People wanna know how to stop the laziness
And they wanna know how to stop the procrastination
They have some idea in their head, you know?
Some kind of a, a vision
What they wanna do, but they don't know where to start
And so they say, “Hey where do I start? And, and when's the best time to start?”
“Where do I start? And, and when's the best time to start?”
“Where do I start? And, and when's the best time to start?”
And I have very simple answer for that
Here and now
That's it
[Chorus]
Go!
You wanna improve?
You wanna get better?
Go!
And they wanna know how to stop the procrastination
They have some idea in their head, you know?
Some kind of a, a vision
What they wanna do, but they don't know where to start
And so they say, “Hey where do I start? And, and when's the best time to start?”
“Where do I start? And, and when's the best time to start?”
“Where do I start? And, and when's the best time to start?”
And I have very simple answer for that
Here and now
That's it
[Chorus]
Go!
You wanna improve?
You wanna get better?
Go!
[Intro]
Standby to get some
First thing when a revolution happens
They take over the radio stations
'Cause they wanna get right into the thoughts of the people
Think, it's going into your brain, its words
You ever heard of Akira the Don?
Just press play
Rome wasn't built in a day
We all know that
Everyone hears that
But Rome
Also didn't fall apart overnight either
It took hundreds of years for Rome to reach its peak
But it also took time, hundreds of years
For Rome to decay and fall apart
And that is representative of life
You don't achieve worthwhile goals quickly or easily, they take time
They take struggle
They take relentless pursuit, day in and day out
Standby to get some
First thing when a revolution happens
They take over the radio stations
'Cause they wanna get right into the thoughts of the people
Think, it's going into your brain, its words
You ever heard of Akira the Don?
Just press play
Rome wasn't built in a day
We all know that
Everyone hears that
But Rome
Also didn't fall apart overnight either
It took hundreds of years for Rome to reach its peak
But it also took time, hundreds of years
For Rome to decay and fall apart
And that is representative of life
You don't achieve worthwhile goals quickly or easily, they take time
They take struggle
They take relentless pursuit, day in and day out
People say things like
I do this in a kind of self-deprecating way
Well, I've been lucky in this that
And you know, very well though, a lot of life is luck
But then a lot of it is, and it's underplayed
You also work hard
I realized some time ago that because I'm born in Britain
I have that natural tendency to like underplay, “So I'm just lucky and that”
And somebody said to me you shouldn't do that, you do work very hard
And I thought, yes, but saying, “Well, I've been lucky in that” is a nice way to say to other people
“Oh, I haven't really had an input, and you don't need particularly either”
It's a flattering thing to say to somebody else
Which ignores a wonderful phrase of Branch Rickey I came across
[Pre-Chorus]
Luck is the residue of design
Luck is the residue of design
Luck is the residue of design
I do this in a kind of self-deprecating way
Well, I've been lucky in this that
And you know, very well though, a lot of life is luck
But then a lot of it is, and it's underplayed
You also work hard
I realized some time ago that because I'm born in Britain
I have that natural tendency to like underplay, “So I'm just lucky and that”
And somebody said to me you shouldn't do that, you do work very hard
And I thought, yes, but saying, “Well, I've been lucky in that” is a nice way to say to other people
“Oh, I haven't really had an input, and you don't need particularly either”
It's a flattering thing to say to somebody else
Which ignores a wonderful phrase of Branch Rickey I came across
[Pre-Chorus]
Luck is the residue of design
Luck is the residue of design
Luck is the residue of design
America's preachers tell me that there is no sermon
Which is looked forward to with less enthusiasm than a sermon about sin [laughs]
Well, that's probably true
If we're talking about a secular sermon on the subject of hard work
Pregnant skyline of America
Was set in place one brick at a time
Now that represents a lot of callouses
America the beautiful is not an accomplished fact guaranteed to remain intact
God shed his grace on thee to be sure, but
This was waste land when God had it to himself
He handed man a hoe and said you want another Eden? All right, earn it
And all that's necessary for the weeds to take over again
Is for you and me to lay down that hoe
Which is looked forward to with less enthusiasm than a sermon about sin [laughs]
Well, that's probably true
If we're talking about a secular sermon on the subject of hard work
Pregnant skyline of America
Was set in place one brick at a time
Now that represents a lot of callouses
America the beautiful is not an accomplished fact guaranteed to remain intact
God shed his grace on thee to be sure, but
This was waste land when God had it to himself
He handed man a hoe and said you want another Eden? All right, earn it
And all that's necessary for the weeds to take over again
Is for you and me to lay down that hoe
If I were the Devil
If I were the Devil
If I were the Prince of Darkness, I'd want to engulf the whole world in darkness
And I'd have a third of its real estate
And four-fifths of its population
But I wouldn't be happy until I had seized
The ripest apple on the tree – thee
So I'd set about however necessary to take over the United States
I'd subvert the churches first
I'd begin with a campaign of whispers
With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve
"Do as you please"
To the young I would whisper that the Bible is a myth
I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around
I would confide that what's bad is good and what's good is square
And the old, I would teach to pray after me
Our Father – which art in Washington
And then I'd get organized
I'd educate authors in
If I were the Devil
If I were the Prince of Darkness, I'd want to engulf the whole world in darkness
And I'd have a third of its real estate
And four-fifths of its population
But I wouldn't be happy until I had seized
The ripest apple on the tree – thee
So I'd set about however necessary to take over the United States
I'd subvert the churches first
I'd begin with a campaign of whispers
With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve
"Do as you please"
To the young I would whisper that the Bible is a myth
I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around
I would confide that what's bad is good and what's good is square
And the old, I would teach to pray after me
Our Father – which art in Washington
And then I'd get organized
I'd educate authors in