No Excuses

How many records do I gotta kill For you to know that I don't go no chill I told my boys that this wasn't a drill Time to go get it man F*ck all them deals I've always made my own mill's So i don't need no one for that I'm just tryna get this plaque I'm just tryna kill this track I don't do it for the snap Sometimes I wonder if that's why I ain't on the map 'cuz I don't do it for the gram I just do it for my fam I just do it cuz I wanna do it when I can Wrap it in a rubber band When I'm rappin' I get Stanned Trust me kid, I understand When I didn't have a fan I was just runnin' in sand That didn't mean I was gon' be useless Nah Ay That didn't give me No Excuses Nah Ay, Yeah That didn't mean I was gon' be useless Nah That didn't give me No Excuses Nah Yeah, Ay I lost the count Of how many times I tried to tap out How many sessions that filled me with doubt How many people ended up as clowns I'm on the track like it's Emerald Downs I just been runnin' my miracle mile And I kill 'em, this my funeral sound I don't know what you about Just know that I'm in the house I didn't have me no beats I didn't have me no sneaks I just done had me some freaks bitch I barely had my speech I was just st-t-t-stuterring when I would speak Trust me, I ain't tryna preach I ain't tryna get too deep I pray that it don't get leaked What if I lost what I keep And what if I'm not who I think That didn't mean I was gon' be useless Nah Ay That didn't give me No Excuses Nah Ay, yeah That didn't mean I was gon' be useless Nah That didn't give me No Excuses Nah Not tryna drown Sometimes I feel I got it figured out They wanna copy my style I wish they'd copy my smile I got some good times with people that hanging around What excuses do you got What keeps you from the top What makes you wanna stop I swear it's all that I got Just got followed by a cop I was just on my way home Had a beat playin', I was tryna write a song while I'm driving on the road I guess I been on the phone Know I shouldn't do that Don't tell me what to do 'cuz I'm grown Don't hit me with excuses Just hit me with solutions I know I was a nuisance That didn't mean I was gon' be useless Nah Ay That didn't give me No Excuses Nah Ay, yeah That didn't mean I was gon' be useless Nah That didn't give me No Excuses Nah