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(Mellow Rap / Emotional storytelling)

Yeah…

Some nights I still hear his voice,

But I ain’t scared no more.

I just… let it fade.

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He’d come home smellin’ like smoke and regret,

Talkin’ loud, breakin’ sh*t, like he tryna forget,

Mom would cry slow, I’d just stare at the wall,

Thinkin’ “why we gotta live like this at all?”

I was just a kid, tryna hold my breath,

Every night feelin’ close to death,

But pain made a promise I’ll never forget,

I’ll grow up good, not broken like that.

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I ain’t like my father, no way,

I ain’t playin’ with the pain he played,

I took his fire, made light from the flame,

I changed the story, but kept the name.

I ain’t like my father, no hate,

Just learnin’ from the mess he made,

I carry love where he carried rage,

Broke that curse, turned the page.

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Yeah, I got his eyes, but not his soul,

I got scars, but they made me whole,

Sometimes I feel that shadow’s near,

But I fight it off, I ain’t built from fear.

He said “life’s hard” — I said “I know,”

But pain don’t mean you gotta lose control,

I’m writin’ my truth, I’m lettin’ it flow,

What he buried, I let it grow.

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Sometimes I wish he could see me now,

Not the scared kid, but what I allowed,

Turned pain into peace, turned hate into vow,

I forgive him… but I ain’t him now.

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I ain’t like my father, no way,

I ain’t playin’ with the pain he played,

I took his fire, made light from the flame,

I changed the story, but kept the name.

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Yeah…

He taught me what not to be,

And maybe that’s what I needed.

I ain’t like my father…

I’m free.