Play "My Shot" on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad) Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language: I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry and I'm not throwing away my shot! I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College. I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish. The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish. I gotta holler just to be heard. With every word, I drop knowledge! I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal tryin' to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable. Only nineteen but my mind is older. These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish I walk these streets famished. The plan is to fan this spark into a flame. But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name I am the— A-l-e-x-a-n-d-e-r—we are—meant to be... A colony that runs independently. Mean