Pain for pain

(Intro)

Turn me up…

Yeah

You ever love somebody so hard

That when they cross you, it change you forever?

This that pain talk…

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(Hook)

Pain for pain, that’s the way it go

Cold hearts made from the streets we know

Every scar turned my soul to stone

Now I ride through the night all alone

Pain for pain, I can’t feel the same

Too much loss, too much hurt, too much rain

Tryna hide all this anger in my veins

But the trenches turn love into pain

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(Verse 1)

I remember nights we was broke together

Now everybody changed when the smoke got better

Same dudes used to laugh in the rain wit’ me

Now they act weird ‘cause the fame hit me

I done seen envy up close, that’s facts

Seen love disappear when the cash got stacked

That’s why I keep my circle real tight now

Too many snakes try to bite now

My lil’ homie died, I still hear his voice

Still think about that night, ain’t have no choice

Bullets hit fast, ambulance lights slow

Now his mama cry every night, I know

That pain different when it’s somebody close

Have you talkin’ to God while you clutch your coat

Like why the real ones always gotta go?

And why the fake always live the most?

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(Hook)

Pain for pain, that’s the way it go

Cold hearts made from the streets we know

Every scar turned my soul to stone

Now I ride through the night all alone

Pain for pain, I can’t feel the same

Too much loss, too much hurt, too much rain

Tryna hide all this anger in my veins

But the trenches turn love into pain

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(Verse 2)

I was young learnin’ pain before algebra

Real tears mixed with smoke in the passenger

Seen my mama stressed, bills piled high

Still smiled for us even when she cried

That made me savage, I ain’t trust much

Started keepin’ my feelings in a clutch

Everybody claim loyalty ‘til it’s pressure

Then them true colors come out under pressure

I had love for a girl but she switched too

Guess heartbreak turn people to villains too

Now I barely open up when I speak

Too much pain make a grown man weak

And I can’t go back to the old days

Too much blood spilled on them hallways

Every funeral made my heart colder

Every betrayal made the chip bigger on my shoulder

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(Verse 3)

I still pray before I sleep at night

Ask God help me see what’s wrong from right

‘Cause revenge been heavy on my brain lately

And this anger inside really changed me

I got demons I don’t talk about

Trauma I just walk around

Smile in public, hurt in private

Ain’t nobody really know the violence

I watched real killers cry over coffins

Street life glamorous ‘til your dog in one

That’s why I move careful with everybody now

Too much fake love gettin’ tossed around

And if I die young, tell ‘em I was solid

Every scar in my heart, I survived it

Came from pain, so that’s all I know

When the world hurt you, the hurt gon’ show

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(Outro)

Pain for pain…

That cycle never end

You either heal…

Or you turn cold forever