[INTRO — spoken, low and tired]
Sometimes I wonder…
How many times can a woman fall
before she gets tired of getting back up?
Everybody says, “Be strong.”
But what happens when strong
is the only thing you’ve ever been?
I’m tired…
But I’m still here.
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[VERSE 1 — RAP]
Life been rough, but I keep my head high,
Crying behind closed doors, then stepping outside.
Everybody needs something, everybody wants more,
But who checks on the woman who’s keeping everybody afloat?
I’m a woman on my own, trying to make it in this world,
Trying to keep my dreams alive while raising up my girls.
Bills on the table, pressure on my mind,
And I’m smiling like everything is perfectly fine.
Ain’t nobody coming when the rent due,
Ain’t nobody calling when the fridge looking see-through.
Everybody loves you when you got something to give,
But when you’re barely surviving, they forget you exist.
I’ve learned the world don’t care about your tears,
Don’t care about your struggle, don’t care about your fears.
You can scream until your voice disappears,
And still gotta wake up and face another year.
So I wipe my face, put my shoes on tight,
Tell myself, “Girl, we gon’ make it tonight.”
I might be tired, I might be bruised,
But giving up?
That’s something I refuse.
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[PRE-CHORUS — SINGING]
And sometimes I just wanna disappear,
Get away from everybody, get away from here.
I’m tired of being strong when I need somebody too,
Tired of saying “I’m okay” when I’m barely making it through.
But something in my soul keeps telling me…
“Baby, keep going.”
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[CHORUS — SOULFUL, BIG VOCALS]
This world is heartless,
But I’m still breathing.
Life keeps breaking me,
But I’m still believing.
I’ve been down so many times
I forgot what standing feels like.
But every morning that I wake up
Means I got another fight.
I’m just one woman
Trying to make it through this life.
Trying to keep my heart soft
In a world that don’t think twice.
Yeah, this world is heartless…
But baby, so am I—
when it comes to giving up.
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[VERSE 2 — RAP, MORE RAW]
I’ve had to choose between a dream and a bill,
Between doing what I love and doing what pays the real.
Everybody says, “Follow your heart,”
But what they don’t tell you is survival gets a head start.
I’ve sacrificed sleep, sacrificed peace,
Sacrificed pieces of myself just so my family could eat.
I’ve been tired in ways sleep couldn’t fix,
Smiling through situations that were making me sick.
And relationships?
Shit… don’t get me started.
I’ve loved men who loved what I could do for them,
Been there for people who wouldn’t show up when
I needed a hand, needed a shoulder, needed somebody
To say, “Girl, you don’t have to carry everybody.”
I got tired of being the strong friend.
Tired of being the dependable one.
Tired of people thinking because I survived before
I can survive anything that comes.
I’m human too.
I break.
I cry.
I get scared.
I just learned how to do it quietly
because nobody was coming when I made noise.
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[PRE-CHO
