Letter from the trenches

Yeah…

It’s that pain talk, you feel me?

Ain’t no fairytales where I’m from,

Only the real gon’ relate.

Look—

I wrote this letter from the trenches, pain in every line,

Lost too many real ones, I’m just tryna keep my mind.

Got blood on my hands that’ll never wash clean,

I been prayin’ to the Lord, but He don’t answer my dreams.

They say stay solid, I been solid from the start,

But the streets don’t love you back, they just tear you apart.

Put my trust in a bitch, and she switched for a chain,

Now my heart so cold, I can’t feel no pain.

I’m tryna find peace in a world full of war,

Every time I close my eyes, I see the homies that ain’t here no more.

This that letter from the trenches, I been losin’ my soul,

Tryna keep my head high while the world turn cold.

I done seen my dawg die, left his body in the road,

Ain’t no love out here, just the code that we hold.

This that letter from the trenches, every line got a scar,

I was dreamin’ of the stars, but I’m stuck behind bars.

If I make it out alive, I’ma heal all the pain,

But if I don’t, tell my mama I ain’t die in vain.

I done gave this life everything I got left,

Seen a killer turn victim, seen the real ones rest.

They say “keep your circle tight,” but the snakes still crept,

Had to cut off my blood just to take one step.

Yeah, this money look good, but it came with a curse,

Every dollar that I touch feel like another in a hearse.

I be tryna stay strong, but my chest still hurt,

When the ones you love most put your name in the dirt.

I’m tryna find peace in a world full of war,

Every time I close my eyes, I see the homies that ain’t here no more.

This that letter from the trenches, I been losin’ my soul,

Tryna keep my head high while the world turn cold.

I done seen my dawg die, left his body in the road,

Ain’t no love out here, just the code that we hold.

This that letter from the trenches, every line got a scar,

I was dreamin’ of the stars, but I’m stuck behind bars.

If I make it out alive, I’ma heal all the pain,

But if I don’t, tell my mama I ain’t die in vain.

They don’t see the tears we hide behind designer frames,

They don’t see the trauma when we smile through the pain.

All these losses got me numb, I can’t feel no shame,

I just pray one day, God remember my name.

Yeah…

This for the ones who ain’t make it back.

For my dawgs still fightin’ demons every night.

Keep your head up —

Even when the world cold, stay real.

EBK type pain.