Look I had homies in 11th grade doing gun trades out after dark Tried to rob 'em so they left a boy brains out in the park Next day in the church house prayin' they don't get caught They was only 18 and was runnin' way from the law Every now and then for hours in I sat back and think It coulda been them, coulda been me, like R.I.P The guys got locked up, I felt like the rest was left up to me Big bro was in and out of jail cell like everyone on the way I hate to see my brothers ever be limited by them gates I lost a lot of friends, couple was real, most of 'em fake It ain't stop me now, I knew with God I could be great Gotta say my grace, He put a lot up on my plate Amen Can't deny me now Tunnel vision I know they waitin' to tie me down I'm the one that keep fightin' until they lie me down On a mission no other way they can stop me now Step away you can't take the heat on the battleground What you mean I can't take defeat on the battleground Final seconds I know the timin' was countin' down On a mission no other way they can stop me now You wanna hold me back? Think you can stop me now? You tried to knock me down But you can't stop me now In the winter it get dark outside at 5 o'clock Now that G thang parked outside at 5 o'clock It was just the other day, phone rang and checked the clock Picked up, say he waitin' outside the spot I dare one try to come at us Tell us that we not some done dadas We been puttin' our hours in and now These freaks tryna reach out and give it to us If we be better, than she better believe I done spent Weeks outta they reach bringin' these green commas in Three summers in, we runnin' the streets mama I promise, capisce mama? I'm off of the leash mama Your son is a beast mama Can't deny me now Tunnel vision, I know they waitin' to tie me down I'm the one that keep fightin' until they lie me down On a mission, no other way they can stop me now Step away, you can't take the heat on the battleground What you mean, I can't take defeat on the battleground Final seconds, I know the timin' was countin' down On a mission, no other way they can stop me now You wanna hold me back? Think you can stop me now? You tried to knock me down But you can't stop me now