fast lane funeral

[Intro] (low voicemail effect)

If I don’t make it home tonight…

Tell my babies I did everything I could.

Everything I had was for y’all.

(808s rumble)

I’m livin’ in the fast lane, pedal to the floor, yeah,

Chasin’ every dollar, always need a little more, yeah.

Got the weight of my whole family on my back now,

If this hustle kills me, tell ‘em I ain’t back down.

Fast lane, no brakes, redline every day,

Sacrificin’ sleep just to keep the bills paid.

Heart racin’, chest achin’, still I can’t slow down,

If I gotta lose myself to feed my family, so be it now.

Sunrise to the graveyard shift, I stay movin’,

Dreams don’t work unless your hands bruised from doin’.

Mama said, “Take care of your people no matter the cost,”

Didn’t tell me how much of myself would get lost.

Engine runnin’ hot, got anxiety ridin’ shotgun,

Every missed call got me thinkin’ somethin’ gone wrong.

Late nights, cold food waitin’ on the kitchen stove,

Missed birthdays, broken promises, but they still my home.

Got my kids’ pictures hangin’ from the rearview mirror,

Every mile I drive, their voices get a little clearer.

So I push harder, even when my body’s givin’ out,

Can’t let ‘em see the fear, can’t let ’em hear the doubt.

I’m one bad day from crashin’ into nothin’,

But I keep my foot down ‘cause my family’s countin’ on me.

I’m livin’ in the fast lane, pedal to the floor, yeah,

Chasin’ every dollar, always need a little more, yeah.

Got the weight of my whole family on my back now,

If this hustle kills me, tell ‘em I ain’t back down.

Fast lane, no brakes, redline every day,

Sacrificin’ sleep just to keep the bills paid.

Heart racin’, chest achin’, still I can’t slow down,

If I gotta lose myself to feed my family, so be it now.

Tell me what’s a man worth if he can’t provide?

That’s the question that keeps me awake every night.

Got the pressure in my lungs and the pain in my spine,

But I smile through it all when I look in their eyes.

See the world don’t stop when your tank runs dry,

Bills keep comin’, rent due, life don’t sympathize.

So I’m runnin’ on fumes with a prayer in my chest,

Tryna build a better future while I’m losin’ my breath.

I know money ain’t love, but poverty leaves scars,

And I swore my blood would never grow up where we are.

So if I burn out young, know my reasons were pure,

Every scar, every sacrifice was to make sure.

[Bridge] (beat cuts, distant sirens)

If tomorrow never comes, don’t cry for me.

Just know every road I took was for my family.

Every sleepless night, every tear, every scar—

I gave my whole life just to get y’all this far.

(808 drop)

I’m livin’ in the fast lane, pedal to the floor, yeah,

Chasin’ every dollar, always need a little more, yeah.

Got the weight of my whole family on my back now,

If this hustle kills me, tell ‘em I ain’t back down.

Heart racin’, chest achin’, still I hear that sound—

“Daddy, when you comin’ home?”

…I’m still ridin’ through the fast lane now