“SMOKE & MIRRORS”
[INTRO]
Crazy? Shit, that's an understatement.
Life taught lessons with no damn explanation.
Cold pavement, hard falls, permanent scars—
Funny how the darkest roads show you who you are.
[HOOK]
Smoke and mirrors, that's the game we play,
Chasing down tomorrow while we bury yesterday.
Cold hard lessons left their marks on my soul,
Every scar got a story, every wound took its toll.
Ain't nobody to blame when the smoke clears out,
I was the captain of the ship when I took that route.
So I watch who I walk with, watch what I believe—
'Cause the company you keep can make a fool or a king.
[VERSE 1]
Crazy would be putting it mildly,
This life path tried to break me violently.
Lessons came heavy, like a fist to the face,
Cold hard pavement introducing me to grace.
Every time I thought I finally figured it out,
Life switched the script and filled my head with doubt.
Had to learn happiness ain't something you find,
It's a state of the soul and a war in the mind.
Smoke in the mirror, reflections distorted,
Some battles I lost, some battles I started.
Can't rewrite history, can't edit the pain,
Can't point at the storm when I helped make the rain.
I could paint myself Snow White, spotless and clean,
But the truth got teeth and it cuts through the screen.
No narcissistic magic, no twisted disguise—
I know damn well there's two sides to my lies.
[HOOK]
Smoke and mirrors, that's the game we play,
Chasing down tomorrow while we bury yesterday.
Cold hard lessons left their marks on my soul,
Every scar got a story, every wound took its toll.
Ain't nobody to blame when the smoke clears out,
I was the captain of the ship when I took that route.
So I watch who I walk with, watch what I believe—
'Cause the company you keep can make a fool or a king.
[VERSE 2]
Over the timeline, I wondered where I'd land,
Long lonely destination with my soul in my hands.
No maestro in the shadows conducting this shit,
Just yours truly with the baton, making sense of it.
Chaotic symphony, every note out of key,
But every damn mistake put another piece in me.
I wanted somebody else to carry the blame,
Till I looked in the mirror and remembered my name.
Life don't play fair, life don't follow rules,
Don't walk on a chain and don't answer to fools.
It'll humble the proud, it'll sharpen the weak,
Put wisdom in the scars and the truth in the meek.
So fuck all the sad shit, I ain't begging for tears,
I've been walking through hell for a hell of a few years.
If I fall, I get up with the dirt on my jeans—
Still chasing that light through the cracks in the dreams.
[BRIDGE – LOW / SPOKEN]
Be mindful of the company you keep...
'Cause some people bring peace.
Some people bring war.
Some people love the version of you
They can control.
And some people only show you who you are
when everything falls apart.
[FINAL HOOK – HARDER]
Smoke and mirrors—tear that shit down!
No more hiding when the truth comes around.
Cold hard lessons, yeah, they carved me deep,
But the scars ain'
