[Verse 1]
I need a song to survive
Headphones on just to feel alive
Bank app blank, man, that shit stings
Car won't start, got a list of things
Dashboard lit like a bad red grade
I been ducking calls, got debts unpaid
Dead on fumes, but I still move
Push through pain with a bassline groove
I play that track when the roof cave in
Let it spin once, then I breathe again
No gas in the tank, no cash in my hand
Still got rhythm, still got a plan
[Pre-Chorus]
So turn it up
I need that sound
When I hit the mud
It pulls me out
I need that song
When I feel stuck
Bank too broke
And the car too fucked
[Chorus]
I need music to survive
Music to survive
Broke bank, dead car
Still I'm here, still alive
Music to survive
Music to survive
Hit play, hold tight
That's how I get by
[Verse 2]
Used to ride clean, now it cough and choke
Spent last ten bucks on a hope and a joke
Keys in my palm, but the engine laughs
Every little problem turned to cash
Mom on the phone like, "Boy, you okay?"
I lie too smooth, say, "I'm on my way"
But I sit real still with the volume high
Let a hard verse talk, let it cut the sky
On the bus home with a cracked-up dream
Same sad route, same worn-out scene
Still I nod my head to the pocket drum
Like a broke-down heart can still beat some
[Pre-Chorus]
So turn it up
I need that sound
When I hit the mud
It pulls me out
I need that song
When I feel stuck
Bank too broke
And the car too fucked
[Chorus]
I need music to survive
Music to survive
Broke bank, dead car
Still I'm here, still alive
Music to survive
Music to survive
Hit play, hold tight
That's how I get by
[Bridge]
If the wheels fall off
I don't fold
If the money's gone
I still hold
One more song
Then one more mile
One more beat
And I might smile
[Chorus]
I need music to survive
Music to survive
Broke bank, dead car
Still I'm here, still alive
Music to survive
Music to survive
Hit play, hold tight
That's how I get by