We Can Survive

[Intro]
Yeah
Still here
Still breathin’ (uh)
Listen
[Verse 1]
Used to count late fees and late rent
Mama in the dark, sayin’ “Say less”
Lights cut, we would light one candle
Swear the small flames held what we can’t hold
Hand-me-down shoes, still runnin’ them laps
Hunger in my chest, not just in the cabinets
Teacher said “pipe down,” I was too loud
I just knew one day I’d talk for the whole crowd
[Chorus]
We can survive, we don’t fold, we rise
Tears in our eyes, still fire inside
Storm in the sky, but we don’t lose sight
We bend, we break, but we still stay alive
We can survive (yeah), we can survive (uh)
Say it out loud so the fear gets quiet
We can survive (yeah), we can survive
Long as you with me, we gon’ be alright
[Verse 2]
Look
I seen homies disappear to the same block
Money got ‘em chained like a padlock
I was one text, one step, one call
From the same fate, same shirt on the same wall
Now I talk hope like a street slang
Turn pain into plans, that’s a heat wave
Every little scar like a barcode
When it get scanned, that’s a story that I own
[Chorus]
We can survive, we don’t fold, we rise
Tears in our eyes, still fire inside
Storm in the sky, but we don’t lose sight
We bend, we break, but we still stay alive
We can survive (say it), we can survive (yeah)
Say it out loud so the fear gets quiet
We can survive, we can survive
If you still breathing, you still got time
[Bridge]
Who you think you are?
More than what they call you
More than every L that ever tried to stall you
If today hurts, write it in the margin
Tomorrow read it back like “Damn, I really fought this”
[Chorus]
We can survive, we don’t fold, we rise
Tears in our eyes, still fire inside
Storm in the sky, but we don’t lose sight
We bend, we break, but we still stay alive
We can survive (yeah), we can survive (hey!)
Say it out loud so the fear gets quiet
We can survive, we can survive
You ain’t alone, we gon’ be alright

rap, Modern East Coast-meets-trap rap banger, mid-tempo. Tight, punchy drums and thick bass under moody piano loop. Verses ride the pocket with confident male vocals; hook explodes with layered chants and octave doubles. Ad-libs sprinkled for hype, subtle choir pad under the final chorus for an anthemic lift.