Referencias, reverencias, o Craig David y la academia (is it too late to show you the shape of my heart?)

I always said that I was gonna make it,
Now it's plain for everyone to see,
But this game I'm in don't take no prisoners,
Just casualties

I know that everything is gonna change,
Even the friends I knew before may go,
But this dream is the life I've been searching for

Started believing that I was the greatest,
My life was never gonna be the same,
Cause with the money came a different status,
That's when things change

Now I'm too concerned with all the things I own,
Blinded by all the pretty girls I see,
I'm beginning to lose my integrity