[Verse 1]
Yeah, they said I should be humble, I’m like “humble for what?”
I turned my stumbles into thunder, now I rumble and crush
I’m under your assumptions, but I’m up in the cut
Disrupting every function, feel the structure erupt
I’m that
Sharp-tongue, heart-lung, breath control, art sprung
Bar-slinger, star-bringer, venom on a dark drum
Hard-won scars run deep where the doubt was
Now I keep receipts for every ceiling that I out-jumped
Listen
I was scribbling in margins where they margin-alized me
Now my arsenal’s alive, I make ’em marvel, it’s lightning
Every particle precise, I park the car on a high beam
While they bargain for a bargain, I’m a bar-coded crime scene
See the
Pattern in the practice, acrobatic with the ad-libs
Automatic, mathematic, push the static through the bandwidth
Battle-tested, every setback was a step up
Pressure made a diamond, now I’m shining on your setups (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m never backing down (never)
Stand tall when the world wanna press me out
If they doubt, let ’em doubt, I’ma wear that crown
From the underground, I’m
Never backing down (nah)
Push back when they try to shut my sound
Say it twice for the ones that count me out
(Count me out)
I’m never backing down
[Verse 2]
I’m a
Bullet-train brain, run tracks ’til the rails shake
Hill-climb mind, made flame from a fail state
Kill-time rhymes, twist tongues ’til the tail break
Still grind, meals from a deal that was stale, wait—
Watch the
Multi-syllabic, cinematic when I spill a habit
Fill a page, flip a planet, every script is ill and candid
They panic when I pivot, every limit getting shattered
I’m the fracture in the pattern, I’m the glitch that really mattered
Look
Every “you ain’t built for this” turned into fuel
Every cruel little whisper, every smirk in a room
Now I move through the rumors like I’m surfing a wave
I take a curse, make it courage, put my hurt on display
I’ve been
Underpaid, underrated, overworked and awake
Still I upgrade the cadence while they search for a break
I don’t
Wait for the gate to open, I break the lock
I take the shot, they pray I stop, I raise the stock (hey!)
[Chorus]
I’m never backing down (never)
Stand tall when the world wanna press me out
If they doubt, let ’em doubt, I’ma wear that crown
From the underground, I’m
Never backing down (yeah)
Push back when they try to shut my sound
Say it twice for the ones that count me out
(Count me out)
I’m never backing down
[Bridge]
When they say “slow up,” I go all in (all in)
Turn that small “no” to a war drum call-in
Every closed door is a border I cross
Every lost cause is a source for the force in my jaw
I’m
Too loud for the limits that they lay on my lane
Too proud to diminish what I made from the pain
Too strong to be shrinking when they’re shaking the ground
Say my name, say it clear—
I’m never backing down
[Chorus]
I’m never backing down (never)
Stand tall when the world wanna press me out
If they doubt, let ’em doubt, I’ma wear that crown
From the underground, I’m
Never backing down (yeah)
Push back when they try to shut my sound
Say it twice for the ones that count me out
(Count me out)
I’m never backing down