6 to 4

Six a.m., alarm yelling at my soul

Same route, same thoughts, same potholes

Clock in, clock out, days on repeat

Dreams in the backseat, pain in the feet

I remember better days, windows rolled low

Blowing haze with the homies, nowhere to go

Now the time fly fast, I can’t keep pace

Weeks turn months, I’m losing my place

Lunch break staring at my phone like

“How the hell did we get here?”

City still the same but the vibe feel distant

Faces close, but the love ain’t near

I’m older now, weight on my chest

Trying to breathe through pressure and stress

Bills on my mind, grief in my bones

Still gotta grind, can’t leave this zone

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Life keep ticking, I don’t know where it go

Days blur together, moving too slow

I can’t give up, even when it hurts

I push through the pain, put in the work

Same city, different lives we chose

Guess people change, that’s how it goes

I keep asking questions I don’t say

Was it me… or y’all that changed?

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Four p.m., sun still high

But I feel like I lived a year inside

Hands tired, mind racing

Trying to win a marathon I’m pacing

Old friends still a couple blocks away

But we don’t talk like back in the day

Used to laugh till the night turned blue

Now it’s “we should link” and we never do

Everybody chasing something new

Different lanes, different views

I don’t blame you, I don’t blame me

Just hurts how quiet it gets between

I’m fighting demons I don’t post online

Smiling through it, saying I’m fine

Pain don’t scream, it just whispers slow

Telling me things I don’t wanna know

But I’m still here, still standing tall

Even when I feel small as hell

If time won’t wait, then I won’t stall

I’ll carry this weight and rebel

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Life keep ticking, I don’t know where it go

Days blur together, moving too slow

I can’t give up, even when it hurts

I push through the pain, put in the work

Same city, different lives we chose

Guess people change, that’s how it goes

I keep asking questions I don’t say

Was it me… or y’all that changed?

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I miss the version of me that laughed easy

Miss when the future didn’t feel so heavy

But I’m learning pain don’t mean defeat

Sometimes growth just isn’t pretty

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I’m not bitter, just aware

Life don’t promise fair

If I’m tired, I rest, I don’t fold

Still got dreams I haven’t sold

I do this for the kid I was

For the love, for the trust

For the nights we thought would last

Even though they’re in the past

If we drifted, I still wish you well

I just hope you’re doing well

Me? I’m here, still pushing through

Still trying to make something true

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Life keep ticking, I don’t know where it go

But I’m still moving, even moving slow

If this is growth, then let it hurt

I’ll survive the pressure, do the work

Same city, different paths we chose

Guess people change, that’s how it goes

I don’t got the answer, just the faith

I’ll be okay… whatever changed.