[Verse 1]
I held the door, they looked me up and down
Like I was late to some private kind of crown
Tried to smile first, got a half-eye roll
Like kindness now is a joke they told
I gave my change to a man by the train
He said, “You sure?” like he’d never seen that face
Kids on the corner laughed, “What you trying to prove?”
I said, “Nothing, I just got this to do”
Old lady dropped her bag at the checkout lane
I picked up oranges, rolled one back again
She gripped my wrist, said, “Boy, you still got light”
I almost cried right there in the aisle that night
[Pre-Chorus]
But they call it soft
They call it strange
Like love only counts
When it comes with a trade
They keep score
They keep tabs
I still reach out
I still go back
[Chorus]
Kind for no reason
Kind for no reason
I know it looks crazy
I know what they mean
Kind for no reason
Kind for no reason
In a cold room, baby
I’m still warm when I leave
[Verse 2]
Everybody moving like a locked-up door
If you don’t bring profit, you get ignored
He said, “What’s the point?” with a tired grin
Like every handout has to come back in
Couples split bills and split hearts too
Every text got a price if it gets through
Everybody’s out here with a rented soul
Trying to stay whole with a broken goal
I seen friends turn thin when the money got tight
Seen truth get bent to fit somebody’s life
Seen people clap while they secretly pray
That your little good deed fades away
[Pre-Chorus]
But I don’t need proof
I don’t need praise
I don’t need a witness
To use these hands this way
They keep score
I let it slide
If the world goes cold
I don’t want mine
[Chorus]
Kind for no reason
Kind for no reason
I know it looks crazy
I know what they mean
Kind for no reason
Kind for no reason
In a cold room, baby
I’m still warm when I leave
[Verse 3]
I left extra coins for the kid at the booth
Bought two waters, gave one off to the dude
He said, “Why me?” with a cracked-up laugh
I said, “Because today can be hard like that”
My brother said, “Man, you still doing that?”
Like decency is some throwaway act
I told him, “Yeah, and I’m not ashamed”
If I lose the room, I keep my name
The world can spin with its teeth out bare
People can choose to stop caring there
But I know what I plant when I leave my seat
A little more human in the concrete
[Bridge]
If love is a receipt, then let it burn
If every touch has a price, I won’t learn
I’d rather be broke in the better way
Than rich in a house where nobody stays
One small hand, one open door
One last slice from the corner store
I won’t become what I hate to see
I’ll give my good away for free
[Chorus]
Kind for no reason
Kind for no reason
I know it looks crazy
I know what they mean
Kind for no reason
Kind for no reason
In a cold room, baby
I’m still warm when I leave
[Outro]
Let them go their way
I’ll go mine
Still handing out mercy
One more time
Kind for no reason
Kind for no reason