Still Waiting, Still Here

[Verse 1]
I’m Willi Banz, ah tana with a plan
Didn’t die in the hood
Didn’t rot in the can
Mama prayed every night
Said, “boy, you gotta stand”
Now I’m ten toes down
With this life in my hands
Shots to my brother Wink
Still waiting, bro (still waiting)
Got your name in my phone
Like you ’bout to come home
FaceTime don’t ring
But your voice in my dome
They gotta let you go
Man, they takin’ too long
Mah daddy gone
But he still missed (still missed)
Keep his face in my chain
So it stay on my chest
Every laugh that we had
Got me feelin’ that stress
Tryna smile through the pain
But it sit in my neck
[Chorus]
Still waiting, still here
I ain’t break, I’m right here (I’m right here)
Didn’t die in the hood
Didn’t fade in a cell
I’m a stand-up man
Got a story to tell
Still waiting, still here
Put my loss in the air (in the air)
For my brother, for my dad
Every tear that I shed
I’ma turn it to a bag
[Verse 2]
Remember late nights
On the block, low funds
Hand-me-down shoes
But my heart weighed a ton
Had the world sayin’ “you next”
Like I’m done
But I flipped every doubt
To a reason I won
I seen bodies in chalk
Seen mamas just break
Seen my homies get lost
Chasin’ power and cake
I just stared at that mirror
Said, “you choose your fate”
Either end up in a frame
Or you open the gate
Now I’m stackin’ these wins
For the ones who ain’t free
Every verse that I spit
Got my brother in between
Every step that I take
Daddy walkin’ with me
If they ask who I am
Say I fought to be me
[Chorus]

rap, Moody Southern trap with swung drums and deep bass, eerie bell loop on top. Male vocals: verses in a gritty, conversational pocket, ad-libs tucked behind the lead. Hook opens with layered chant vocals and a stretched 808, then drops back for the story. Subtle piano stabs in the bridge for emotion, then final hook rides out with extra harmonies and drops.