I Ain't Goin Back Again

[Intro]

I ain't goin' back again (Again, again)

I ain't goin' back again (Again, again)

[Verse 1]

I ain't goin back again

To that state of mind where I was ignorant and it was wartime

And I thought I could save all of us if I wrote one line you know the right line

And gettin' by wasn't gettin' by we had to steal and lie and some of us died

We were on borrowed time and the clock was tickin' and they're lookin' at me and the move was mine

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Fuck it just tell 'em the truth

Tell 'em no man can take nothin' from you

Tell 'em your skin is too thick and you'll die about this

They don't possess the spirit you do

Tell 'em your city is countin' on you

If you go home with nothin' they'll probably kill you

And this ain't life or death for them

Close your eyes and count to ten

[Chorus]

Honestly, this is as honest as I've been

So I'll try speaking to the public like we're friends

Truthfully I wish the very best for men

But you think freedom is money well money has an end

I ain't goin' back again

I ain't goin' back again

I ain't goin' back again

But you think freedom is money well money has an end

[Verse 2]

I ain't goin back again

To that dope house where we slept together 'cause it was cold out

We had one jacket amongst all of us so we would take turns when we would go out

And the open oven heated the whole house and the mattress on the kitchen floor

With an AK 47 and three handguns but we swore we needed more

'Cause we were at war

Where we'd haul water by the bucket back to our home

And we'd heat the water and we'd talk for hours 'cause we didn't have no phones

And we'd dream together about a better life and houses and cars and clothes

And we'd laugh and joke as we all showered from the same pan on the stove

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Fuck it just tell 'em the truth

Tell 'em no man can take nothin' from you

Tell 'em your skin is too thick and you'll die about this

They don't possess the spirit you do

After all the shit we've been through

I'd kill myself before I turn on you

And this ain't life or death for them

Close your eyes and count to ten

[Chorus]

Honestly, this is as honest as I've been

So I'll try speaking to the public like we're friends

Truthfully I wish the very best for men

But you think freedom is money well money has an end

I ain't goin' back again

I ain't goin' back again

I ain't goin' back again

But you think freedom is money well money has an end

[Interlude: News reporters]

"Twenty-eight-year-olds David Gunn and Eugene Gills they were arrested Thursday at Detroit Metro Airport by the Michigan State Police [?]"

"Music is violent and it draws violence to it. Shootings, stabbings, beatings, and [?]

[Bridge]

I ain't goin' back again

To the time we thought that a record deal could save us

I ain't goin' back again

Where we were unapproachable and desperate and we were dangerous

I ain't goin' back again

Where our city would love us and think highly of us not hate us

'Cause it didn't change a thing

I'm still David

I'm still KING

[Chorus]

Honestly, this is as honest as I've been

So I'll try speaking to the public like we're friends

Truthfully I wish the very best for men

But you think freedom is money well money has an end

I ain't goin' back again

I ain't goin' back again

I ain't goin' back again

But you think freedom is money well money has an end

I ain't goin' back again