Letters I Never Sent

Intro (Spoken, low + reflective)
These weren’t written to one person
They were written to where I come from
To what I survived
To what I never learned how to say

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Verse 1

I wrote letters I never mailed
To the house where the lights would fail
To the nights I learned how to be quiet
When being heard only started riots

I wrote letters to younger me
Promising things I couldn’t be
I tried to grow up before my time
Calling survival a design

I learned early how to stay composed
How to swallow truth and never close
Every smile practiced, every breath
Borrowed strength from the fear of death

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Pre-Hook

Some things don’t get said out loud
They get carried — passed down

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Hook

Letters I never sent, words I still feel
Roots grow deep where the ground ain’t healed
If you hear this now, just know I tried
I carried the past so we could survive

Letters I never sent, truths I wore
Like scars that opened hidden doors
If I stand tall, it’s not by chance
It’s every silence that built this stance

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Verse 2

I wrote letters to broken homes
To empty rooms and dial tones
To the men who never showed me how
To stand my ground or take a bow

I wrote letters to pain disguised
As discipline passed down through time
Some love came rough, some lessons loud
Some crowns come bent, not bowed

I learned faith when I had no proof
Learned patience before I learned youth
I wasn’t taught how to ask for help
So I learned how to carry myself

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Bridge (Half-time, layered)

If love was soft, I never knew
I learned it sharp, I learned it true
Roots don’t grow in perfect land
They break the ground to make a stand

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Verse 3 (NEW – legacy-focused)

I wrote letters I’ll never read
To the blood in me, the history
If I fall short, forgive my name
I’m trying to outrun inherited pain

Every step I take ain’t just for me
It’s for the ones who couldn’t leave
If I reign now, it’s not for pride
It’s proof the roots stayed alive

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Final Hook (Bigger, anthemic)

Letters I never sent, now understood
The past built more than it ever could
If we rise now, remember this
Every silence forged the grit

Letters I never sent, still speak loud
In every win, in every crowd
Our roots run deep, our reign legit
This ain’t a moment — this is it

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Outro (Spoken, quiet authority)

Some stories aren’t written
They’re endured
And that’s what makes them reign

134 BPM, Conscious Boom-Bap Hip-Hop, 808 bass, switch Flow, guitar , west/east coast hip-hop, Rap