One Foot in The Grave

(INTRO – ambient, distant)

(Low piano,heavy reverb)
(choir pad swelling)
(heartbeat bass)

Yeah…
Feels like I been walkin’ with a shadow
Every step feel borrowed…

(HOOK – melodic,)

(Filtered synth pad)
(808s soft but deep)
(Muted guitar plucks)

I got one foot in the dirt, one foot in my dreams
Time feel thin when you know what it means
Prayin’ I make it to watch my kids grow
Prayin’ I live long enough just to know

How to breathe when it’s all caving in
How to smile when the walls don’t bend
Tell me how to live when the clock don’t wait
When I’m chasin’ great with one foot in the grave

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(VERSE 1 – , introspective)

(Minimal drums, rim + kick)
(Bass pulsing quietly)

Death been tappin’ my shoulder like it know my name
Every corner feel sharp, every joy got pain
I rehearse conversations I might never say
Apologies trapped in my chest like they barricaded

Thinkin’ ‘bout my sister in white, walkin’ down that aisle
Wonder if I’ll still be here just to see her smile
Wonder if my kids gon’ remember my voice
Or just pictures and stories ‘bout the man with a choice

I was tryin’ to be strong, but I been scared too
Tryin’ to build a future while the roof caved through
Everybody say “keep goin’,” but they don’t explain
How you run from the rain when you are the pain

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(PRE-CHORUS – deep energy)
(Atmospheric riser)
(Auto-panned vocal effects)
(Sub bass swelling)

Yeah…
Feels like the sky been fallin’ slow
I been talkin’ to God through the lows
Every “what if” weighin’ my soul
Still here though… still here though…

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(HOOK – FULL, EMOTIONAL)
(Full drums + 808s)
(Wide synths open up)

Prayin’ I make it…. 

(VERSE 2 – Pain → Perseverance)
(Darker beat switch)
(808 distortion)

I miss the days when we laughed with no debt
No pills for the stress, no fear in the chest
Friends talk less now, life movin’ fast
We swear we got time, but we runnin’ from facts

I done seen too many funerals before weddings
Too many texts sayin’ “bro, you hear what happened?”
Tryna stay solid while the world feel fragile
Tryna write hope in a language of survival

I ain’t ready to go, but I ain’t fearless
Every breath feel loud when you hear it
If this pain the price for the vision I chase
Then let me at least leave love in my place

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(BRIDGE - raw)
(Beat drops out)
(Low piano only)
(Room reverb, intimate)

If today my name get called…
Tell my kids I tried.
Tell ‘em I loved harder than I hid.
Tell my sister I was proud.
Tell my friends I never forgot us…
I just didn’t know how to stay.

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(FINAL HOOK – RESOLVED, HOPEFUL)
(Choir layered quietly)
(Drums return, steadier)

I got one foot in the dirt, one foot in my dreams
Still reachin’ up even when I bleed
If I’m still breathin’, then I still fight
Tryna turn these dark days into light

Show me how to live when it all feels fake
When my heart feel heavy, my soul still aches
I’m still here, yeah I’m still awake

(OUTRO)

(Instrumental fade)
(Heartbeat slows)
(Soft choir hum)

Yeah…
Still here.
Still tryin’.

Synth Trap, Hip-Hop Soul, Atmospheric Introspective Rap, conscientious Rap, male