Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro – spoken, slow, almost breaking] Yeah… You ever judge somebody… Without knowin’ what they had to give up just to breathe? …yeah, me neither… until I lived it [Hook – melodic, emotional] You don’t know what it’s like… (like…) To be cold every night… (night…) Invisible in plain sight… fightin’ just to survive You call it a choice… I call it a life… I barely survived You don’t know what it’s like… You don’t know what it’s— No… you don’t know what it’s like [Verse 1 – storytelling, building intensity] Sixteen, backpack, pain I couldn’t unpack Momma had a man, said “leave or we collapse” Said if I stayed, then he leavin’, that’s facts House wasn’t ours, so we all woulda been flat So I made a decision—but was it mine to make? Trade my home for a tent and a cold mistake Didn’t say goodbye, I just walked away Took the weight of the world so my fam could stay Yeah… I left so they could live normal I died in the shadows, that love was formal No ceremony, just nights gettin’ stormy Blanket in the dirt while my mind was war-torn Tell me what you know about silence that screams? Or sacrificin’ self just to hold up a dream? You see a runaway, I see someone who bleeds Tryna water everybody else but got nothin’ for me [Hook – stronger] You don’t know what it’s like… (like…) To be cold every night… (night…) Invisible in plain sight… fightin’ just to survive You call it a choice… I call it a life… I barely survived [Verse 2 – faster, more aggressive] Now I’m outside, rain hittin’ my face Every single step feelin’ outta place People look at me like I’m some kinda waste Like a headline story they don’t wanna face “Probably on drugs” or “he chose that road” Funny how opinions always come so cold Never seen pain that they never been told Judge a whole life off a moment they stole Yeah—one man steals now we all thieves One man falls now we all weak One bad look now we all seen As a problem that the world don’t wanna keep But let me break it down so you understand clear Most of us ain’t choose to be livin’ in fear It ain’t a lifestyle, it ain’t a career It’s survival when your options disappear [Bridge – emotional, stripped down] You ever slept outside… not knowin’ if you’d wake? Ever felt your worth… start to slowly break? Ever had the world… look you dead in your face… And decide… you ain’t worth the space? [Final Hook – biggest, most emotional] You don’t know what it’s like… (NO…) To be cold every night… (night…) Invisible in plain sight… fightin’ just to survive You call it a choice… I call it a life… I barely survived You don’t know what it’s like… So don’t tell me what it is… You ain’t lived this life… You just watched it from the bridge [Outro – spoken, quiet, powerful] We’re not all the same… We’re just all survivin’ different storms…
Tags
Spoken intro → melodic hook → rapid-fire verse → emotional bridge Internal rhymes + repetition
Duration
3:14
Instrumental
No
Created
4/9/2026