CAN’T TELL ME NOTHING

Yeah…

Look…

I done heard “you can’t” so many times

That shit started sounding like motivation.

They told me take this, smoke that, numb this pain…

Nah.

I’ma feel every damn thing.

I came from the pressure where the weak turn cold,

Where they sell you a dream, then they tax your soul,

Everybody got advice when you chasing that gold,

But ain’t nobody there when your heart get broke.

They said, “Take this, it’ll calm you down,”

I said, “Nah, I got demons, I’ma talk ‘em out.”

They said, “Pop this, it’ll take away pain,”

But I refuse to lose myself just to feel okay.

I seen people disappear behind a temporary high,

Tryna escape the earth while they still alive.

Nah, I want blue skies, I want real sunshine,

Want my people eating good, want my mama to shine.

I want late-night drives with the bass too loud,

Middle fingers up when they doubting me now.

‘Cause every “can’t” that they threw in my face

Turned into another damn brick in the house that I built.

You can’t tell me I can’t—hell nah,

I been through the fire, came back somehow.

Living my life with my head held proud,

They want me to break, but I won’t bow down.

They say, “Take this,” I say, “Fuck that,”

I ain’t trading my soul for a temporary escape.

I want every scar, every lesson, every mile,

‘Cause I’m building a life that’ll make me smile.

I’m living great, but I remember them days,

Had a storm in my brain and a smile on my face.

People only see the shine, never see the weight,

Never see the nights I was fighting my fate.

But pressure made diamonds, pain made vision,

I turned my worst decisions into ammunition.

Now I move with purpose, every step calculated,

Used to feel underrated—now I’m self-created.

They said I wouldn’t make it, I wrote that shit down,

Put it next to my dreams and I carried it around.

Every time that I doubted, I looked at that page

And remembered: a lion don’t ask sheep for faith.

I ain’t perfect, shit, I made mistakes,

But I learned you can’t heal if you constantly escape.

So if life gets heavy, I’ma carry that load,

I’d rather walk through hell than forget who I know.

I want memories—not a life that’s erased,

Real laughs, real love, real tears on my face.

I want to wake up knowing I’m still me,

No chemical controlling what I see.

So keep your shortcuts, keep your fake relief,

I got faith in myself when it’s hard to believe.

And if the whole world says I won’t succeed—

I’ma look in the mirror and say, “Watch me.”

You can’t tell me I can’t—hell nah,

I came too far, I ain’t turning around.

Living my life, I’ma make ’em all proud,

From the bottom of the dirt to the top of the clouds.

They can offer me anything, I know my way,

I don’t need to lose myself to survive another day.

I’ma chase this life with my soul intact—

You said I couldn’t do it…

Now watch me do that.

Yeah…

Live good.

Love hard.

Dream bigger.

And don’t let nobody—

nobody—tell you what the fuck you can’t