[Intro – Water Drips + Slow Bass]
[Alligator growl low in the distance]
You ever seen a gator cry?
[Pause]
Nah.
They just sink deeper underwater.
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[Verse 1]
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Gold teeth smilin’ while my spirit tired,
Swamp-born child with expensive trauma.
Daddy taught me:
“Never let ‘em see weakness,”
Now my emotions move secret.
Gator tears underneath designer shades,
Whole city taught pain get hidden with grace.
I got funeral thoughts in a penthouse suite,
Nightmares still muddy my sleep.
Codeine slow dance with my bloodstream,
Success still don’t fix self-esteem.
Funny how the money get taller and taller,
But loneliness still callin’.
Flow slick like Bourbon rain puddles,
Talk fly ‘cause survival love camouflage.
My heart got cypress roots now,
Hard to grow soft in haunted ground.
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[Hook – Choir + Deep Bass]
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Gator tears don’t fall easy…
Pain sink deep beneath the surface.
Gator tears…
Cold blood, warm grief…
Louisiana made a beast outta me.
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[Verse 2]
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I’m from where the men wear pride like armor,
Smile hard while emotionally starving.
Where the women carry everybody burdens,
And still somehow look gorgeous hurting.
Church bells ring through humid nights,
But therapy still don’t sound right.
So we pour dark liquor over old wounds,
And call survival masculinity.
My homie died and I ain’t even cry,
Just bought another chain and got high.
That’s swamp psychology right there:
pain get buried…
not repaired.
Now my laughter got ghost echoes,
Every flex hide stress levels.
And every mirror ask one question:
“Who you performin’ for?”
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[Bridge – Spoken + Organ]
The South teach men how to endure…
but not always how to heal.
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Black water cover what the heart conceal…
Even cold souls still feel.
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[Verse 3]
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Truth is—
I don’t wanna be numb forever.
Don’t wanna confuse silence with strength.
Don’t wanna die emotionally armored,
With love still knockin’ at the gate.
Maybe softness ain’t weakness after all,
Maybe vulnerability take real gall.
Maybe the strongest thing a man can do
Is finally admit he bruised.
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[Final Hook – Full Choir + Brass]
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Gator tears beneath moonlight glow…
Even swamp kings break slow.
Gator tears still move deep…
Pain don’t disappear, it sleep.
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[Outro – Water Ripples + Thunder]
The dangerous thing about drownin’ emotions…
is eventually…
they learn how to swim back.
