10 hour man

Alarm clock screaming, still dark outside

Steel-toe boots, got weight on my spine

Ten hours straight, hands cracked, mind tired

Bills don’t care if my soul feel fried

I don’t talk much, I just move and grind

Keep my pain locked deep behind my eyes

They see strength, they don’t see the cost

I’ve been learning how to lead through loss

I don’t complain, I adapt instead

Put food on the table, keep faith fed

Every choice heavy, every step planned

Trying to grow from a boy to a man

I been tired but I never fold

Heart been warm in a world this cold

If I break, I break in silence

Still show up, still stay violent

Ten-hour days, got depression in me

Still gotta be the man she believes in

Carry the weight, don’t show where it bleeds

Smile outside, war underneath

I don’t quit, I don’t run, I don’t flee

Even when my mind turn enemy

If this life try to bend me, I stand

Ten-hour days made a ten-hour man

Everybody need me strong right now

So I swallow the doubt, don’t let it out

Love on my shoulders, stress in my chest

Trying to be solid while fighting my head

Some nights quiet feel way too loud

Thoughts run wild when the room shut down

I ain’t perfect, I’m just disciplined

Still learning how to live with the sins

I ain’t chasing fame, I’m chasing peace

Trying to be someone she feels safe to need

I don’t say much, but I mean what I do

Every promise heavy, every word true

I been lost but I found my role

Even broken men can build a home

If I fall, I get up again

That’s the code, that’s the plan

Ten-hour days, got depression in me

Still gotta be the man she believes in

Carry the weight, don’t show where it bleeds

Smile outside, war underneath

I don’t quit, I don’t run, I don’t flee

Even when my mind turn enemy

If this life try to bend me, I stand

Ten-hour days made a ten-hour man

If I’m quiet, don’t mean I’m weak

Just fighting battles I don’t speak

I was built in the pressure, forged by demand

Pain in my heart, calluses on my hands

Yeah, I’m tired, but I’m still here

Still showing up, still facing fear

I don’t need praise, I don’t need a fan

Just respect for a working man

Ten-hour days…

Still standing.