[Verse 1]
Late shift
Mic stand leaning in the bedroom
Rent due
Streaming numbers lookin' bedroom
They scroll
Thumbs flick past every upload
I scroll
Tryna dodge doubt when it unloads
Mom text
"Baby get a real plan"
Dad say
"How long can this dream stand?"
Friends blew
Poppin' bottles at the same bar
Me too
Same stool, still the same scars
Hit send
Another email to a blank name
"Big fan"
But the inbox like a brick wall
Outside
They all swear that I'm this close
Inside
Every mirror says I'm this fraud
[Chorus]
I’m tryna turn pain into profit
Turn late nights into somethin’ in my pocket
They say the game cold, yeah, I caught it
But I still talk big dreams, can’t drop it
I’m livin’ on faith and overdraft
Chasin’ that stage and the thunderclap
If I fall right now, I’m comin’ back
I’m comin’ back
I’m comin’ back
[Verse 2]
Alarm buzz
Hit snooze, hit the same wall
Day job
Name tag, fake wave, same mall
Break room
Writing hooks on a napkin
Clock out
Sprint home just to tap in
Blue light
Burnin' holes in my iris
Two likes
On a clip that I died with
Scroll past
Every flex, every fake crown
Deep breath
Write real, let it break ground
Old love
Said she couldn’t take the gamble
New love
Might be lyin' in this sample
Everybody talk "next up" when the cam on
But vanish when the set’s off and the fans gone
[Chorus]
I’m tryna turn pain into profit
Turn late nights into somethin’ in my pocket
They say the game cold, yeah, I caught it
But I still talk big dreams, can’t drop it
I’m livin’ on faith and overdraft
Chasin’ that stage and the thunderclap
If I fall right now, I’m comin’ back
I’m comin’ back
I’m comin’ back
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Prayed for a lane, not a shortcut
Prayed I’d feel fear, still show up
Hands on my face when it blows up
Hands on this pen till it blow up
[Chorus]