Working Man

Yeah…

(Yeah)

[Murmured] Long days… long nights…

I was workin’ in the same old boots, paint on my jeans, no shine

Sunrise in my rearview mirror, backbone on the grind

Every bill like a chain on my name, had to break that line

No dad showin’ me the way, had to draw my own spine

Took nails to the hand, took burns on the skin, still I kept that pace

Every splinter that I pull from my palm put hair on my face

They was laughin’ when I clocked in twice, double shift, no breaks

Now they askin’ how I’m standin’ so tall with this much weight

(Psh, I carry that)

I ain’t built from talk, I’m built from pressure

Every little loss just made me better

You can see the truth in all my effort

[Push vocal] I don’t gotta flex, I just measure… by the

Calloused hands, that’s my treasure (yeah)

Real man, I apply that pressure (pressure)

I don’t need a crown or a necklace

[Drop] Just a roof and the ones I’m protectin’ (protectin’)

I been down, but I never stayed under

Storm came, I just walked through the thunder (through the thunder)

[Held note] I don’t need nobody sayin’ I’m the man

[Soft] I just prove it every day with these hands (with these hands, yeah)

Had nights on the floor, no bed, just plans in my head (my head)

Learned quick that your word mean more than the words you said (facts)

You can buy new shoes, new chains, new shine, new threads

But you can’t buy peace when your soul still owes that debt

So I show up when it’s hard, not just when it’s fun

Hold it down for my people like a loaded gun

If I say that I got you, then it’s already done

If it falls on the line, I’ma be that one

(Always)

I ain’t built from talk, I’m built from pressure

Every little scar just wrote me letters

Read between the lines, it spell “forever”

[Push] I don’t gotta say it, I just show you… with this

Calloused hands, that’s my treasure (treasure)

Real man, I apply that pressure (pressure)

I don’t need a crown or a necklace

Just a roof and the ones I’m protectin’ (yeah, I’m protectin’)

I been down, but I never stayed under

Storm came, I just walked through the thunder

I don’t need nobody sayin’ I’m the man

I just prove it every day with these hands

[Soft] Real ain’t in the pictures, it’s in the pain you don’t post (post)

It’s the bills that you pay, it’s the kids that you hold real close (close)

It’s the promise that you keep when the odds say “go” (go)

It’s the man in the mirror knowin’ he won’t fold (won’t fold)