16 bars

“Why you carry all that weight? (weight… weight…)

Why you let the world press on your chest like that? (chest like that…)

Pick up your pen… (pen, pen…)

Write it down, let it bleed, let it breathe.

Don’t hold it in—

Start again.” (again… again…)

Ehnae said, “Why you so sad?” (why you so sad?)

Ehnae said, “Write another song, start again.” (start again, start again…)

16 bars, 16 times,

16 white lines — pen and paper, let it shine. (let it shine, let it shine…)

Every day’s a test, yeah I’m climbing through the fire, (through the fire)

Pressure on my chest but it only takes me higher. (higher, higher)

Broken nights, cold streets, I was chasing after hope,

Carrying the weight of pain, learning how to cope.

Dreams in my notebook, scars on my sleeve, (on my sleeve)

Fighting through the dark for a life I believe. (I believe)

Hunger in my spirit, can’t let it fade away,

Even storms bow down when the sun finds its way. (finds its way…)

Ehnae said, “Why you so sad?” (so sad, so sad)

Ehnae said, “Write another song, start again.” (again, again…)

16 bars, 16 times,

16 white lines — pen and paper, let it shine. (shine… shine…)

I seen friends turn ghosts, I seen family divide,

But I kept my head strong, couldn’t bury my pride. (no, no)

Every scar is a story, every loss is a gain, (gain, gain)

Now I walk through the struggle like I dance in the rain. (in the rain)

From the bottom to the top, yeah, I’m never gon’ stop,

Even when the walls close in, I rise till I drop. (rise, rise)

Nea said “write another,” so I sharpen the pen,

Life tried to break me down, but I’m standing again. (again, again…)

Ehnae said, “Why you so sad?” (why you so sad?)

Nae said, “Write another song, start again.” (start again, start again)

16 bars, 16 times,

16 white lines — pen and paper, let it shine. (let it shine, let it shine…)

Look, pain made me focus, struggle gave me drive, (drive, drive)

Had to dig through the dirt just to keep my soul alive. (alive, alive)

The nights taught me patience, the fights built my name, (my name)

Now the fire in my chest lights the path through the flame. (through the flame)

I don’t fold, I adapt, every setback’s a key, (a key)

Every shadow that I face just reminds me I’m free. (I’m free)

I’m proof that the broken can rise from the fall, (the fall)

When Nae said “write again,” I gave my all. (my all, my all…)

Ehnae said, “Why are you so sad?” (so sad, so sad)

Nae said, “Write another song, start again.” (again, again…)

16 bars, 16 times,

16 white lines — pen and paper, let it shine. (shine, shine, shine…)

“Yeah, I heard you. (heard you, heard you…)

Every line is a scar, every word a healing. (healin)