[Intro]
Yeah
Deep breath
Uh
[Verse 1]
Been on the floor, back to the ceiling fan
Wonderin’ if the plan’s broken or it’s still a plan
Phone full of names that I still can’t dial
‘Cause pride heavy as a child that ain’t smiled in a while
Mama in the kitchen, bills on the table
Prayin’ over crumbs, call it faith, call it cable
Cut off, cut deep, I been patchin’ these scars
Tryna bargain with the dark while I’m reachin’ for stars
Job apps, got denied like a door in my face
Friends vanished like smoke, left a ghost in the place
Lookin’ in the mirror, all I see is my fear
But I keep wakin’ up, guess my purpose in here (yeah)
[Chorus]
Weight on my shoulder, I’m still standin’
Heart full of thunder, I keep bangin’
Scared of this life but I ain’t runnin’
I’m fightin’ this fight ‘til the light come in
Weight on my shoulder, I’m still breathin’
Hands in the dirt, I’m still reachin’
If the whole world cold, I’m the spark in the snow
I been losin’ all day, but I’m back for the glow (yeah)
[Verse 2]
I remember late nights, ramen in a paper cup
Countin’ every cent, talkin’ ‘bout “when I’m greater, bruh”
Dreams in a notebook, hope in a backpack
Eyes on the sky but my past try to drag back
Cousin in a cell, say he wish he had a second chance
I’m out here free, wastin’ days, scrollin’ through a trance
Nah, that ain’t me, I can’t drown in the feed
When my little bro watchin’, learnin’ what to believe
He see me
He need me
I bleed so
He can be free
So I’ll break every chain that they hand to my name
Turn my shame into flame, light a path through the rain (yeah)
[Chorus]
Weight on my shoulder, I’m still standin’
Heart full of thunder, I keep bangin’
Scared of this life but I ain’t runnin’
I’m fightin’ this fight ‘til the light come in
Weight on my shoulder, I’m still breathin’
Hands in the dirt, I’m still reachin’
If the whole world cold, I’m the spark in the snow
I been losin’ all day, but I’m back for the glow
[Bridge]
I been down, talkin’ way past low (way past)
Talkin’ sleepin’ in my clothes on the floor (on the floor)
Talkin’ tears in my throat like, “yo
If I disappear, would they even know?”
But that voice in my chest said “move”
Every bruise that you got gon’ prove
Every wound that you hide gon’ bloom
You ain’t meant for the cage, fill the room (fill the room, yeah)
[Verse 3]
So I lace up, face up, step in the storm
Every failure that I carry out here keepin’ me warm
‘Cause I know what it is to be hungry and hollow
So if I make it out, they ain’t starvin’ tomorrow
I ain’t perfect, I’m hurtin’, but I’m learnin’ to stand
Turn the tremble in my hand to a permanent brand
Every “no” that I hear just sharpen the blade
I’m cuttin’ through the doubt they carefully laid (uh)
I ain’t just tryna live, I’m tryna lift up the block
Put a spine in the weak spots, time in the tick-tock
Yeah, I’m scared of this life, but I walk with the fear
‘Cause courage ain’t the lack of it, it’s draggin’ it here (come on)
[Chorus]
Weight on my shoulder, I’m still standin’
Heart full of thunder, I keep bangin’
Scared of this life but I ain’t runnin’
I’m fightin’ this fight ‘til the light come in
Weight on my shoulder, I’m still breathin’
Hands in the dirt, I