No Turning Back

INTRO — whispered] Yeah… I spent my whole life running from the worst parts of me. Then I realized… They made me who I am. [VERSE 1] I got a war in my head, got a weight on my back, Got a list of every reason they said I would crash, I remember being broke, I remember being lost, I remember counting every dollar, counting every cost. I remember every door that was slammed in my face, Every “you ain’t gonna make it,” every doubt, every name, Now I’m standing in the fire and I’m loving the flame, ’Cause the pressure made a diamond out of all of my pain. I don’t need validation, I don’t need their applause, I know exactly what it cost me just to get where I am. They only see the finish, they don’t know what I fought, They don’t know how many nights I almost gave up the thought. But I didn’t. [PRE-CHORUS — building] I hear that voice saying, “Give up, give up…” But I got one more fight, So I get up, get up. Everything that tried to break me Made me tough… [BEAT DROP] [CHORUS] NO TURNING BACK, BACK, BACK! I put the past in the past, past, past! If I fall, I’ma get right back! NO TURNING BACK—NO TURNING BACK! Let ’em talk, let ‘em laugh, I ain’t living like that. I came too far just to fade to black! NO TURNING BACK—NO TURNING BACK! [POST-CHORUS] Back, back, back… No turning back. Back, back, back… No turning back. [VERSE 2] I know what it feels like when nobody believes, When you’re screaming at the sky, “What you want from me?” When you’re staring at the ceiling at three in the morning, Trying to find a little hope while your heart keeps warning. But I learned pain ain’t proof that you’re losing, Sometimes it’s the price that you pay for improving. Every scar on my body got a story attached, Every time that I broke, I came stronger than that. They wanted me buried— I turned it to a breakthrough. They wanted me silent— Now everything I say moves. They wanted me finished— I turned it to a debut. Now I’m looking at the man in the mirror like, “Bet you.” Bet you I won’t quit. Bet you I won’t fold. Bet you when the pressure hits, I’ma turn that pressure into gold. [PRE-CHORUS] I hear that voice saying, “Give up, give up…” But I got one more fight, So I get up, get up. Everything that tried to break me Made me tough… [CHORUS] NO TURNING BACK, BACK, BACK! I put the past in the past, past, past! If I fall, I’ma get right back! NO TURNING BACK—NO TURNING BACK! Let ’em talk, let ‘em laugh, I ain’t living like that. I came too far just to fade to black! NO TURNING BACK—NO TURNING BACK! [BRIDGE — stripped down] If I gotta walk alone… I’ll walk alone. If I gotta build it from the ground… Stone by stone. You can take my money, You can take my home, You can take everything I own— But you can’t take my soul. [QUIET] I’ve already survived what was supposed to destroy me. [BEAT RETURNS — HUGE] [FINAL CHORUS] NO TURNING BACK, BACK, BACK! I put the past in the past, past, past! If I fall, I’ma get right back! NO TURNING BACK—NO TURNING BACK! I got nothing to prove, I got everything to lose, So I’m giving everything that I have! If the whole world turns its back— I’MA NEVER TURN BACK! NO TURNING BACK! NO TURNING BACK! NO TURNING BACK! [OUTRO — crowd/choir] Back… back… back… No turning back. Back… back… back… No turning back. [FINAL WHISPER] They thought the struggle was the ending.