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Not Going Back

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Not Going Back

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It seems like they all want me to fail

But i'm not goin' back

Not goin' back, baby

Please tell me you don't want me to fail

'cause i'm not goin' back

Not goin' back

I coulda been a tragedy

That's why these fake niggas who call me pussy are mad at me

'cause they ain't have the smarts or the heart

Ain't you read the fuckin' book? things fall apart

I was never gonna stay the same

All i ever really wanted was to change the game

Spent the year kickin' ass and takin' names

Try to tell it to your heart, taylor dayne

Mama told me i was special when them test scores came in

Callin' the new will smith, that's jaden

Callin' me a faggot when i'm rappin', that's hatin'

I need to slow down, what the fuck is y'all sayin'?

Step inside the party, y'all niggas is mood killers

My lifestyle simple, live easy and bruce willis

I'm the boss, michael scott, y'all bitches is just phyllis

Set the world on fire, y'all motherfuckers is chillin', what is this?

That's why these fuckin' mcs want their asses back

Don't you know that i'm a rapist? ask a track

Whiskey-sippin', wanna drink the whole bottle

But these smart middle-class black kids need a role model

Fuckin' hate me, that's what i'm used to

Suck a dick, we the shit, metamucil

God damn, man, there's gotta be a better way

Than pill-poppin' all these drugs so i can stay awake

Like i'm jessie in this bitch, i'm so excited

There's a party at the top, you ain't invited

But it's lame, and all the bitches is fake

You think about your old girl and how breakin' up's a mistake

Black dudes assume i'm closeted or kinda gay

White people confused like girl on glee and gabourey

I am donald is a full-time job

These niggas want me to fail so they can write me off

It seems like they all want me to fail

But i'm not goin' back

Not goin' back, baby

Please tell me you don't want me to fail

'cause i'm not goin' back

Not goin' ba-ack

Dirty girls love my dick, they're cockroaches

Jewish girls eat my meat, it's not kosher

Relax, black chick, i think that i have offended thee

Got nothin' against the sistas, i just don't think they're into me

I am not a thug, aka what they pretend to be

I am just myself, aka my worst enemy

Yeah, bitch, cut the swag with a fuckin' knife

I come hard like my life keep her pussy tight

It's cool, though, it's all good

You want a dude who keep it real, and stay hood

I'm sorry, babe, but i act me

I don't act black, whatever that be

I'm just happy these girls seem into me now

Yeah, they lookin' for some in n out, animal style

With this lettuce, cheese, bread, makin' sandwiches

That's why you niggas fail like all of your parents' marriages

Ran into rashida jones, told me that she heard my song

When i called her mixed like the crowd at my last show

She said to write her somethin' nice on the next track

But she cute, so i wrote her ass a whole rap

Man, i threw that shit away, it felt dumb

Believe me, it was bad, we're better off, you're welcome

I worked hard on that song like day and night

That whole song, made this one verse crazy, right?

I guess it all goes somewhere, you know that

Like that bullshit you talked before culdesac

"i didn't know he had it in 'im!"

Couldn't see me as spiderman, but now i'm spittin' venom

Now you payin' attention, pick your fuckin' face up

When i wanna be a superhero i just wake up

Renaissance man with a hollywood buzz

I refuse to go back to not likin' who i was

Because

Fake love, these fake dreams

These fake sounds

All the things that we felt

Your voice was screaming too loud

I know what you're ready to be

But it isn't with me

So i'm ready to leave you alone

I don't really wanna fight like this

I don't ever wanna lose your kiss

All i ever wanted was someone to hold on to

I just wanna be your girl

Everything you haven't heard, plus

I just wanna be with you

(with you) with you

(with you) with you

(with you) i just wanna be with you

(with you) with you

(with you) with you

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

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