Hold Me Back

I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back

Back up, I'ma get out my body
AK40 Canon, gon' cock it
I was told that I had to get polished
Thought I wouldn't make it out without college
But now I'm giving that work, don't copy
I been doing it so long it's a hobby
They gon' mess around and make me get choppy
And this time ain't nobody gon' stop me
This got me walking like a big dog, "Woof!"
Back like Pac on that juice
I'm the one that should've never got loose
I'll beat the beat up like a Timberland boot, ugh
I'ma big house, no roof
The hood got me walking 'round all slew foot
Cut the locks, now I gotta new crew cut
Mess around I'll prolly getcha whole crew cut
Lil' boy, this a man, who you talking to?
I been through the struggle, I crawled through
Ain't no walking away from the father, God bless you, can't do it, I know who I'm called to
Ain't a slave, I know what that law do
Ball and chain get that saw tooth
Freedom got me stepping like I'm Duke Duece
What up Memphis Ten where they, 'Doot Doot!'? (Doot Doot!)

I can't let nobody, I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back

I can't let nobody hold me back
Rocking button downs in the bummy the slacks, with the Birkenstocks
Looking like the Ned Flanders type with the plumbers crack, no, I'm done with that
No soccer mom allowed, Karen thinking she a thunder cat, she gon' start a match
If she call the cops, we might pull up with a hundred blacks
No, I cant let nobody hold me back
Keep looking at me like I only rap
You gon' hit a ceiling, yeah, you told me that
It's 'cause you want me under, they done showed me that
And now I get it, I know even homies cap
Respect demanded, I don't ask for it, we can fast forward
I'm pulling to dump on you dummies, right here is the crash course, could of had more
They don't know I've been working, my mental health is like a task force, gotta back door
When my negative thoughts get to creeping, now I gotta plan for 'em, like I'm at war
If it's scripture that get me up out of my head, I'ma add more, then a tad more
My respect is the only thing that I'm not willing to ask for, I'm my own man
After surviving the sharks, you gon' want your own land
Better hold fast, when them Wolves coming 'round the corner, they gon' do they own dance
And that's all facts, I don't turned these... into students, I don't need ya hall pass
Got my own bag, Canon done rose, he done resurrected through the small cracks, hold up
I prayed to God, I can't let up
Faith don't fail me, I can't settle, I'm tryna look up
A million streams ain't nothing when them medical bills keep coming, I'm down on my luck
Told it's money on the way, I been tired of waiting to get paid, so what am I doin'?
Wifey work, but she don't sleep but a couple hours every week, fall off or keep moving
I ain't going out of my way for nobody else unless it's mandatory
Better plan accordingly, my family, faith and future, matters more to me, I mean importantly
My only competition be that lil' voice in head
I'm distracted by oppositions, I don't mind pivoting
I'm switching directions, I'm tired of them judging by how we living
Gotta pile of energy, breh, I don't get motivated 'round them knowing I'm tolerated
Don't know how I made it, I'm too real, I get uncomfortable when it's a lot of faking
Let me pop like the Glizzy, I pray whatever is ahead is bigger than the feelings in me
I got volcanic, titanic, mountain lion energy, that's how I'm meant to be

I can't let nobody, I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I cant let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I cant let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I cant let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back

I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back
I can't let nobody hold me back