Intro (spoken, low energy)
Yeah…
This one hurt different.
But it taught me everything.
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Verse 1 – First Love / The Dream
First time I met her, swear the room got quiet
Smile like peace, but my heart went riot
I showed her cities she ain’t never seen
Flights, late nights, chasing bigger dreams
I ain’t just talk it, I really invested
Every promise I made, I meant it
Saved ten thousand for a wedding ring
I was ready for forever, no second string
I gave her my world, put my heart on display
Thought love was enough, thought love would stay
I had plans, man, I had a vision
Didn’t know love need more than ambition
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Verse 2 – Rejection / Pain
The way she turned me down was ice-cold
Hit me like an atomic bomb, left a deep hole
I stood there frozen, didn’t know what to do
Heart on the floor, still loving you
I felt foolish, felt small, felt played
But I still showed love, never switched my ways
Put everybody on my shoulders, carried the load
Smiling through pain, still walking the road
They don’t see the nights I cried in silence
Asking God why love turn violent
I gave you my heart, I gave you my soul
You said I was a fool, that broke me whole
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Hook – Lesson / Faith (melodic or half-sung)
Some things take patience
Some things you fight for
Some things you gotta let live
Fly away, hope they come back
But be okay if they don’t
When you don’t turn to God completely
You get stuck in the back room
While numbers shine bright
Ain’t no reruns, this life tonight
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Verse 3 – Growth / Faith / Reality
I learned love don’t work without God in it
If He ain’t first, then it fall minute by minute
I told you my dreams gon’ turn real
I just needed support when the nights got real
I was at my lowest of lows
Needed you right there to show me how it goes
But I stood alone, learned how to pray
Learned real strength don’t fade away
When I shoot, I shoot like Kobe in his prime
Fadeaway jumper, pain in my rhyme
Can’t nobody stop this hunger in me
Whole town know my legacy
Been in Dallas since I was a kid
So don’t ever think you can play me
I played soccer, played basketball
Man, I really played it all
You can’t step in my shoes, they don’t fit
Different walk, different calling, different grit
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Verse 4 – Promise / Legacy
Mama, I promise I’m gon’ be that man
Make you proud, do everything I can
One day you gon’ say “wow”
When you see how God worked it out
Big house, gated, no stress
McLaren blacked out, orange tint, success
Land, acres, never worry ‘bout rent
‘Cause I got us, mama, every cent
Yeah, she broke my heart, but I healed it right
My baby boy, my baby girl gon’ see a father in their life
No matter what, I’ll die about them
That’s the legacy, that’s the promise
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Outro (spoken, calm)
I don’t regret loving hard.
I regret forgetting God first.
But I learned…
And that changed everything.