RAi Soulmusic – Rap/Rock Ballad
Verse 1
Everyone who knows me
Knows a different side of me
Some see the worker in the dust
Some see the smile, some see the scars I keep
Some know me as a plaster man
Working walls from dawn till night
Some know me as a husband
Trying to keep the fire alight
Some know me as a friend
The one who listens when they fall
Some know me as an artist
Writing songs behind these walls
Pre-Chorus
They call me Rain, but that's just my name
They see my face, but that won't explain
I'm plastering, that's just my job
Making a living, paying the cost
I write these songs, but that's just a hobby
Not the whole story, not the real body
Chorus
Who is the real me?
Behind the labels, behind what you see
Behind every role that life gave to me
There's something deeper, something free
Who is the real me?
Not the husband, not the employee
Not the artist or the name they gave me
I'm the one who's watching silently
Verse 2
I tried to tell them what I found
That I'm not the thoughts inside my head
That the voice that worries every day
Is not the thing that's truly me instead
They think I'm crazy when I speak
About the space between the noise
About the witness in the silence
That exists beneath all choices
Every story has an ending
Every title fades away
The body changes, jobs keep changing
But something stays the same
Pre-Chorus
I've been the hero, I've been the fool
I've broken every self-made rule
But every mask I've ever worn
Was just a costume, never the soul
Chorus
Who is the real me?
Behind the labels, behind what you see
Behind every role that life gave to me
There's something deeper, something free
Who is the real me?
Not the husband, not the employee
Not the artist or the name they gave me
I'm the one who's watching silently
Bridge (spoken / rap)
I am not my victories
I am not my pain
I am not the sunshine
I am not the rain
Not the worker, not the singer
Not the story in my brain
When every mask falls to the ground
What remains?
Just awareness in the moment
Watching life unfold its game
Everybody knows somebody
But nobody knows the same
Final Chorus
Who is the real me?
The one no mirror ever sees
The one that's been here all along
Before the words, before the song
Who is the real me?
The answer's closer than it seems
When all the noise finally leaves
I find the one that's always been me
Outro
Everyone who knows me
Knows me differently...
But only I can see
Who is a real me.
RAi
