Rick Ross - Lesson Learned: Ft. Lil Wayne

He didn't need a pen. He stepped up to the microphone in his home studio, closed his eyes, and let the stream of consciousness flow:

When the two verses were mixed together, "Lesson Learned" became more than a rap song. It was an audio documentary of two titans who had survived the music industry's darkest labyrinths. Rick Ross - Lesson Learned ft. Lil Wayne

He started writing about the early days. The 2004 Florida heat. The trunk full of cassette tapes and the relentless, suffocating pressure to make it. He remembered the friends who swore they would ride to the end, the ones who smiled in his face while plotting to siphon off his vision. He didn't need a pen