You can't let nobody stand in your way

You just gotta get back up, yeah

You just gotta get back up, oh

And take down everything that you cannot change now

You just gotta get back up, yeah

You just gotta get back up, oh

Picture this, just a kid who's twenty-one

Caught up in the world, tryna figure where to go

But he really don't know, so he runs

From everything that he knows, everyone that he loves

Everyone that he once trusted but pushed away with a shove

Lost a couple loved ones above to all of the doves

Many issues but he sweeps 'em all underneath of the rug

He bottles up, he fights, he drinks

Late at night, he just thinks

He lies awake, can't get a wink, prepares himself to sink

Finally falls, slips into a dream that's commonly lucid

Sees his name up in the lights and he shoots it, he cannot believe

That anyone would wanna hear his words

Tell him to work on school and quit perfectin' his verse

I mean, really, what is he worth? One in a million

If only they knew what he's been through, bouncin' back, he's resilient

Waitin' for them to feel it, close his wounds with the sealant

Eyes are glued to the pen and paper, he's gonna reveal it

No, you can't

You can't let nobody stand in your way

You just gotta get back up, yeah

You just gotta get back up, oh

And take down everything that you cannot change now

You just gotta get back up, yeah

You just gotta get back up, oh

Ever since I was a little kid, I knew exactly what I really wanted to be

Workin' real hard with an attitude only resultin' with money for my family

Even though we have been broken apart

I'll make it all change, I promise, you'll see

On my feet, tell my loved ones that I will never leave

Apologize for the disappointments I made throughout my life

I know that I fucked up, but I promise I won't make 'em twice

I'm cold as ice, but I can't keep blamin' 'em on the girl who I thought

Would be my wife and have my kids

The only two reasons I started to write

Music showed me my light, it took me outta my dark

It's picked me up and it's shot me down, but it ignited my sparks

Still he can't believe that they would wanna hear his words

Tell him to work on school and quit perfectin' his verse

I mean, really, what is he worth? One in a million

If only they knew what he's been through, bouncin' back, he's resilient

Waitin' for them to feel it, close his wounds with the sealant

Eyes are glued to the pen and paper, he's gonna reveal it

No, you can't

You can't let nobody stand in your way

You just gotta get back up, yeah

You just gotta get back up, oh

And take down everything that you cannot change now

You just gotta get back up, yeah

You just gotta get back up, oh

Close my eyes, drift away, start to dream it's all okay

Put reality on hold, I'm in the place that I am safe

Memories I will replace, future I will contemplate

Every day that I awake, remember all of my mistakes

Goin' through the motions, waitin' for a door to open

They say it happens every time you see one that is closin'

Tell me life is gold, I don't feel I have a token

Wrote a story in my lyrics, I have finally spoken

I hope they listen 'cause I got a lot up on my mind

And even when it don't make sense, I can find a line

As I dry my eyes to tell a lie to hold my pride

Standin' straight, a chiropractor couldn't figure why

'Cause I rewind and recall the days that I wasted time

Now I'm choosin' any road that I can finally drive

I spread my wings, take a leap, and hope that I survive

I accept the fact that everybody has to die

And I know

You can't let nobody stand in your way

You just gotta get back up, yeah

You just gotta get back up, oh

And take down everything that you cannot change now

You just gotta get back up, yeah

You just gotta get back up, oh