The 24 Most Inspiring Lines From Big Sean’s ‘Dark Sky Paradise’

February 25, 2015 - 12:56 pm by Adelle Platon TWITTER

Big Sean has been working on his moment his whole life. From the scrawny Detroit kid with a knack for spitting to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music MVP, Sean Anderson has grown into kind of a big deal and his recent bars prove it. After flying through his third album Dark Sky Paradise several times, we dug up the LP's best lines dedicated to the grind. Straight up.

I got a lot on my mind, I got more in my face/If I ain't going to get it, that day is going to waste

I guess it took ten years for me to be an overnight success

What you know about living check to check to living check to check to check to check?/First place, no neck and neck

And I don’t owe nobody in the world no favors/ I started from the basement, made it to the skyscrapers/ I’m a successful nigga, I got shit going on

I’m into risk and taking it/ I’m into making it then get back to making like I ain’t made it yet

Well, fuck giving it to me, I'mma take that shit/Forget crackin' the code, I'mma break that shit Man, I swear to God it get so deep though/That sometimes I just gotta wake my ass up out my sleep though/ And wonder what if all the shit I reaped then got repoed The deeper it gets, boy, the pressure increases/But pressure make diamonds Fuck the finish line, just finish your lines/And if getting your point across crosses the line/ Some of the time then cross it with pride/That's real, my nigga, remember that (Lil Wayne)

But I've been working on myself and that's the most important work even if you don't get paid for it I live the life I deserve, blessed/ Fuck a vacay I feel better at work I mean whatever it’s worth, I give whatever I’m worth Look at my life, man/ That’s lessons on lessons on lessons My grandma just died, I'm the man of the house so every morning I'm up cause I can't let them down

And I done did the impossible a few times, Tom Cruise shit I ain’t satisfied until I’m on that all-time list (Kanye West) Always down for the cause, never down for the count I guess when your stars align, you do like the solar system and plan it out So I’m going over time, on the overtime I been working 8 days a week/ I don’t even know what the fuck today is

My grandma told me if you write your name in stone you'll never get the white out I grinded out that black hole then performed up at the White House/ Standin' next to Jim Carrey, we traded stories then laughed/I said you not the only one I know got rich wearin' masks But when you're getting fast money, slow down, don't crash/ With all the drive in the world, swear you still need gas

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