Still Here

Intro (low, tired)

Yeah… (yeah)

Some days I don’t even wanna wake up… (uh)

But I do… (I do)

Hook

I be wantin’ to quit, but I don’t (nah)

Heart broke, but I still keep goin’ (yeah)

World cold, but my soul still warm (warm)

Too much pain just to give up now (never)

I done been low, I done lost my hope (lost it)

Still breathe, so I still got smoke (breathe)

They thought I’d fold, they thought I’d choke (nah)

But I’m still here… that’s the joke (still here)

Verse 1

Some days I wake up mad at life (damn)

Bills due, demons talk at night (talk)

Smile fake just to make it through

‘Cause nobody care how you feel but you (facts)

I done cried in a parked car (alone)

Prayed to God like “this shit hard” (why?)

Asked Him why I still here

When I don’t feel strong, just scarred (scarred)

I done lost friends to the past (gone)

Lost love to the grind (truth)

Lost sleep to the stress (stress)

Lost years to the time (time)

But I keep my feet on the floor (stand)

Even when I don’t wanna stand (nah)

‘Cause if I quit on myself

Who the fuck gon’ be my man? (who?)

Hook

I be wantin’ to quit, but I don’t (nah)

Heart broke, but I still keep goin’ (yeah)

World cold, but my soul still warm (warm)

Too much pain just to give up now (never)

I done been low, I done lost my hope (lost it)

Still breathe, so I still got smoke (breathe)

They thought I’d fold, they thought I’d choke (nah)

But I’m still here… that’s the joke (still here)

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🎤 Guest Verse (melodic / different vibe)

Guest Verse (sing-rap style)

I been fightin’ my shadow in the mirror (yeah)

Tryna love who I am, but it’s harder every year (hard)

I don’t talk ‘bout the nights I was slippin’

I just smile and pretend I ain’t missin’ (missin’)

They don’t see how I’m holdin’ my breath

Tryna not let my heart beat regret (nah)

I don’t need nobody savin’ my soul

I just need me to not let go (don’t go)

If I fall, I fall into the light (light)

If I hurt, I still make it through night (night)

I ain’t perfect, I’m bruised, I’m alive

That’s the reason I still gotta try (still try)

*(soft ad-libs under last lines: “still try… still try…”) *

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Bridge (melodic, emotional)

I don’t wake up fearless (nah)

I wake up and fight (fight)

I don’t feel like a winner (no)

I just survive (survive)

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Final Hook (big, layered)

I be wantin’ to quit, but I don’t (nah)

Heart broke, but I still keep goin’ (yeah)

World cold, but my soul still warm (warm)

Too much pain just to give up now (never)

I done been low, I done lost my hope (lost it)

Still breathe, so I still got smoke (breathe)

They thought I’d fold, they thought I’d choke (nah)

But I’m still here… that’s the joke (still here)

Outro (spoken)

I ain’t healed… (nah)

I ain’t happy… (nah)

But I ain’t dead…

And that gotta mean somethin’… (mean somethin’)