[Intro – Swamp FX + Heavy Bass]
[Alligator growl beneath the mix]
Down here…
softness get eaten alive.
[808 crashes in]
Louisiana taught me different.
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[Verse 1]
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Born where the river run thick like oil,
Where survival get baked in the soil.
Mama prayed hard while daddy stayed gone,
So I learned early standin’ alone.
Backroad nights with the sirens near,
Young boys raised on pride and fear.
Every handshake measured for threat,
Every smile carry hidden intent.
Swamp mud still stuck to my boots,
Pain gave my instincts sharper roots.
Now my heartbeat slow like huntin’ season,
Cold outside for survival reasons.
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[Hook – Choir + Heavy Brass]
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Got that gator blood in me…
Storm-made soul from the deep country.
Black water raised my energy…
Pain turned predator in me.
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[Verse 2]
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The South don’t hand out gentle hearts,
It hand out scars and survival arts.
Taught me never let ‘em see fear,
Even when destruction stand near.
I seen good men lose they mind slow,
Seen hunger turn saints cold.
Seen women carry whole bloodlines,
While the men broke down inside.
So don’t confuse my calm with peace,
I just learned how to move discreet.
Like swamp water underneath moonlight haze—
Still dangerous even when still.
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[Bridge – Spoken + Organ]
Survival got a sound down South.
It sound like:
boots in floodwater…
liquor breath…
and somebody sayin’
“I’m good”
when they definitely not.
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Lord help me soften before I turn stone…
Before survival all I know.
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[Verse 3]
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‘Cause truth is—
I’m tired of bitin’ first.
Tired of livin’ like everybody curse.
Tired of sleepin’ with my spirit armed,
Like peace itself might do me harm.
But healing feel strange where I’m from,
Like puttin’ down weapons during war.
Still…
somewhere beneath this hardened skin—
A softer man still tryin’ to live.
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[Final Hook – Full Choir + Orchestra]
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Got that gator blood in me…
Louisiana carved this legacy.
Black storms shaped my history…
Still prayin’ pain don’t define me.
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[Outro – Swamp Water + Thunder]
The dangerous thing about survival…
is eventually…
you forget the storm ended.
