To Die a Good Man

[Intro – Piano, vinyl crackle]

Yeah…
Greatness fade.

But goodness stay.

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[Verse 1]

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When my time come, don’t dress it in gold,
Don’t tell stories bigger than truth ever told.
I wasn’t perfect, I was learning the road,
Carrying battles nobody else know.

Some days I walked straight, some days I slipped,
Some nights I questioned the weight I was with.
But every morning I tried again,
Just tryna be better than who I’d been.

I ain’t chase crowns or the loudest praise,
Just tried to stand through the quiet days.
Helping where I could, even when it hurt,
Trying to leave some light in a heavy world.

I built what I could with the hands I had,
Loved who I could through the good and bad.
If they tell my story when my breath don’t stay,
Tell ‘em I tried in an honest way.
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[Hook – Soft choir]

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Don’t remember me for greatness or fame,
Don’t carve my worth in a powerful name.
Just say I tried when the road was long,
Tried to do right when the world went wrong.

Not the man who tried to be the greatest one —
Just the man who tried
to be a good one.
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[Verse 2]

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Greatness loud but goodness quiet,
It don’t chase crowds, it move in silence.
It show up steady when the room get cold,
When the easy road tempting your soul.

I tried to listen when anger was loud,
Tried to stay humble when pride drew a crowd.
Tried to forgive when the pain stayed near,
Even when mercy felt hard to give here.

Some days I failed and I carried the shame,
Some days I learned how to walk through the flame.
But every fall I stood again slow,
Trying to be better than the man I know.

I ain’t need statues or my name in the sky,
Just wanted my life to mean something when I die.
If the measure of a man get called to the stand,
Let the truth say I did what I can.
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[Bridge – Spoken]

Don’t make me a legend.

Just remember
I was trying.

Every day.

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[Verse 3]

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When the room go quiet and the stories get told,
Don’t paint my life like a hero in gold.
Just say he showed up when he needed to stand,
And tried to move through the world like a man.

Say he carried weight without asking applause,
Tried to live honest even facing his flaws.
Tried to lift others when the road got steep,
Even when his own soul felt weak.

I wasn’t chasing the echo of fame,
Just hoping my life left a little good name.
If my story end and the last breath ran —
Just say he tried

to be a good man.
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[Final Hook – Choir + trumpet swell]

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Don’t remember me for greatness or fame,
Just remember the heart behind my name.
Through every loss and every plan —
I was just trying
to be a good man.
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[Outro – Piano fades]

Yeah…

Not perfect.

Just trying.

piano, warm strings, brushed drums, soft trumpet, low choir, vinyl ambience