Released: December 16, 2008

Songwriter: Drumma Boy Soulja Boy

Producer: Drumma Boy

[Intro]
Dear God, I pray, for all, my haters
All my haters, all my haters, all my haters
Dear God, I pray, for all, my haters
All my haters, all my haters, all my haters, all my haters
They hatin' on me but I don't know why they tryna stop me
Tryna slow down my grind, ah
I won't let 'em, I won't let 'em, I won't let 'em, I won't let, nah
They tryna stop me but I won't let 'em
Ain't no way to say no how
I can't give up, I ain't gon' give up
Cannot give up, I just can't give up

[Verse 1]
My life is a movie and everybody's watching
Are you entertained looking at me partner?
I made it out the hood, let us get this understood
People think my life is good, but there's way more too
Rumors spreading fast, they trying to take my glory
But it's two sides to everybody's story
So let me tell this story truthfully, no lying
I hate when my momma called me crying
Telling me "Dre, I feel like dying"
Telling me "Dre, I feel like dying"
I remember growing up west side of Atlanta
Couldn't pay the light bill so we kept the candles
I'm asking mama questions, she giving false answers
I didn't want to leave my hood, I just couldn't stand it
Moved to Mississippi and I finally had a family
Moved to Mississippi and I finally had a family
My dad, my sister, and my newly born brother
The first time I had to call another woman mother
Flair I love ya, I know I didn't show it
My mom asking for money and you asking for nothing
Every day I told ya, one day I'ma make it
And if I never told ya, really appreciate ya
And if I never told ya, I really appreciate ya
And if I never told ya, I really appreciate ya

[Chorus]
It's in my soul, I got passion
I won't stop, I can't stop rappin'
Haters blastin' out they mouth
Just 'cause Soulja from the South
But I won't stop, I can't stop, no
I won't stop, I can't stop, dawg
I won't stop, nah, just can't stop, dawg
Ain't gon' stop, dawg, I can't stop, dawg

[Verse 2]
I got girls claiming I got 'em pregnant (Pregnant)
My life is really hectic (Hectic)
I'm going through the spectrum (Spectrum)
Don't hate it, just respect it (Respect it)
And if you can't respect it then I guess that's too bad (Then I guess that's too bad)
And if my life don't change then I guess that's too sad (Then I guess that's too sad)
With every move I make I make a lot of people mad
But with a lot of moves I make, I make a lot of people glad
Glad, glad yeah, glad, man, I do it from the heart
And if I wasn't gonna finish, why I would I even start?
I'm Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and my life is a movie
But all I gotta say is please free my nigga Gucci
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em my life is a movie
But all I got to say is, mane, free my nigga Gucci

[Chorus]
It's in my soul, I got passion
I won't stop, I can't stop rappin'
Haters blastin' out they mouth
Just 'cause Soulja from the South
But I won't stop, I can't stop, no
I won't stop, I can't stop, dawg
I won't stop, nah, just can't stop, dawg
Ain't gon' stop, dawg, I can't stop, dawg

[Outro]
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, 18 years old (Ah-yeah, boy)
Born July 28th, 1990 (Ah-yeah)
Chicago, Illinois (Ah-yeah, boy)
Cook County Hospital (Ah-yeah)
Took the world by storm (Ah-yeah, boy)
Made history (Ah-yeah)
Life is good (Ah-yeah, boy)
And that's what everybody say (Ah-yeah)
Still holding it down (Ah-yeah, boy)
S.O.D. money gang to the death, Palm Tree Entertainment from the start (Ah-yeah)
Collipark music (Ah-yeah, boy)
Man (Ah-yeah)
Interscope Records (Ah-yeah, boy)
ISouljaBoyTellem the album (Ah-yeah)
And what I would advise to you to do is (Ah-yeah, boy)
Cop the next one, and the next one (Ah-yeah)
This is what I do, mane (Ah-yeah, boy)
From the East coast to the West coast to the South (Ah-yeah)
All the way up North, overseas (Ah-yeah, boy)
Soulja Boy comin' through your speakers (Ah-yeah)
I'm so hot (Ah-yeah, boy)
I'm too, too, too hot (Ah-yeah)
All my fans, I love you (Ah-yeah, boy)
That's who I do it for (Ah-yeah)
(Ah-yeah, boy)
(Ah-yeah)
(Ah-yeah, boy)
(Ah-yeah)
(Ah-yeah, boy)
(Ah-yeah)

Soulja Boy

DeAndre Cortez Way (b. July 28, 1990), better known as his stage name Soulja Boy, is a rapper, producer, and social media influencer born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Atlanta, Georgia whose debut single “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and would hold that spot for seven non-consecutive weeks.

At 15 years old, Soulja began uploading songs to SoundClick and eventually moved to YouTube and MySpace. By March 2007, he came up with the concept behind “Crank That” and uploaded the song—and a video of its accompanying dance—online. Two months later, in May 2007, “Crank That” started to go viral. He signed to Interscope Records in the same month. By October, his major label debut album Souljaboytellem.com was released and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. But critics quickly blasted his simplistic lyrics and unorthodox flows, questioning whether or not he’d just be a one-hit wonder.

“Crank That” earned him a Grammy nomination and he would continue to find success with the songs “Kiss Me Thru the Phone”, “Turn My Swag On”, and “Pretty Boy Swag”. He’s released mixtape after mixtape, left Interscope, made noise with rumors of signing with YMCMB and eventually launched own label Stacks on Deck Entertainment.