STEEL CITY DEMONS

Rah Rah Tayo Rah Rah

INTRO (spoken)

Tayo talk to ‘em…

Yeah…

City of bridges, I’m carryin’ crosses.

VERSE 1

Touch by an angel, molested by demons,

Halo bent crooked, still prayin’ for freedom.

Nightmares like Freddy keep cuttin’ my sleep up,

Elm Street my mind, every thought tryna creep up.

Trauma got fingerprints all on my breathing,

Devil talk fluent, he lie for a reason.

But I’m harder than Pittsburgh steel in the winter,

412 pressure, that pain make you thinner.

They try steal my life, my breath, my ambition,

I clutch my faith like a loaded decision.

Pat bus thunder, I been run over by fate,

Still crawled out the wreck with a chip and a plate.

Glocks point at doom, hear the click of the blust,

Every corner a test, who you trust is who bust.

On sight in the dark, see the sparks light the night,

City glow from the sins, yeah the shadows ignite.

HOOK

I’m at war with myself, hear the sirens inside,

Angels scream “live”, demons beg me to die.

Steel City spine, I don’t bend, I don’t fold,

If I break then I break, but my soul never sold.

Prayin’ with my fists clenched, faith full of scars,

I been wrestlin’ hell just to reach for the stars.

Yeah I bleed, yeah I hurt, yeah I still stand tall,

When the demons pull up, I don’t miss the call.

VERSE 2

PTSD flash when the night get quiet,

Heart beat drumline, every breath feel riot.

Mama tears in the sink, God listen or nah,

Only preacher I knew was the pain and the law.

Friends turn ghosts, enemies multiply,

Every smile got venom, every love got a lie.

I been baptized in rain, not the church, just the street,

Holy water from gutters, now my tongue taste defeat.

But I talk back to demons, tell ‘em rent overdue,

This mind not for lease, yeah I’m evictin’ you.

I done stared at the void, void blinked first,

I been dead in my head, still rehearsed for the worst.

Steel toe boots on my doubts, crack they teeth,

If I fall it’s forward, land sharp on my feet.

HOOK

I’m at war with myself, hear the sirens inside,

Angels scream “live”, demons beg me to die.

Steel City spine, I don’t bend, I don’t fold,

If I break then I break, but my soul never sold.

OUTRO (spoken)

Yeah…

This ain’t glamor, this survival.

Pittsburgh raised me.

Pressure saved me.

Tayo

Rah Rah Rrrrah Pittsburgh 412

Steel City 412 Pittsburgh