Say I Won’t is the fourth and last single off of Lecrae’s album Anomaly. In explaining the song’s meaning Lecrae said,
The video to this song premiered at Barclay’s Center, on December 16, 2014:
The behind the scenes of the premier of the video:
[Hook: Lecrae & Andy Mineo]
Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different?)
Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different, huh?)
Say I won't (we them outsiders, that's just how we livin')
Say I won't (and I bet I will you can say I won't)
I might do it just to show you
I might do it just to show you
I might do it just to show you
We be like la, la, la, la
[Verse 1: Andy Mineo]
From the same city as the B-I-G
Wanna serve these bars, gotta see ID
Now I'm on they radar, where B. Dot be
Was a slave for the cars, then we got free
Used to only wanna pull up in a black sport
Just a white man excellin' in a black sport
Now I'm really doing pull-ups
Got a honeymoon for the summer tryna get a six-pack for it
Say I won't catch 'Crae slippin' in the studio at like 3 AM
Autograph that fo'head with a Sharpie pen and then Instagram
Might swag out a fanny pack
I might bring Velour back
Nobody wanna change the game, man, y'all just want more trap?
Okay, say I won't rap over bagpipes
Say I won't talk about that price
To know Christ then live life like every night my last night
Yo, 'bout to switch up the program
I rock name brand, I rock no brand
My whole life GoPro cam'd
I rapped like I had no fans, no
They sayin' no, I said, "Veto"
Danny DaVito, and Al Pacino, those are my people
All summer I'm rocking a Speedo
This that casino, you bet yo' revenue
Thinkin' you'll stop me, no never, not lettin' you
You must be high on that medical thinkin' I won't
Better know better, know that I bet I do, yup! (kill 'em, ooh)
[Hook: Lecrae & Andy Mineo]
Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different?)
Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different, huh?)
Say I won't (we them outsiders, that's just how we live it)
Say I won't (and I bet I will you can say I won't)
I might do it just to show you
I might do it just to show you
I might do it just to show you
We be like la, la, la, la
[Verse 2: Lecrae]
Say I won't sell my shoes and take my kids to Chuck E. Cheese with the money
Say I won't bring my own bottle of Pellegrino to the movies with me
Say I won't
Look, I'm from an era of fast livin' and mass terror
Boys covetin' cover girls like mascara
I don't need to keep a gun and a mask ever
I still make 'em put their hands up, ask Derek
My road manager damage all of you amateurs
Sneakin' up on a tour bus with a demo to hand to us
When I was younger I just wanted a chain
Now a chain of events has afforded a change, yeah
See, I been a rebel since back-in-the-day, I don't follow the people
I follow the leader through valleys of shadows of death and not fearin' no evil
So, say I won't do it
Say I won't turn the music up and get to it
Won't come down, H-Town all the way to they town in an old school, drop-top Buick
And I'm gettin', maybe eight or nine miles to the gallon
Still feelin' like a stallion
I got Andy ridin' shotgun with 30 gold chains on, talkin' 'bout he Italian
Say I won't go drop a double album
And rap double time on all dub-step
And got no producers, just me rockin' over beat-boxin' by Doug E. Fresh
Say I won't
[Hook: Lecrae & Andy Mineo]
Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different?)
Say I won't (why y'all scared to be different, huh?)
Say I won't (we them outsiders, that's just how we live it)
Say I won't (and I bet I will you can say I won't)
I might do it just to show you
I might do it just to show you
I might do it just to show you
We be like la, la, la, la
Say I Won’t was written by 8x8 BOCCI & BEAM & Lecrae & GAWVI & Andy Mineo & 808xELiTE.
Say I Won’t was produced by 808xELiTE & Andy Mineo & GAWVI.
Lecrae released Say I Won’t on Mon Aug 25 2014.
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Reach Records released the video with behind the scenes fact in their series “The Vault.”