[Intro]
Yeah
Same walls
New mindset
[Verse 1]
They wrote my name in a small font
Back page like I’m background
Laugh loud when I talk big
“Sit down, you won’t stand out”
I was eating what was left cold
Hand-me-downs and the handouts
Still praying over late bills
Mama smiling just to hide doubt
Pressure on my chest like a seatbelt
Crash course, life doing speed drills
Every “no” put a hole in my self-worth
Till I learned how a deep cut bleeds, heals
I was begging for a shortcut
Universe handed me steep hills
Guess it figured if I climb those
I’d see how the whole world really feels
[Chorus]
You can count me out
But I did the math
Turned every loss
To a different path
When I fall face down
I get up and laugh
‘Cause you can count me out
I still count on that
Pressure on my neck
But I still won’t bend
You can shut that door
I’ll build my own end
When the whole world doubts
I just say, “Again”
You can count me out
I’ll rise up again (again)
[Verse 2]
They only love you when you leveled up
They never stayed for the level one
They never stayed for the ugly cry
Eyes red, heart heavy, days on the run
They never saw me with the notebook
Writing “don’t quit” till my hand numb
They only see what the light hits
I was still rapping in the rain, son
I turned panic to a plan
Turned all that pressure into proof
Every rumor, every whisper
I recycled it as fuel
If I listened when they listed
Every reason I would lose
I’d be missing every blessing
That was hidden in the bruise
[Chorus]
You can count me out
But I did the math
Turned every loss
To a different path
When I fall face down
I get up and laugh
‘Cause you can count me out
I still count on that
Pressure on my neck
But I still won’t bend
You can shut that door
I’ll build my own end
When the whole world doubts
I just say, “Again”
You can count me out
I’ll rise up again (again)
[Bridge]
Who am I
If I quit when it hurts?
Who am I
If I trust your worst words?
I’ve been broken
Still I broke that curse
I’m the one they didn’t pick
So I made my own turn (yeah)
[Chorus]
You can count me out
But I did the math
Turned every loss
To a different path
When I fall face down
I get up and laugh
‘Cause you can count me out
I still count on that
Pressure on my neck
But I still won’t bend
You can shut that door
I’ll build my own end
When the whole world doubts
I just say, “Again”
You can count me out
I’ll rise up again (again)