Teeth In The Past

Past is heavy

Heart gone feral (yeah)

Teeth to metal

Survival primal

I was raised on rust

Cold spoons, hot cuffs

Whole block prayed, same night

same luck

Two phones, one buzz

Rent due, thin blood

Dreams in a shoebox

Hidden in the vent dust

Eyes on the exit, back to the wall

Learned quick, every favor got a tag, every smile got a flaw

They talk love

But the love turned law

When the bread ran short

And the blade came raw (skrrt)

Past is heavy, neck on chain

Carry that weight in my veins

Survival’s primal, I don’t play tame

Claws out first when they say my name (say my name)

Past is heavy, can’t rewind

Turn that pain to a sharper mind

Survival’s primal, fight or flight

I bite back hard when they dim my light (bite back)

I don’t flinch at the sirens, slept through raids

Shared one plate, split crumbs, still gave

Trust got taxed, every word got weighed

Only thing free round here’s the grave

Mama with the eyes that ain’t slept in years

Daddy was a rumor, just smoke and beer

So I married my fear, made it sharpen my spears

Every scar on my skin just a souvenir

Now they wanna talk peace, but the wound’s too deep

I was bargaining with God for some secondhand sleep

If the reaper want mine, better come this week

‘Cause I’m growing new teeth

Under every old grief (yeah)

Past is heavy, neck on chain

Carry that weight in my veins

Survival’s primal, I don’t play tame

Claws out first when they say my name (say my name)

Past is heavy, can’t rewind

Turn that pain to a sharper mind

Survival’s primal, fight or flight

I bite back hard when they dim my light (bite back)

Who am I

If I drop my guard

If I lay this armor

In the neighbor’s yard

Can I breathe

If I don’t stay hard

Or do I turn to smoke

When they cut the scar (woah)

Past is heavy, neck on chain

Carry that weight in my veins

Survival’s primal, I don’t play tame

Claws out first when they say my name (say my name)

Past is heavy, can’t rewind

Turn that pain to a sharper mind

Survival’s primal, fight or flight

I bite back hard when they dim my light (bite back, bite back)