Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ron Gilmore
Keyboards
Steve Wyreman
Guitar
Victor Mensah
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Thomas Lee Barrett
Composer
Victor Mensah
Composer
Ernest Dion Wilson
Composer
Malik Yusef El Shabazz Jones
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
No ID
Producer
Alex Baez
Recording Engineer
Wil Anspach
Recording Engineer
Young Guru
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Out of the fire I found a fire inside
You can see the pain still alive in my eyes
I've loved and I've lost
Through heaven and hell
Turn they back on me too many times to turn back now
My **** I won't stop, now
I can't, I can't, I can't stop now
I can't, I can't, I can't be stopped now
[Verse 2]
It wasn't easy but I learned the hard way and let me tell you how
Lived life and learned my lessons
Spent dough and earned my blessings
Southside my tatted necklace
Ball like I'm ambidextrous
Every time they tried to block me
Switched hands and changed directions
Fist in the air like Rocky
Bitch, I think my name Sylvester
That's the difference between me and them
When they thought it was the end, I was still tryna see a M
Now the difference 'tween me and them
Even in Mercedes Buick, I was still tryna see a Benz
I was backed into a corner
Sat chasing, catching charges
It's re-election season
Bitch, I think I'm back in office
You don't know my pain
How far I've came
Those days are gone
You cursed my name
I prayed to God he shined the sun
He gave me rain
I took that water and walk on it
Marching harder than million Martins
On my darkest days, I'm still a star; I shine regardless
[Verse 3]
Out of the fire I found a fire inside
You can see the pain still alive in my eyes
I've loved and I've lost
Through heaven and hell
Turn they back on me too many times to turn back now
My **** I won't stop, now
I can't, I can't, I can't stop now
I can't, I can't, I can't be stopped now
[Verse 4]
And I thought they said light skin **** went out of style
André 3k said you only funky as your last cut
So I'm state to state, and I act like a Mac truck
Plus I gotta keep the Mac tucked
For these big soldier **** on the 'net trying act tough
Y'all too alternative, get your facts up
I shoot to heat throw, get my stacks up
I get pounds to spend, it's English
Bitch, I think I'm bout to wreck up
You don't get do you?
When you on the big screen, there's a lot of little people living through you
When you don't stick to the script
They assassinate your character and act like they never knew you
That's just how the game goes I guess
Change clothes, I dress like Project Runway meets the projects
Write like Noah but a little more Complex
I fed **** and they shitted on me
Took the piss out me and spilt on me
When I broke down like Britney Spears
Said they throw me, ops, they never did it on me
So I wrote 'em out and made a bigger story
Vic's story that's victory
**** never did shit for me
Show them the ropes and jumped ship on me
But I never drowned
Stayed down, sang songs for my home town
Made homes for the broke kids stepping over needles in the playground
Y'all the only thing that matters to me
If y'all love me fuck everybody
If y'all love me they could never stop me
If y'all love me they could never stop me
[Verse 5]
Out of the fire I found a fire inside
You can see the pain still alive in my eyes
I've loved and I've lost
Through heaven and hell
Turn they back on me too many times to turn back now
My **** I won't stop, now
I can't, I can't, I can't stop now
I can't, I can't, I can't be stopped now
I gave you my pain through pen
No ID on the track, let the story begin
Written by: Braxton Carter, Ernest Dion Wilson, Malik Yusef El Shabazz Jones, Mekke'l Carter, Orlando Wilder, Thomas Lee Barrett, Thomas Lee Barrett Jr, Victor Mensah
