What you know about feeling the pressure? Constantly tested to get accepted and to where profession's perfected And respect is what you strive for, live and die for What you in the lab writing down all the time for Critics is quick to criticize, critiquing [?] So you wanna make it, do what they said you couldn't be Who wouldn't willingly laugh in the face of the hater 'Cause everyone will hate when they feel that you greater, but still You stay pissed itching for that number one hit But everything you spit is nothing but shit So fuck it, I'm done with it, I don't wanna do it hardly The weight on my shoulders has gotten way too heavy for me I just need to see if I can find myself [?] Not for you, but for I, myself, and me But every time I try to stop, something inside picks me up Tells me that I'm made for this and never should I give it up Never gonna lay down, never gonna stay down This is me so never will I stray now Even when it's feeling rough, and I feel me heating up It's the feeling in my gut, never will I give it up Never gonna lay down, never gonna stay down This is me so never will I stray now Even when it's feeling rough, and I feel me heating up It's the feeling in my gut, never will I give it up I get sick and tired sometimes, wanna retire at times Stay trying for mine, hope it's all in my mind At times I feel I rhyme for the wrong reasons Violent hate lines in songs for me to be [?] That ain't me, see I'm all about what I believe in Jealousy driven [?] got me paranoid and breathing Even with the rapid rise of haters I notice I remain calm and capitalize as I stay focused Just know this, once I'm in that zone I won't snap out I'm [?] finish the CD while I'm at it, shit I'm not out for chips, what would I go [?] Half the rappers don't get on, the others never listened to This isn't new to you, how many dudes you know hungry Determined to [?] even though he lives comfortably Grow with me, let me show you where my true heart is Never will I give up, I'ma finish what I started Never gonna lay down, never gonna stay down This is me so never will I stray now Even when it's feeling rough, and I feel me heating up It's the feeling in my gut, never will I give it up Never gonna lay down, never gonna stay down This is me so never will I stray now Even when it's feeling rough, and I feel me heating up It's the feeling in my gut, never will I give it up Never gonna lay down, never gonna stay down This is me so never will I stray now Even when it's feeling rough, and I feel me heating up It's the feeling in my gut, never will I give it up Yeah, never will I give it up Never, you can't stop me