Ayy, ayy, I'm done cryin'
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy

I'm tired of tellin' myself the same old shit
Stop givin' him my all when he givin' his ass to kiss
All I hear is excuses, excuses, excuses
How y'all want me to win when y'all the reason I'm losin'?

I swear my dawgs still don't get it still
And we in the same predicament that we was just in
Baby, I'm tryna chase a biggie, you still keep complainin'
Keyonte, how you know you love me? Bae, I'm tired of explainin'

Just might cancel out my job when I'm tellin', it's entertainin'
Everybody usin' me to get on, that's why I'm tired of bein' famous
Run along without my heart because love's just too dangerous for me
Highway in this shit, it got nobody in the range

I need kids, I still don't know how to be a father
He's been killin' me, tellin' myself I need to go harder
And my memory's startin' to fade away, I'm so heartless
While I'm climbin' to the top, you know I'm gon' fall down regardless

Tryna learn my brother games, I got a prison
You been goin' way too long, shit been different
I been tryna stay on a straight path, but I been driftin'
Hard times got these niggas changin', it's ridiculous

Sky just sent me a kite from jail, it caught me by a surprise
He said what he felt inside that box, it brought tears straight to my eyes
Nigga, I was on the side of you forever, I ride
Nigga, don't ever second-question me, before you, I die

When I fight here, I ain't fall back, nigga, I went straight in
When we was drownin' on the deep end, I taught us how to swim
When everybody lost faith, I brought hope to us, nigga
When they all countin' us out, we ran up numbers on niggas

I ain't bought no chain shop, boy, I locked in the chain game
I ain't stopped grindin', shot winnin', I been on the same thing
I jet the bitch to get y'all out, so we all can be at the top
Been tryna get trained on for seven years, and I still ain't never stopped

Most been family over everything, this brother shit forever
When the guys need a lawyer, we supposed to spill it down the middle
But I, when I'm stressin' by this shit, nobody cryin'
But I, couldn't even call nobody for help to wipe the tears from my eyes

I got scarred from this war, put that stick on old boy
My brother died for my choices
And from the day they spit back, I done doubled the get-back
Inside my head, I hear voices

Shed the light to the dark, all the time, I'm close to the stars
When I'm bad, I'm back in the Royce's
I put my people on my back, now you got it, got it
I can't do fuck when I'm down, I can't do fuck

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive

We all stand ten toes in this shit, ten toes in it
'Cause only the strong survive