Me and Myself by DCBROOKS2 - Zona

Me and Myself by DCBROOKS2 - Zona

Lyrics

[Intro | half-whisper, then snap into pocket]

Yeah… mm.

I been the punchline and the narrator, same time.

[Verse 1 | steady, dry humor, heavy internal rhyme]

I talk big, then I trip on my own two thoughts

Bought dreams on credit, now they coming with the interest costs

I am that “almost” guy, that “close but” mascot

Bottom rung residence, rent paid in cheap shots

Ironically, Ironic me, honestly, I’m a prophecy

Of what you get when the pain learn to speak properly

I got a mouth full of maybes and a chest full of thunder

Smile like it’s nothing, then I crack like a number

Work boots, sore hands, still trying to feel chosen

Nights get cold when the future stays frozen

I build walls for a living, still can’t patch what I been through

Putty in the cracks, but the past still bleed through

I pray in lowercase, because pride too loud

I sin in silence, then I laugh in a crowd

I keep a brave face, like a screenshot smile

While my brain plays tag with my peace for miles

[Hook | chanty, crowd bounce, one line sung]

I’m still here, still broke, still brilliant in the worst ways

Still a heart in the dark trying to learn better birthdays

If I fall, I fall forward, let the concrete know my name

I been heat, I been rain, I been blame, I been flame

[Verse 2 | faster, sharper consonants, more bite]

Some days my temper got a steering wheel and I’m in the back seat

Some days my memory ghost me like “who you think you asking”

Keys on the counter, thoughts in the ether

I misplace peace, then I go looking deeper

I got love at home, that’s the anchor, that’s proof

Two little stars in the night and I’m building the roof

I do dumb things, but I do not run

I learned real strength is staying when you could be done

I got a pen like a knife, but I cut out the poison

Turn storms into songs, that’s the craft I been toying

Studio in my head, every hurt got a verse

If I can’t fix the world, I can flip the curse

I am not perfect, I’m practiced

Pain made me passionate, blessings and accidents

I been the villain in my own little script

Now I edit the scene, let the healing commit

[Bridge | quieter, confessional]

If you ever felt small, I know that space

If you ever wore jokes as a mask on your face

I’m not above it, I’m inside it, I’m trying

Still learning how to live without always surviving

[Hook | bigger, add ad libs]

I’m still here, still broke, still brilliant in the worst ways [yeah]

Still a heart in the dark trying to learn better birthdays [mm]

If I fall, I fall forward, let the concrete know my name [say it]

I been heat, I been rain, I been blame, I been flame

[Outro | spoken, low]

Bottom rung, top heart.

That’s the trade.

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]

I'd never trade it for nothing