Break the chains

(Hook)
I wake up, clock in, same story, same pain,
Work these hands to the bone just to break that chain,
Ain’t no silver spoon, just a dream and a name,
I grind so my kids don’t have to do the same.

(Verse 1)
I came up on struggle, cold nights and no heat,
Mama praying in the dark, tryna find some peace.
Had to learn the hard way, life ain’t always sweet,
Now I’m paving better roads for the ones I feed.

They don’t see the calloused hands, they just see the meals,
Don’t see the weight I’m carrying, just the love they feel.
I take that pain I lived through and turn it to steel,
So when they build their dreams, the foundation’s real.

(Hook)
I wake up, clock in, same story, same pain,
Work these hands to the bone just to break that chain,
Ain’t no silver spoon, just a dream and a name,
I grind so my kids don’t have to do the same.

(Verse 2)
Learned lessons from the struggle, never from a book,
Every scar a story, every loss another look.
I’ve been broke, been bent, but I never shook,
Now I’m teachin’ ‘bout the mountain that their daddy took.

I don’t want ‘em seein’ nights I couldn’t sleep,
Countin’ pennies, prayin’ bills don’t cut too deep.
I want ‘em buildin’ legacies, not tryna eat,
Turn my sweat into soil where they plant

Southern country, male