GIVE ME A REASON Lyrics – NF

GIVE ME A REASON Lyrics Meaning

[Verse 1]
In this part, NF talks about wanting to feel challenged again. He’s tired of being praised and surrounded by comfort, so he craves the kind of negativity that once fueled his passion. He wants people to doubt him, insult him, and criticize his work because those things used to push him to prove everyone wrong. When he says he needs someone to “wake up the beast,” he means he misses that aggressive drive and hunger that came from being underestimated. He wants people to question his skills, call him trash, or even say he doesn’t belong in rap, just to reignite that fire inside him. NF feels that being successful and loved has made him lose that raw energy he had in the beginning. So, he’s basically asking for someone to challenge him, take away his comfort, and remind him what it feels like to fight for something again. He wants to relive that hunger that came from struggle, pain, and criticism, instead of being stuck in a zone where everything feels too easy or predictable.

[Chorus]
Here, NF is asking for something to push him again. He feels like he’s lost touch with the struggle and grind that made him who he is. Success has made life comfortable, but he misses the hard times that gave him purpose and drive. He wants a reason to hustle again, to stay grounded and humble like before.

[Verse 2]
NF opens up about feeling bored and uninspired, not because he’s lost talent, but because success has taken away his struggle. He misses the days when no one knew him, when he had to fight for recognition. He wants to go back to that time when people doubted him, called him a copy of Eminem, and when he had something to prove. Now that he’s made it, he feels too comfortable, and that comfort dulls his motivation. He even wishes people would turn against him—fans leaving, his record label dropping him, critics calling him fake—because those moments would give him something real to fight for again. He’s saying that when everyone supported him, it took away the tension that used to spark his creativity. He wants to hear the negativity, the trash talk, the doubts behind closed doors, just to remind himself that he still has something to prove. NF doesn’t want an easy story; he wants the struggle, the pain, the resistance that once defined him and made his music powerful.

[Chorus]
NF repeats his need for motivation and challenge. He admits he’s forgotten what the grind, the fight, and the humility used to feel like. The repetition shows how deeply he misses that hunger. He wants something real to push him back into that mindset where he worked hard, stayed focused, and had to earn everything again, not just enjoy the rewards of fame.