((Title: MIRROR TALK))
((Tempo: 88 BPM))
((Genre: Conscious Hip-Hop, West Coast Hip-Hop, Soul Rap))
((Mood: Reflective, Honest, Determined, Vulnerable))
((Vocals: Conversational verses, emotional delivery, melodic hook))
((Influence: Introspective storytelling, personal growth, resilience))
((Key: F Minor))
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[Intro]
((Soft piano))
((Warm bass))
((Distant vocal sample))
Yeah…
Been staring at this mirror for a minute.
Trying to figure out who looking back at me.
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[Verse 1]
Every morning it’s the same conversation,
Trying to separate bloodline from destination.
I see my father in the jokes that I tell,
The way I talk my way through situations too well.
Funny fraud, smooth operator,
Could sell sunshine to a storm, born negotiator.
And sometimes that reflection make me nervous,
Like what if all those traits beneath the surface?
Then I think about my mother and her sacrifices,
Carried everybody’s burdens through the crisis.
Never asked for praise,
Never chased attention,
Put herself last in every decision.
Now she’s gone,
December took her away,
And I’ve been carrying that silence every day.
Trying not to break,
Trying not to drown,
Trying to keep my feet planted on the ground.
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[Hook]
Who am I when nobody watching?
Who am I when the lights go dim?
Am I becoming everything I feared,
Or everything they hoped I’d be?
Weight on my shoulders,
Lump in my throat.
Still walking through the pressure,
Still trying not to fold.
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[Verse 2]
Life feel like water at my neck these days,
Every step forward got ten more waves.
Bills pile up,
Stress don’t sleep,
Some nights the darkness run a little too deep.
I learned how to smile through the struggle,
Make everybody comfortable.
Hide the fear,
Hide the damage,
Keep moving even when I can’t manage.
Because where I’m from,
You don’t stop for pain.
You keep going through the storm,
Through the loss,
Through the rain.
But lately I’ve been feeling colder,
Every year the world gets a little heavier on my shoulders.
Trying not to let it turn my heart to stone,
Trying not to carry this weight alone.
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[Bridge]
((Melodic vocals))
Mama said endure the weather.
Even when the sky fall down.
Even when the road gets rough.
Even when nobody around.
And I still hear those words.
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[Final Hook]
Who am I when nobody watching?
Who am I when the lights go dim?
Maybe I’m not my father’s mistakes.
Maybe I’m not my mother’s pain.
Maybe I’m everything they gave me,
And everything I choose to change.
Weight on my shoulders,
Still standing tall.
Pressure getting heavy,
But I won’t let it crush me at all.
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[Outro]
((Piano and vocal sample))
The mirror never gave me answers.
Just questions.
Maybe that’s the point.
Maybe life ain’t about finding yourself.
Maybe it’s about building yourself.
One day at a time.
((Fade Out))
ReapEternal
