The Long Run Songtext
von Steve Bug

See this, right here
It′s been around for years, man, years
Many people have gained success from it
They've written so many songs about it
They live by it, I live by it too, y′know?

This is me
I ain't going away for a while, I'm in this for the long run
I′m not in it to be just the next big thing or what′s in right now
I wanna be what's in forever
I′m in it for the long run
I'm not lookin′ for, for fame
I ain't lookin′ for big fortune
I'm lookin' for stability
I′m lookin′ for decades, centuries, a milestone

I'm lookin′ to plant my name in this genre of music right here
I'm lookin′ to be solidified as one of the best
One that was different, one that was groundbreakin'
One that turned something that was nothing into something


Y′know, that diamond in the rough
Y'know, that thing that people thought was
Trash but turns out to be a big piece of gold
That's priceless
That′s what I′m lookin' for, that′s what I'm aimin′ for
'Cause some people could be in this thing for a long time, man
And just not reach the success and fall short

I′m not even thinkin' about that

I'm buildin′ my own world
And I know what people want and what they like
And my world is bein′ built

So for those who follow, I thank you
For those who don't, I thank you too
For those that choose to accept me for when I am
When I′m hot at the moment
For those to accept me when I'm not, I thank you

See, these are the moments, man, only few people understand, y′know?
It's only a few, few people that can get what I do
And I get that, and that′s alright
I'm cool with that, y'know?
I′m happy for my success, I′m happy for what I do
I'm happy for who I walk with and who I run with
I′m just happy bein' me, y′know?


And this is my style, this is, this is who I am
Y'know, I can′t, I can't please the world
I can only please myself
And sometimes when you please yourself, you please others
And I like that right there

I can't pretend to be this thing that everybody else is tryna be
That′s not me, y′know?
I can't, I don′t wanna be the, the in thing
I wanna be that
I wanna be that's what it is
I wanna be this is what it is now
That′s what I wanna be

I don't wanna be held on a pedestal
I don′t want people to assume that this is what I
Gotta do in order to be somebody in this business
'Cause that's not me

I′m lookin′ for higher than that
Like I said, longevity
I'm in it for the long run

Some people aren′t
Some people in it for the money
Some people in it for the fame
And we all seen how that story ends

But it's funny, people that stick to themselves get the
Most highest respect because they′ve been here long enough
I could go through names, but I don't wanna do that
There′s no need to, you know who they are
They still around today
They've been here twenty-five plus years and they're still relevant
That′s what I′m lookin' for, that longevity

′Cause to me it doesn't matter if it′s, if I'm from Europe
If I′m from the United States
If I'm from Asia
If I'm from a different part of the world, man
It don′t matter to me

I feel it in the soul
It comes from my heart, man
It comes from everywhere, y′know?
It just comes from deep inside of me
This is my expression, this is who I am

I don't like followin′ trends
I wanna be a trendsetter
I don't wanna follow somebody else′s trails, man
I wanna be a trailblazer
That's what I′m aimin' for right there
Real talk, y'know?

And I′ve seen ′em come and go
I seen people that would assume would be the next
Hot thing and just fade out within two years, man
And wind up not being anything
That's the biggest pressure in life
When people assume that you′re gonna be the
Next big thing and you turn out not to be
I don't want that pressure, I don′t need it
There's no need for it

Should only be about who I am and, and the music that I do
And the production that I make
And the music that you feel
That′s exactly what it should be about

And if you don't get that, then you're lost

You′re lost, man