[Verse 1]
Late rent
late bus
same story
Notebook heavy
heart inventory
Dreams on layaway
tag still on ’em
Mom said “plan B”
I never bought one
Hand-me-down hoodie
ink on the sleeve
Writing my future
line by belief
Friends in the hallway
laugh through the ache
Talking bout “one song”
changing our fate
[Chorus]
I turn my pain into pages
Pages into phrases
Phrases into stages
That’s the way I made it
(I keep creating)
I turn my days into drums
Drums into a rush
Rush into a run
Tell me who can cage it
[Verse 2]
Clock in
clock out
same four walls
Bars in my head
don’t match these stalls
Boss talk cheap
I price my time high
Plotting my exit
looped in my mind
Little sis watching
eyes like a lens
She wanna see proof
hope really wins
So I keep scribbling
life in the margins
Every small step
part of the large thing
[Chorus]
I turn my pain into pages
Pages into phrases
Phrases into stages
That’s the way I made it
(I keep creating)
I turn my days into drums
Drums into a rush
Rush into a run
Tell me who can cage it