No Matter What - T.I.

Never have you seen in your lifetime

A more divine southern rapper with a swag like mine

Facin' all kinda time, but smile like I’m fine

Brag with such passion and shine without tryin'

Believe me, pain’s a small thang to a giant

I was born without a dime, out the gutter, I climbed

Spoke my mind and didn’t stutter one time

Ali say, «Even the greatest gotta suffer sometime»

So I huff and puff, rhymes, lyrics so sick wit it

Set the standard in Atlanta, how to get-get-get it

So you up-and-coming rappers wanna diss, just kill it

I’m officially the realest, point blank, period

Whether I still live in the hood or just visit

Whatever you can do in the hood, I done did it

That’s why the dope boys and the misfits feel it

This still his city long as TIP livin', nigga

I ain’t dead (nah!), I ain’t done (nah!)

I ain’t scared (of what?), I ain’t run (from who?)

But still I stand (yeah) No matter what, people

Here I am, yeah, no matter what, remember

I ain’t break (never), I ain’t fold (never)

They hate me more (so?) Yeah I know (haha!)

Here I go, yeah, no matter what shawty, here I go

No matter what, shawty

You let the blog sites and the magazines tell it

I’m sure to be in jail until 2027

Rather see me in the cell instead of this new McLaren

God will take you through Hell just to get you to Heaven

So even though it’s heavy, the load I will carry

Grin and still bear it, win and still share it

Apologies to the fans, I hope you can understand it

Life can change your directions, even when you ain’t planned it

All you can do is handle, worst thing you can do is panic

Use it to your advantage, avoid insanity, manage to conquer

Every obstacle, make impossible possible

Even when winning illogical, losing’s still far from optional, and

Yeah, they wanna see you shot up in the hospital

But when life throw punches, block and counter like a boxer do

Been locked inside mi casa too long, I did a song

To make it known that the King lives on, pimpin'

I ain’t dead (nah!), I ain’t done (nah!)

I ain’t scared (of what?), I ain’t run (from who?)

But still I stand (yeah) No matter what, people

Here I am, yeah, no matter what, remember

I ain’t break (never), I ain’t fold (never)

They hate me more (so?) Yeah I know (haha!)

Here I go, yeah, no matter what shawty, here I go

No matter what, shawty

Even in solitude, there’s still no hotter dude

I show you how to do what you do, you ain’t gotta clue

All you do is follow dude, sound like a lotta dudes

I’ll weather whatever storm, make it out without a bruise

I understand why, now, with my hands tied

They take shots, cause if I’m out there it’s a landslide

But revenge is best served as a cold dish

And suckas will get served, nigga, no shit

Guess it was understood, for me, it was over-with

But I don’t quit, if you ain’t noticed yet

They couldn’t wait to say, «Goodnight, shawty»

So they could try to rhyme, act and look like shawty

Go get a beat from Toomp and make a hook like shawty

Before ya know it I’m back, what it look like, shawty?

I lost my partner and my daughter in the same year

Somehow I rise above my problems and remain here

Yeah, and I hope the picture painted clear

If your heart filled with faith, then you can’t fear

Wonder how I face years and I’m still chillin'?

Easy, let go and let God deal with it

I ain’t dead (nah!), I ain’t done (nah!)

I ain’t scared (of what?), I ain’t run (from who?)

But still I stand (yeah) No matter what, people

Here I am, yeah, no matter what, remember

I ain’t break (never), I ain’t fold (never)

They hate me more (so?) Yeah I know (haha!)

Here I go, yeah, no matter what shawty, here I go

No matter what, shawty