Overnight Decade

[Verse 1]
They call it overnight success when they see you finally win
But they don't see the decade that you spent building discipline
They don't see the mornings that you woke up feeling hopeless
They don't see the nights you cried alone because you couldn't focus
On anything but failure, on the gap between your dreams
And where you actually were standing, nothing's as it seems
When they see you now and think you got lucky suddenly
They don't know about the overnight decade it took for you to be
Standing here with what you built through years of silent grinding
[Pre-Hook]
Ten years of showing up before the world would recognize
Ten years of building in the dark before they'd realize
That you were always serious, always building toward this day
The overnight decade is what winners have to pay
[Hook]
It's the overnight decade, the years that no one sees
It's the overnight decade spent building on your knees
When nobody believed, when nobody was watching you
It's the overnight decade of doing what you had to do
To become who you'd need to be when opportunity came
It's the overnight decade that built your name and success
[Verse 2]
I spent my overnight decade learning skills nobody valued
I spent my overnight decade being told I should have followed
A safer path, a normal route, a more predictable plan
But I kept building anyway because I understand
That mastery takes time, that excellence requires years
Of falling down and getting up, of working through the tears
Of self-doubt and rejection and the voices saying quit
I spent my overnight decade refusing to submit
To mediocrity, to giving up, to playing small and safe
[Verse 3]
The overnight decade is lonely, nobody's cheering for you yet
The overnight decade is painful, full of failure and regret
About the time you've spent when you can't see the progress made
The overnight decade is when most people get afraid
And quit before they reach the point where compound interest pays
The overnight decade is brutal, it's the maze you have to solve
Before the world will recognize your name and you'll evolve
From struggling to thriving, from unknown to established player
[Bridge]
When they see your overnight success, they don't understand
That you've been working for a decade with your own two hands
Building brick by brick while they were busy doing other things
The overnight decade is what excellence requires and brings
To those who pay the price, who put in years without applause
The overnight decade is governed by commitment's laws
That say you have to show up when you don't want to anymore
[Verse 4]
My overnight decade taught me everything I know today
My overnight decade showed me there's no shortcut, no easy way
To mastery, to excellence, to becoming truly great
My overnight decade was the tuition that I'd pay
For the success I'm living now, for standing where I stand
My overnight decade built me into someone who can handle demand
At levels I could never have managed when I started out
[Verse 5]
So when they call you overnight, just smile and let them think
That you got lucky, that you found some secret link
To success that bypassed all the work that others do
Don't waste your breath explaining your overnight decade through
To people who won't understand because they've never stayed
The course long enough to see how excellence gets made
Through years of daily effort, through consistency over time
Your overnight decade is your story, it's your climb
[Verse 6]
The overnight decade is universal, everyone who wins has paid it
The overnight decade is required, there's no way to evade it
Or skip it or shortcut it, you have to put the time
Into becoming excellent before you reach your prime
Of performance, of ability, of readiness to scale
The overnight decade is the detail of every winning tale
That gets left out when people tell the story of success
[Hook]
It's the overnight decade, the years that no one sees
It's the overnight decade spent building on your knees
When nobody believed, when nobody was watching you
It's the overnight decade of doing what you had to do
To become who you'd need to be when opportunity came
It's the overnight decade that built your name and success
[Outro]
So if you're in your overnight decade right now building in the dark
If nobody's recognizing yet the progress you've made, the spark
You're protecting, the vision you're constructing day by day
Keep going, your overnight decade will pay dividends someday
When everyone will call you lucky, call you overnight success
When really you've been working for a decade, nothing less
Your overnight decade is the price you pay for greatness earned