[Chorus]
So one day, I just wanna ride through the city
And tell all of my demons when I die they can get me
'Cause I ain't gone be beat while I'm alive, do you feel me?
Said they won't take my heart while I'm alive, do you hear me?
Yes or no, no, no
No, no, no
I done came a long way and I won't go, go, go
I done came up in the city where we don't know folk
'Til my soul go cold, I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know
(They'll never take me alive)
I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know
(They'll never take me alive)
[Verse 1]
Came a long way just to be me
Or to see a world that just wouldn't see me
Try to cut me off at the legs, defeat me
Try to return on my offers, receipt me
Saw all the colors that I saw and try to bleach me
Back when I was drinking every night down in D.C
Try to impeach me, none of these monicas could reach me
Fuck school, my moniker if need be
I'm heading home to NY to be free
Fuck the world and the rules and the PD
Round the time they do orgies threes knee
Started buying hard copies of CDs
And gambling can emerge from all the depression and I breathe again
I learned to accept the knowledge that you need to live
And to never let externals impede within
And if that we don't fight with passion then greed will win
'Cause they don't want you to know what it means to give
And I know (I know)
And them same old demons come knocking now
But this time and there ain't no options now
So we scrapping dog, we ain't boxing now
Well I refused to be boxed in now
And if dudes want moved then we box 'em out
If my team gone lose then I'm opting out
Gotta shed the baggage to get off the ground
And that's real (that's real)
Feel like there's a whole world out there that I gotta prove wrong
I done felt too bad for too long
But now I know that I'm too strong
[Chorus]
So one day, I just wanna ride through the city
And tell all of my demons when I die they can get me
'Cause I ain't gone be beat while I'm alive, do you feel me?
Said they won't take my heart while I'm alive, do you hear me?
Yes or no, no, no
No, no, no
I done came a long way and I won't go, go, go
I done came up in the city where we don't know folk
'Til my soul go cold, I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know
(They'll never take me alive)
I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know
(They'll never take me alive)
[Verse 2]
They don't know what I've been through
They don't know 'bout my issues
Motherfucking online magazines
Tryna tell me about how I have to seem
Trynna sell me but all I have's a dream
They don't really understand what passion means
Bitch, I been in my room for years
Consumed by fear
Thought doom was near
It soon was clear
Just who was real
And who can feel
And who was numb
And who was dumb
And all the lawmen, the proof is here
And I see (I see)
The lies all over my TV, disguised in an MP3
But can none of them be me?
Only you can set you free
It's what I mean when I say this shit
Hope your soul elevates when you play this shit
Fuck celebrity, they got us all caught up in a war to be stars in some Vader shit
And they say at the top ain't no space to sit
So the dream to be rich, you can chase this shit
'Cause I'm after the peoples' championship
In a league where your jewels wouldn't pay to tip
Motherfucker (Motherfucker)
[Chorus]
I just wanna ride through the city
And tell all of my demons when I die they can get me
'Cause I ain't gone be beat while I'm alive, do you feel me?
Said they won't take my heart while I'm alive, do you hear me?
Yes or no, no, no
No, no, no
I done came a long way and I won't go, go, go
I done came up in the city where we don't know folk
'Til my soul go cold, I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know
(They'll never take me alive)
I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know
(They'll never take me alive)
(They'll never take me alive)
(They'll never take me alive)
