I Did It to Myself - RYU

I coulda spent less time whining and more time grinding

Coulda spent less time wyling and more time rhyming

Concentrate less on Ryu and more on Ryan

Spent checks on my family and less on diamonds

But I’m only human, I’m consumed by some fucked up habits

Unfortunately life don’t come with an instruction packet

I really wish it did, I put this on my kids

If I knew then what I know now I’d be filthy rich

I shoulda listened to my momma;

got a scholarship

Got a job and go to college like my father did

Who knows what coulda been?

Maybe I let it slip

Because I was too focused on getting into stupid shit

A little stupid kid, shoulda been locked away

I coulda been a doctor, but who’s to say?

The only doctor I wanted to be was Dr. Dre

Uh, I did it to my goddamn self

I never needed help I was gunning for the gold

I was raps Michael Phelps see

That was how i felt then they put us on a shelf, We

Thought we had advantages from standing next to LP

But it wasn’t helping, if anything it hurt more

When the people handling your biz are on a world tour

I ain’t got the words for the things I wanna say

Coulda spared a little air while you watching us deflate

But I coulda spent less time bitching and more on business

Coulda spent less time dying and more time living (I'm alive!)

Shoulda shown solidarity instead of division

I coulda learned how to drive instead of just getting driven

But I thought I found my direction but still couldn’t read it

Apparently IKEA had them printed up in Swedish

Please believe it, I can’t complain, Jesus, you know why?

I did it to my goddamn self!

For delf, for dolo, the wealth, the fame, the shows, the planes, the photos,

the fans that still with me see me on DeSoto

Never heard of Fort Minor but they love Marco Polo

Fish outta water guess I would never learn to swim

Either I was outta breath or had a shorter fin

I know what the problem is, maybe it’s the cigarettes (cough)

Maybe its the booze, the free food, the women, yes

Yes, maybe everyone’s right maybe I don’t get it yet

Maybe it’s my own fault I don’t got a blingy neck

I’m just trying to get a check, not the one that Jiggy gets

Just enough to save up so I guess I gotta spend

Less time fussing and more on busting

Less time talking shit and do songs with substance

'Cuz 2012 is coming and I’m like 'fuck it'

IMMA DO IT BY MY GODDAMN SELF!