One Minute Too Late

(Intro)
Yeah…
This one don’t leave my head…
Not ever

(Verse 1)
It was 11:38 on a Friday night
Streetlights flickering, everything felt tight
Phone blowing up, yeah we arguing again
Same old cycle, same fight we in
Pulled up quick, heart beating out my chest
Didn’t come for peace, I was ready for the stress
Words turned sharp, voices got loud
Whole block watching, small crowd gathered ‘round

You said something… I crossed that line
Could’ve walked away but I lost my mind
Tunnel vision, everything went red
Now I replay every word you said

(Pre-Hook)
If I paused… just one breath
Could’ve saved us both from what came next

(Hook)
Now I’m stuck in a moment I can’t erase
Running from a past I still gotta face
One bad second, now my whole life changed
And I’d give anything just to trade that pain
If I could go back, I’d turn around
Let that silence be the loudest sound
But I didn’t… now I pay the price
For one minute I ain’t think twice

(Verse 2)
Sirens in the distance getting closer now
Blue lights flashing, people screaming loud
My hands shaking, I ain’t feel like me
Like I stepped outside my reality
Neighbors whisper, somebody crying hard
I remember staring up at the stars
Thinking “this ain’t real, this can’t be true”
But deep down I knew exactly what I’d do

Cold metal cuffs, backseat ride
Every mile felt like another goodbye
To my freedom, to the man I was
All gone ‘cause I ain’t show no love

(Pre-Hook)
Now time don’t move the same no more
Every second knocking at my door

(Hook)
Now I’m stuck in a moment I can’t erase
Running from a past I still gotta face
One bad second, now my whole life changed
And I’d give anything just to trade that pain
If I could go back, I’d turn around
Let that silence be the loudest sound
But I didn’t… now I pay the price
For one minute I ain’t think twice

(Verse 3)
Courtroom quiet, judge looking down
Family on both sides barely make a sound
I see tears I can’t undo
Pain in their eyes I put them through
Mama breaking, I can’t meet her gaze
She raised me better, I just lost my way
Now I’m sitting with a number, not a name
Living every day with this weight and shame

I write letters I’ll never send
To a life I can’t bring back again
If I could talk to my younger self
I’d say “walk away, protect yourself”

(Bridge)
Anger don’t win, it only destroys
Turn men into shadows, silence the noise
One choice… yeah that’s all it take
To build or lose everything you make

(Final Hook)
Now I’m stuck in a moment I can’t erase
Every night I see that same old place
If I could go back, I’d choose what’s right
I’d let that anger fade into the night
But I didn’t… now I pay the price
For one minute I ain’t think twice

(Outro)
Yeah…
Some stories don’t end… they just repeat
In your head… forever

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