[Intro]
Yeah, yeah
I been up, I been gone
Ain't nobody call my phone
[Verse 1]
Mama said slow down, I said I can't
Bills on the table, dust on the paint
I learned how to smile with a hole in my bank
Learned how to leave before somebody can change
Back of the store with the hood on tight
Cold fries, one friend, we was splitting that bite
Now they see the chain, wanna talk like they right
I remember every door that was locked that night
I don't need a crowd, I need peace in the room
I don't need your praise, I got scars I can prove
If I say I'm on the way, I'm already in route
Had to build from the floor, now I'm breaking the roof
[Pre-Chorus]
Don't ask where I been
I was fighting again
Had to bet on myself
Couldn't wait for a friend
[Chorus]
I got pain in my chest, but I still go hard
Put my name on the line, put my heart in the cards
If I fall, let me fall, I was built for the charge
They can talk from the side, they don't know who we are
I got rain on my coat, still I walk through the storm
Had to sleep with the doubt, now the doubt getting worn
If you ride, then you ride, you don't switch when it's hard
They can talk from the side, they don't know who we are
[Verse 2]
I been counting every loss like a lesson in cash
I been cutting off the ones who was hoping I crash
New address, same hunger, still I move with the past
Put the truth in every bar, let it live when I pass
I don't flex for the screen, I got people to feed
I don't beg for a hand, I put the work on the street
When the pressure got loud, I got low in the beat
Now the ones who looked away wanna stand next to me
Tell my brother keep faith, we gon' make it out clean
Tell my sister don't cry, you gon' see what I mean
Every bruise on my name turned the fuel in the machine
I was quiet for a while, now they hear everything
[Bridge]
Maybe I was too young
Maybe I was too proud
But I kept my word
When the room got loud
[Chorus]
I got pain in my chest, but I still go hard
Put my name on the line, put my heart in the cards
If I fall, let me fall, I was built for the charge
They can talk from the side, they don't know who we are
I got rain on my coat, still I walk through the storm
Had to sleep with the doubt, now the doubt getting worn
If you ride, then you ride, you don't switch when it's hard
They can talk from the side, they don't know who we are
[Outro]
Don't ask where I been
I was fighting again
Now the whole room knows
I won't fold in the end