[Verse 1]
Chillin’ at the table, I ain’t got no plate
Forks clinkin’, they feastin’, I’m starin’ at fate
Talkin’ 'bout memories, I ain’t in the frame
Names in the air, mine buried in shame
Told ‘em, "Yo, I’m here too, y’all forgot my face?"
They laugh, call me old, say I’m losin’ the race
"Overreactin’, dramatic, you need to chill"
But the cold shoulder’s colder than a January hill
[Chorus]
I’m grindin’, I’m fightin’, night bleeds to day
Stackin’ my hours, just to buy my stay
Freedom ain’t cheap, but I’ll pay the price
Left out of the family, now I’m livin’ my life
[Verse 2]
They say I’m extra, I’m trippin’, a faded old flame
But I built this house, they just play in the frame
Sweat in the drywall, my pain in the grout
Yet they sip from the cup while they’re leavin’ me out
I clock in, I clock out, dreams tied to my feet
Chains made of overtime, shackles concrete
But I see the key, in the cracks of my hands
Freedom carved in calluses, I’m makin’ my stand
[Bridge]
They’ll call when I’m gone, ring my silence instead
Echoes in the halls of the words I once said
"Too old," they claimed, "too much in your head"
But I’ll live for myself while they sleep in my bed