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Yeah…

This ain’t for the ones who had it easy…

This is for the ones still breathin’ through the fight.

Hard life.

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Woke up cold on a floor, no sheets,

Mama workin’ doubles just to try and eat.

Daddy gone ghost like a name on the wall,

Left a hole in my heart I can’t patch at all.

Every step felt like a war to win,

Teachers said I’d never be nothin’ but sin.

Raised by pain, learned from the street,

Where love’s a gamble and lies come cheap.

Used to pray for peace, now I pray for rest,

Still got scars buried deep in my chest.

They see the strength but don’t see the cost,

Every smile hides what I’ve lost.

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Hard life, yeah, it made me tough,

But don’t ask why if I don’t open up.

Every tear, every cut I keep inside—

Still standin’, still I rise.

Hard life, still I breathe,

One step at a time, just me and my grief.

World so cold, but I don’t freeze—

I bend, I break… but I don’t leave.

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Old shoes, no name brand dreams,

Walked through hell with busted seams.

Fake friends left when the funds got low,

Only real ones ride when the pain don’t show.

I seen nights with no lights, no hope,

Just a pen, a pad, and the will to cope.

Turned pain into bars, truth into flame,

Ain’t chasin’ money, just tryna change the name.

From the alleyways to the heavy thoughts,

Had a meal some nights, most often not.

But I spit with soul, bleed on the beat—

‘Cause the real ones feel that heat.

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Hard life, yeah, it made me tough,

But don’t ask why if I don’t open up.

Every tear, every cut I keep inside—

Still standin’, still I rise.

Hard life, still I breathe,

One step at a time, just me and my grief.

World so cold, but I don’t freeze—

I bend, I break… but I don’t leave.

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They say pressure makes diamonds, well I’m still coal,

But I shine through pain like a light in the cold.

Got no silver spoons, just a will to survive,

I’m not just livin’—I’m tryna thrive.

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Hard life made me who I am,

I ain’t proud of the pain, but I understand.

Every low taught me how to rise—

So I wear my struggle like a badge with pride.