NOT FOR NOTHING VADYR [Intro] Yeah Ayy Look I know what it took I ain’t forget [Verse 1] I remember putting twenty in the tank, watching the gauge Had somewhere I had to be, couldn’t be worried ‘bout the range Told my people I was good, I ain’t wanna sound a way Whole time I was doing math, trying to stretch another day Had a couple people swear they’d help, then disappear Funny how the ones who said they’re there don’t reappear I stopped asking, started handling whatever came my way Had to learn that saying less don’t mean you got less to say I ain’t bitter ‘bout the past, I just see it different now Had to take a couple losses just to figure people out They were talking like they knew, they weren’t there when it got rough Now they wanna hear the story, but they missed the hardest part [Hook] It wasn’t for nothing All them nights I couldn’t sleep All them times I said I’m good When it wasn’t looking sweet I was down, but I kept coming Had to make a way somehow I ain’t where I wanna be But I’m further than I was [Verse 2] I still got the same number, just don’t answer like I used to Had to stop making time for people who would never do it I remember being broke, still finding ways to come through Now I think twice before I say I’ve got a spot for you I had people make a promise, then go missing when it counted Same ones asking how I’m doing never there when I was drowning I could bring it up, but I don’t see what that would change Some things tell you everything without you hearing what they say And I ain’t saying that I’m up, I still got things due Still got days I look around like, “What I’m supposed to do?” But I don’t wake up feeling like I got something left to prove I’m a little more at peace with what I had to make it through [Hook] It wasn’t for nothing All them nights I couldn’t sleep All them times I said I’m good When it wasn’t looking sweet I was down, but I kept coming Had to make a way somehow I ain’t where I wanna be But I’m further than I was [Verse 3] I got people I would call if I could get that time again Some I talk to every day, some I wonder how they been I was busy trying to make it, thought I’d get around to it Funny how you keep on saying that until you don’t get to I don’t need to make it sound like everything was worth it Some things happened, and I still don’t know what the purpose is But I know I came a long way from the person I was And I can own the good and bad without dressing either up I been taking things slower, I don’t force it like before If it don’t feel right, I don’t keep knocking on the door Used to think that letting go meant I was giving something up Now I know you can move ahead and still remember what it was [Final Hook] It wasn’t for nothing All them nights I couldn’t sleep All them times I said I’m good When it wasn’t looking sweet I was down, but I kept coming Had to make a way somehow I ain’t where I wanna be But I’m further than I was [Outro] Yeah Still got a ways to go But I know what it took Not for nothing
