are gone
And they can run harder and faster than they ever had before
Across that finish line
It's time to start living like you dream

Stay hungry