Willpower
Willpowah— DJ Led Growth
Track 2 — 3:28
INTRO — Choppy synth stabs, building percussion, rhythmic vocal chops
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will...
VERSE 1
Wake up in the morning and I swallow down the frog first...
Mark Twain said to eat it raw and never let it linger...
If I wait until the evening then the evening finds me weaker...
So I take the hardest problem and I break it down to slivers...
Yeah "the obstacle becomes the way"... I read that in a chapter...
Marcus wrote it centuries ago but still it hits me after...
Every founder that I studied said the same thing when I asked them...
"Do the work that others won't"... that's what creates the delta...
CHORUS — bright, layered harmonies, glitchy percussion
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
Got to move the needle every single hour...
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
"If it were easy everybody would"... devour...
VERSE 2
See I'm building up the muscle and the muscle is the mindset...
And the mindset is a practice that compounds across the minutes...
"Hard choices easy life"... that's what Jerzy whispered...
"Easy choices hard life"... so I choose the one that's twisted...
Ben Horowitz said "the hard thing about hard things is there's no formula"...
No recipe no playbook just the doing of the difficult...
When the voice inside is saying quit I thank it for the input...
Then I "lean into the discomfort" like Brené said to live it...
CHORUS
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
Got to ship the thing before I let it sour...
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
Got to be the one who shows up every hour...
BRIDGE — spoken, intense, over building pads
Here's the thing about the hard things...
The hard things don't get easier...
You just get harder...
"We are what we repeatedly do... excellence then is not an act but a habit"...
Everyone wants the outcome... nobody wants the process...
"The amateur waits for inspiration... the professional shows up every day"...
So I show up... and I show up... and I show up...
Pressfield was right... the resistance never sleeps... so neither do I...
VERSE 3
Yeah I'm "eating glass and staring into the abyss" like Elon mentioned...
Yeah I'm disagree-committing when the path is getting fractured...
"Strong opinions loosely held"... until the data makes me pivot...
Then I pivot without ego 'cause "the ego is the enemy" of action...
"Move fast and break things" even when my hands are shaking...
"Done is better than perfect"... so I ship without debating...
"What got you here won't get you there" so I am always shedding...
Marshall Goldsmith wrote the book... I keep it by my bedding...
FINAL CHORUS — cathartic release, full harmonies, drums open up
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
Making something out of nothing every hour...
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
"If it were easy everybody would"... devour...
Will power... will power...
Submit to my will power...
Will power... will power...
The mountain bends to will power...
OUTRO — decaying synths, ambient resolution
"Whether you think you can or think you can't you're right"...
Henry Ford said that a century ago tonight...
And the mindset keeps compounding... and the challenge keeps submitting...
'Cause the only thing between me and the thing... is my decision...
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will power...
Wa wa wa wa wa wa will...
...power...