You'll Never Take Me Down

You will never defeat or overpower me.

Emphasizes the speaker's resilience and determination not to give in.

Reiterates the speaker's invincibility and refusal to be taken down.

Highlighting the impossibility of stopping something that cannot be stopped.

The speaker faces challenges, criticism, and adversity but remains strong and focused on their goals.

They wanna shut me up until I can't speak at all

They won't let me up they wanna see me fall

But it ain't nothing 'cause I done seen it all

Sometimes I feel like I can't breathe at all

I lie awake at night I can't sleep at all

I got no strength to fight I can't shake it off

But that's the time in my life when I hear you call

You say hold tight you say hold on

You say it's alright you say stand strong

'cause my whole life I got a plan and all

So I don't worry about a single thing that happens y'all

Say what you want you can talk on

I'm a get on up and I'm a walk on

Now I ain't giving up until I'm long gone

So why don't you step it up bring it on y'all

Repeated declaration of the speaker's resilience and determination.

(so you see I ain't gonna break)

Your never gonna take me down

(you can't stop what you can't stop) [2X]

The speaker recalls facing criticism and rejection from media and the music industry but finds strength in faith and perseverance.

Magazines said I was an imitator

The industry said nobody's gonna take ya

Record labels was like peace out see you later

I didn't need them man I just got

Someone to depend on when it gets hot

So VH1 you can talk all you wanna talk

Keep ya hip-hop and keep ya lip locked

I ain't gonna listen now to them talk

I ain't switching up and I ain't gonna stop

I ain't giving up and I ain't gonna drop

Even when I just get stuck up in ruff spot

I ain't got much but what I just got

You see it's more than I need when I just drop

To my knees and I can see that he shows up

You can't break me down that's some real talk

Reiteration of the speaker's unwavering commitment to withstand challenges.

(so you see I ain't gonna break)

Your never gonna take me down

(you can't stop what you can't stop) [2X]

The speaker advises to rely on a higher power during tough times, emphasizing resilience and determination to keep going despite difficulties.

Who is the one man that you call upon

When everything that you know keeps going wrong

Plus you feel like you can't keep going on

See I know dukes your barely holding on

They wanna break you down but keep rolling on

They wanna take you down but don't let em y'all

They can't hold you now God's in control

Don't slow it down just walk it off

It ain't easy I know sometimes its really hard

Please believe me I know you see I'm battle scarred

With my knees to the floor that how I battle on

Say what you want you can babble on

This I know what I got so I travel on

Don't ever stop that's why I wrote the song

So ready or not now bring the chorus on

Final affirmation of the speaker's strength and the inability of external forces to bring them down.

(so you see I ain't gonna break)

Your never gonna take me down

(you can't stop what you can't stop) [2X]