Old Way Home by itsQ - Zona

Old Way Home

Track · Jun 25, 2026 · English

Old Way Home

itsQ

Duration

2:43

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I’m sitting in my car

Parked by the store

Watching my life go fast

Then ask for more

Thinking ’bout the future

Like, where do I go?

I took a few wrong turns

That much I know

I been away from God

Too long on my own

Acting like I’m fine

But I’m lost, low-key alone

Old days on my mind

When the days felt slow

Now I’m making plays

But I don’t feel whole

[Pre-Chorus]

And I’m up, still up

Even when I fall

Got a little boy now

I can’t miss that call

Twenty-seven years

And I’m learning fast

Can’t live in the rearview

Gotta outgrow that past

[Chorus]

Old way, not me

Old way, not me

I can’t go back

I got a child to feed

Old way, not me

Old way, not me

If I’m far from grace

Pull me back to me

[Verse 2]

I remember late nights

Bare feet on the floor

Mama in the next room

Praying by the door

Now I’m in my head

With the engine on

Trying to be a man

Where’d I go wrong?

Got a baby face

And a heavy load

I smile in the mirror

But I don’t feel bold

I’m running from the shame

Then it pulls me in

But I still got breath

So I can start again

[Pre-Chorus]

And I’m up, still up

Even when I break

Holding all this pressure

Trying not to shake

Twenty-seven years

And a son to raise

I need more than money

Need a better way

[Chorus]

Old way, not me

Old way, not me

I can’t go back

I got a child to feed

Old way, not me

Old way, not me

If I’m far from grace

Pull me back to me

[Bridge]

If you hear me now

I’m not too far gone

I been playing strong

But the fight been long

Take this heavy heart

Make it clean again

Teach me how to lead

Teach me how to win

[Chorus]

Old way, not me

Old way, not me

I can’t go back

I got a child to feed

Old way, not me

Old way, not me

If I’m far from grace

Pull me back to me

[Outro]

Old way, not me

I’m trying, I’m trying

Old way, not me

I’m still here fighting

Style

rap-pop with male vocalsmid-tempo swung drums and a pulsing sub groove; verse rides tight 16th-note cadence over sparse keys and clipped snapspre-chorus opens with stacked harmonies and a rising synth liftchorus lands on a chanty half-time hook with doubled lead and gang ad-libs. add tape-stop transitions before the hooka reverse piano swell into the second chorusand a final lift with wide backing vocals. bright yet intimate mixradio-ready and close-mic in the verses.rappop

Prompt

Male, rap, pop thinking bout my future on this road away from God and how i feel lost but im up sitting in my car running making plays thinking bout the old days old way and how i gotta kid at 27

Credits

Prompt by

itsQ

GeneratedJun 25, 2026

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