Pressure On My Heart

[Verse 1]
Been clocked in since Sunday
Still broke by Friday night
Phone full of missed calls
Old flames
I don’t even wanna fight
Mama say I’m distant lately
Friends say I don’t come around
I’m just tryna turn this one-room
To a house my kids be proud of one day
[Chorus]
Got this pressure on my heart
It’s heavy
Tryna hold it all together
Barely
Love’s gone
Bills due
Still I’m dream chasin’
Tears in my eyes but I keep on pacing
I’m so tired but I can’t stop now
Every fall make me want it more somehow
If I break
I’ma break going hard
With all this pressure
Pressure on my heart
[Verse 2]
You left your hoodie on my chair
Sleeves still smell like your skin
Scroll your page
See you out somewhere
Acting like I never lived
I could drown in all this “what if”
But I’m too deep in this grind
If I gotta lose somebody
It can’t be this vision of mine
[Chorus]
Got this pressure on my heart
It’s heavy
Tryna hold it all together
Barely
Love’s gone
Bills due
Still I’m dream chasin’
Tears in my eyes but I keep on pacing
I’m so tired but I can’t stop now
Every fall make me want it more somehow
If I break
I’ma break going hard
With all this pressure
Pressure on my heart
[Bridge]
Some nights I talk to the ceiling (yeah)
Like
“Tell me this pain got meaning”
I ain’t come this far just to come this far
If I gotta walk alone
I’ll still reach that star (oh)
I’ll carry every scar like proof I tried
If I lose it all
I still got my pride
[Chorus]
Got this pressure on my heart
It’s heavy
Tryna hold it all together
Barely
Love’s gone
Bills due
Still I’m dream chasin’
Tears in my eyes but I keep on pacing
I’m so tired but I can’t stop now
Every fall make me want it more somehow
If I break
I’ma break going hard
With all this pressure
Pressure on my heart (yeah)
All this pressure
Pressure on my heart

Moody R&B ballad with male vocals, sparse piano and warm pads in the verses, deep sub bass and tight, swung drums in the hook. Intimate close-mic vocal, airy harmonies on the chorus, subtle guitar riffs answering key lines. Slow build from hushed confession to cathartic final chorus, with a brief breakdown before the last hook for maximum emotional punch., r&b