BROKEN SPEED

Grew up learning lessons from bad decisions

Same road, same nights, same fucked intuition

Mum said slow down, life don’t come with brakes

I nodded, said yeah, then vanished with my foot on fate

Friends turn ghosts when the money get funny

Family stay close when the nights turn ugly

Cars my religion, the garage my church

I don’t pray for forgiveness, I pray shit don’t get worse

Every scar on the knuckles, every dent on the frame

Tell a story ’bout a kid trying to outrun pain

I’ve fucked up plenty, yeah I own that truth

Bad calls, bad nights, still breathing proof

Late-night drives just me and regret

Headlights cutting thoughts I ain’t faced yet

Silence loud when the engine shut down

That’s when the demons pull up, sit bitch, look around

I lost friends to pride, lost time to rage

Lost sleep trying to act my age

But I found brothers in oil-stained hands

Same broken past, same fucked-up plans

Car culture ain’t speed, it’s family ties

It’s showing up broke but you still ride

It’s pushing a car when the engine won’t start

It’s fixing each other when life fall apart

Fuck perfect lives, fuck polished dreams

We built this shit from scrap and screams

From busted knuckles, court dates, calls

From nights we thought we’d lose it all

Bad decisions, yeah I made a few

Some I regret, some made me who

I don’t glorify the dirt I been through

But bitch I won’t apologise for surviving it too

Deep bass thump like a heartbeat low

Same rhythm as the guilt I drag home

I don’t flex success, I flex resilience

Still standing here, that’s the real significance

Seen good men fold under quiet pressure

Seen loud mouths crack when life get heavy as fuck

Cars taught patience, torque taught control

Sometimes slowing down save your soul

I ain’t proud of every move I made

But I’m proud I didn’t fucking fade

If tomorrow judge me for my past mistakes

I’ll stand on them — they’re mine to take

Family ain’t blood, it’s who stayed

When the money was gone and the nights got grey

If you rode shotgun in my worst days

You’re forever with me, no matter the phase

This life ain’t clean, this road ain’t fair

But I found peace in smoke and air

If I crash one day, let it be known

I lived honest, flawed, but not alone

Broken speed, but my heart still drive

Still chasing meaning just to feel alive

Not running from death, not chasing fame

Just trying to make sense of the scars I gained

Engines cool, but the truth stay hot

I am everything this life tried not

If this road ends sharp, I won’t pretend

I lived loud, loved hard, and stood with my friends