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Book: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
Hymn 05 · Album III
Read the complete lyrics to “Blueprint” by Josh Chakka from Total Recall, a Hymns for Entrepreneurs album about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Listen to the song.
Part of the songbook
Blueprint is one chapter in Total Recall, a musical interpretation centered on Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Track 05 / 13

Book: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
Lyric sheet
Original lyric sheet / Track 05
From the original lyric sheet for Total Recall. Wording may differ slightly from the released recording.
My whole life I had this Unusual talent That I could see things very clearly in front of me If I can see it then it must be achievable The idea was to sculpt the body To your will But it also can be used to shape your mind To do the things that everyone calls impossible And that gives you The will And no doubt That you could make your visions not only become a reality But go beyond your dreams I had a fire in the belly for much more Much much more [Verse 1] Flesh and bone a block of marble a challenge that was carvable Anatomy a roadmap every ligament was targetable They saw a frame I saw a pantheon of columns I saw the problems wrote the answers solved 'em The iron sings a hymn of pressure that's the genesis Every rep a testament a sworn and sworn-in nemesis To mediocrity I build the house I live in on my back Carve the bicep chisel the trap turnin' muscle into fact This ain't vanity it's clarity you seein' through the sweat Every drop of pain is interest paid on a forgotten debt A promise to a younger me who felt the world was oversized Now I'm the titan notarized look in my own damn eyes Got the blueprint made the vision Every rep was my religion Every Set more plates I'm spinnin' Rinse repeat now I'm winnin' From the body to the mind it's the same exact discipline Every thought's a heavy set I build the win from deep within They see the muscle they don't see the mental warfare The gymnasium of the psyche ain't no spotters there Just you and every doubt they ever threw the ghosts you gotta face To build a mind that's bulletproof a fortified and sacred space From pumping iron on the beach to silver screens I'd reach My life became a masterclass a lesson in a speech My moment of clarity came without a single tear shed Just a cold understanding of the path that lay ahead Got the blueprint made the vision Every rep was my religion Every Set more plates I'm spinnin' Rinse repeat now I'm winnin' Is it lonely at the top? It's a vacuum Every peak I conquer another valley's in the back room They see the podium the trophy glistenin' in the light They don't see the seven-dollar hours in the dead of the night Sometimes I feel like I'm a god but I'm not a god I'm just a guy Who refused to let his future be a thing that passed him by Real is responsibility Real is takin' care of fam Real is knowin' who you are when they don't give a damn More vision more strength More distance more length The blueprint's written but the building's never done there's always more (more more)
Lyrics © Josh Chakka.