Cold Roses

[Intro – soft harmonized hums / whispers layered]
Yeah…
Cold nights, warm thoughts, same pain.
Still breathin’ through the frost, still bloom in the rain.
[Ad-lib: “Still here…”]
They tried to break me — now I’m unbreakable.
Let’s go.

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[Verse 1 – Rap, deep tone, steady tempo]
They said I’d fade when the lights cut out,
But I glow harder when the dark comes out.
Lost my faith, had to pray through doubt,
Built this crown when the world zoned out.
Backstabbed by my own reflection,
Heart full of war, soul in correction.
Every wound I stitched became direction,
Now my scars the map to my resurrection.

[Ad-lib: “Rise up” / Beat drop with 808 thump]
I was grindin’ through the pain, no sleep,
God talkin’ to me heavy — too deep.
Dreams so loud they don’t let me weep,
Every tear that fell — my roots to keep.

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[Chorus – Auto-Tuned, melodic, emotional]
Cold roses in my chest, still growin’ from the hurt,
Every thorn remind me what I’m worth.
They froze me out, I made it work,
Now I shine through the dirt.
Cold roses in my soul, bloomin’ through the pain,
Even when it’s stormin’, I don’t complain.
[Ad-lib: “Never fold, never fade…”]
Cold roses in my soul… I bloom anyway.

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[Verse 2 – Rap, stronger delivery, layered vocals]
They switch sides like the weather do,
Say they love you but it’s never true.
I done built mine from the residue,
Of every “nah” they ever threw.
Yeah — heart froze, but the grind on flame,
Turned loss to legacy, pain to name.
Kept my soul clean through the game’s shame,
They want peace, but I want change.

[Ad-lib: “Talk that truth!”]
No handouts, no favors,
Just vision, scars, and prayers.
Told my fears, “see you later,”
I’m the dream and the creator.
Pressure made the diamond, cut so raw,
Every fall built me, I don’t withdraw.
Used to beg for light, now I am the dawn,
Cold roses bloom, I keep movin’ on.

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[Bridge – half-sung, cinematic echo with Auto-Tune layers]
Through the snow and pain, I still grow,
Even when they doubt, I still glow.
Lost some friends, lost my home,
But I never lost my soul.
[808 pause – beat breathes]
Cold roses in my soul, I’m reborn in control,
Pain made me whole, I learned to let go.
[Ad-lib: “Let go… let go…”]

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[Chorus – repeated, full harmonic drop]
Cold roses in my chest, still growin’ from the hurt,
Every thorn remind me what I’m worth.
They froze me out, I made it work,
Now I shine through the dirt.
Cold roses in my soul, bloomin’ through the pain,
Even when it’s stormin’, I don’t complain.
Cold roses in my soul… I bloom anyway.

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[Pre-Outro – broken chorus, ad-libs and beat echoes]
Cold roses… yeah, I’m still growin’ [808 hit]
Cold roses… pain still showin’ [beat dips]
But I never stop, I keep flowin’
[Ad-libs: “Keep goin’, keep goin’, never foldin’…”]
Cold roses in my chest… bloom eternal.
[Soft fade – heartbeat 808 + echo vocal: “I bloom anyway…”]

Trap-soul & EDM fusion with deep African American male vocals, heavy 808s, Auto-Tune hooks, ad-libs, and beat-drop energ