Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She had three little shadows
back when the house was loud
Paper on the table
names passed from hand to hand
One move turned to another
then the walls got cold
Foster folks said "temporary"
but time don't act that way
Older sis kept saying
"I'll bring y'all back, I swear"
She packed her hurt in silence
and ran out in the rain
Every step was for her brothers
every mile a prayer
But calls got missed, and systems shift
and doors just close the same
[Pre-Chorus]
She chased the last address
with a heavy heart
Held the whole world up
right from the start
Thought help was one more block away
one more bus, one more day
But by the time she found the gate
the family had changed
[Chorus]
We were growing up too fast
grown on our own
You tried to bring us back
but the road took hold
Now we’re all grown
living on our own
And you just keep going
you just keep going
(keep going)
[Verse 2]
Now the little ones got jobs
and rent in different towns
Old photos in a shoebox
with the edges worn down
She still checks in on birthdays
still counts who made it through
Still hates that one bad system
took a whole crew from the room
She says "I did what I could"
I see it in her eyes
That kind of guilt don't leave
when you were built to survive
She was only older
not a superhero then
Just a girl with a plan
and the world against her hands
[Bridge]
If I could fold time back
I'd pull that day apart
Put the names back on the calendar
put home back in our hearts
But we learned to carry broken
and still stand tall
Lost each other for a minute
but we did not fall
[Chorus]
We were growing up too fast
grown on our own
You tried to bring us back
but the road took hold
Now we’re all grown
living on our own
And you just keep going
you just keep going
(keep going)
Style
rap with a slow boom-bap swing and crisp kick-snare pocket; verse rides sparse piano chops and finger snapspre-chorus tightens with filtered strings and rising vocal stackschorus hits with a short chant and low harmony doubles. close-mic lead vocaldry and intimate in verseslayered ad-libs and group echoes on the hooktape-stop fills into the bridgewarm punchy mix with dusty top end.rap
Prompt
rap
Rap about this girl who loses her siblings due to foster care. The older sister runs away to get help but ends up, losing her siblings. Nowadays we’re all grown living on our own she’s just focusi
Credits
Prompt by
SheymeO
SheymeOGeneratedMay 5, 2026
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