[Intro – Female]
Mmm… yeah… Through the pain… I still rise…
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[Hook 1 – Female]
Ooh, I been down bad, but I still rise
Pain in my chest, but I still fight
Lost that love, had to pay that price
Now I pray every night just to get my soul right
Through the rain, through the dirt, through the storm
Tucker by my side, he was keepin’ me warm
Now I’m walkin’ all alone, but my heart still torn
Real ones never die, they just change form
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[Verse 1 – Male]
I’m scared to love, and I know why
Can’t trust what I can’t buy
Close to givin’ up, I don’t try
Bird with a broke wing, can’t fly
When you leave, girl, chest get tight
No rest till you lay next to me at night
Alone, I ain’t my best, that’s facts
Every bad turn just leads to more crap
We run but we hide when the truth close
Lie to each other just to hold hope
I see you like you mine, that’s no joke
World on my back, still I won’t fold
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[Hook 2 – Female]
Ooh, I been down bad, but I still rise
Pain in my chest, but I still fight
Lost that love, had to pay that price
Now I pray every night just to get my soul right
Through the rain, through the dirt, through the storm
Tucker by my side, he was keepin’ me warm
Now I’m walkin’ all alone, but my heart still torn
Real ones never die, they just change form
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[Verse 2 – Male]
I’d rather be broke than a burden
Stitched up my own heart, fuck a surgeon
Turned open-heart surgery to a burglary
Dragged through the mud, still kept my name clean
Fuck what they talk about, I got my own pain
Love me when it’s ugly, feel strange
Only way to stab me’s from close range
Sorry I don’t talk much, I’m just caged
One bitch hurt me most, and that was karma
Thunder outside, world gettin’ darker
But money still surge like Ibaka
Ten toes down, I’m a real street father
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[Hook 3 – Female]
Ooh, I been down bad, but I still rise
Pain in my chest, but I still fight
Lost that love, had to pay that price
Now I pray every night just to get my soul right
Through the rain, through the dirt, through the storm
Tucker by my side, he was keepin’ me warm
Now I’m walkin’ all alone, but my heart still torn
Real ones never die, they just change form
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[Outro – Male]
Lord… bless the real ones who stayed loyal when I had nothin’.
Bless my family… even the ones I gotta forgive from a distance.
I pray we learn from our mistakes… and never repeat ’em.
I pray we still love… even when trust feels dangerous.
Tell my boy Tucker I miss him every day and night…
He was my ride or die, my light in the darkest fights.
We was stubborn, hardheaded, but always tight,
Two bad-ass dogs in the moonlight… still barkin’ at life.
He rests with the angels now, while I’m locked outta sleep…
But real ones never leave… they just run in my dreams
