

Prompt / Lyrics
(Hook) I was raised on empty, fightin’ off the shame, Gas tank light and a prayer to my name. Swore I’d find heaven with a pocket full of pain, Now I walk like a sinner but I sing like I’m saved. (Verse 1) Daddy left early, mama worked nights, Learned how to hustle under liquor store lights. My prayers hit the ceiling, bounced back twice, So I put faith in the pen, not the preacher’s advice. (Gates flow kicks in) I done bled for my brothers, I done cried through the cage, Took loss after loss but I never lost rage. When the storm rolled in, I just tightened my fade, Let the thunder teach rhythm to the music I made. (Hook) I was raised on empty, fightin’ off the shame, Gas tank light and a prayer to my name. Swore I’d find heaven with a pocket full of pain, Now I walk like a sinner but I sing like I’m saved. (Verse 2) That girl said I’d never be more than my past, But here I am singin’ with a bottle and a flash. Tears in the ink when I sign that cast, Of a dream that broke bones but it still outlasts. I wrote songs in the dark when the world went silent, Turned shame into gold when the pain got violent. Now I pull up with ghosts in the backseat smilin’, ‘Cause the boy they left behind became a lion. (Bridge) I still got wounds I ain’t dressed yet, Still got sins I ain’t confessed yet. But if you listen close to that sunset, You’ll hear a broken man that ain’t dead yet. (Final Hook) I was raised on empty, fightin’ off the shame, Gas tank light and a prayer to my name. Swore I’d find heaven with a pocket full of pain, Now I walk like a sinner but I sing like I’m saved… Now I walk like a sinner… but I sing like I’m saved.
Tags
Soul-Country Trap Anthem, Defiant, gritty, deeply emotional, Slide guitar, 808s, choir harmonies, trap hats, steel, male
2:34
No
5/10/2025