When I was 21 I met Kanye
I was really excited because I
Was a struggling musician
He was one of my heroes
And I knew if he liked my
Music he could change my life

My friend Big Sean introduced us
Then Sean played him a song of mine
"Kanye, this is Mike he made
The song you just heard"
And he said, "Cool!" and gave me a fist bump
Awkward silence ensued
So I said, "did you like it?"
He said to me, "no"
And he wasn't being mean he
Was just being honest
He's not the kind of guy to tell you he
Likes something when he doesn't
Think it's good
And I must have been wearing my
Broken heart on my face
Because he said to me, "sorry, sorry man"
Sean bumped it, you set it, I had to spike it
And in that moment all I wanted
To do was make more music i couldn't wait
So that's exactly what I did
It lit a fire up in me!
It lit a fire up in me!
It lit a fire up in me! And no setback
No hater hiding behind a keyboard
No member of the press
No sickness in the family, no bodily injury
No bad day
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing
Nothing could ever burn out
Massey's on my side, it's my turn now
We're going straight to the top boys
Buckle them seatbelts
Hop on this back right here
I don't need help!

I didn't come here to tell you that I
Can do some things that you can't do
I didn't come to change you
I came to tell you that if you look
Deep enough inside, underneath
The curfews, perfumes, etc
I bet you'd find a flame too

I want to thank you for having us
We're the Mike Posner Band oh yeah
And I saw Kanye a few years later at the EMAs
And he said, "Mike Posner
I really like some of your songs"

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Writer(s): MIKE POSNER