Let's just keep it a buck

Stop draining yourself for people

Who won't drain themselves for you

I'm learning to just say, "hell no"

You want access to me, but you ain't earned the key

Want front row seats, but skip the grind and the journey

Everybody got suggestions, everybody critique

But ain't nobody volunteering to carry the weight with me

You tell 'em what you cooking up, they tell you that shit won't work

Then six months later, they pull up asking for a shirt

They swear they supported you, whole time they deceive

Funny how your comeback brings witnesses your downfall never received

I quit explaining myself

Quit proving my worth, you see (oh)

If you can't see how I'm moving

That's your problem, not me, so

Hell no

I ain't signing up for shit no more

Hey, hell no

I ain't dragging no weight that ain't mine to tote

Mm, you can keep the confusion, keep the chaos

Keep the noise

I worked too hard for this peace, my boy

So hell no, oh-ooh (yeah)

No, no, I don't want the drama

No, I don't want the gossip

No, I don't care what they say

No, I don't need them problems (hell no)

Everybody got tea, everybody got screenshots

Everybody got rumors, everybody got cheap shots (hell no)

Nobody around here keeping it G

So keep all that bullshit away from me

That's why I stopped sitting at tables where foolishness is what they eating on

If peace ain't on the menu, I'm pulling rank and getting the fuck on

So if you see me and I ain't got time to talk

It's nothing against you, I'm just protecting my thoughts

Hell no

Hey, I ain't signing up for shit no more

Hey, hey, hell no

I ain't carrying baggage that ain't mine to tote

Ooh, you can keep the confusion, keep the chaos

Keep the noise

I worked too hard for this peace, big dog, respectfully

Hell no

Hell no

I stopped answering every call

Stopped attending every meeting

Stop responding to every opinion

Stop fucking with folks who clouded my vision

Now some might argue that boundaries are disrespect, no

Boundaries are receipts, proof I cashed out, not regret

Proof that I finally see

I don't owe everybody access

I don't owe everybody a key

I don't owe nobody explanations or my energy

Nowadays my time is reserved for the few who fuck with me

I used to think silent meant being available on call

Now I know silent means being selective, protecting it all

Everybody can't sit here, everybody can't reach me

Everybody can't go where everybody damn sure

Can't disturb my peace or my flow, so respectfully

Hell no

To the stress, to the pressure

To the nonsense and the show

To the people who only show up when they need something and go

Hell no

I choose peace

I choose growth in my soul

And if that make me difficult

Then it is what it is

I still won't fold, respectfully

Hell no

The younger version of me would've argued

The younger version of me would've explained

The younger version of me would've tried

To convince everybody and ease their pain

The grown version, smiles

Takes a sip

Pays the tab and leaves like a boss

Hell no