GWNS Explanation (Interlude)

You know, as I've gotten older I've had various moments of tentative indecision

Around, like, how long can I do this hip-hop thing?

How long should I do it?

Like, I don't wanna be the old dude that's just holding onto the past.

And I don't talk about it a lot but I had a major health scare during the pandemic

My wife and I both went into the hospital with COVID and I was there for a week

And midway through my second day there, the doctors told me

That I might have to go on a ventilator, and I knew enough to know

That if it got that bad, I might not come back from it

And I remember praying to God, and saying, Lord I trust you

And if this is the last room I ever see on this earth then that's OK

But if not, I'll keep trusting you, keep doing what I feel like I'm called to do

And stop caring as much what other people think about it

So in 2021, I started dressing a little more colorfully

I started speaking with a new level of freedom and clarity

And I felt like, nah, hip-hop is something I love

Something God has gifted me to do

And I finally have a few more resources to make it sound like I want it to sound

Which was not the case in my younger years as much

So I wrote this joint, Guess What No Sir

As a way of reminding myself not to quit this thing

Until God calls me home or tells me otherwise

I put it out in 2022 with After Sunset, Vol. 1

And then I remixed it with Volume 2 in 2023

But this song has become something of a rallying cry for me

So I was like, why not? Let's do it again

But let's change up the beat and the flow and see if it still works

So you can be the judge, but I think it's dope

Am I gon' quit? Guess what, no sir