Time Ain't Mercy (Takemichi)

You think I’m weak?

Try losin’ the same people... over... and over.

My name’s Takemichi Hanagaki.

And I ain't runnin' no more.

Started from nothin', just cryin’ in silence,

Till the timeline hit me with violence.

Saw Hina die with my heart in her hand,

Now I’m punchin’ fate with a broken plan.

Subway scars and rewind tears,

Toman’s ghosts still haunt my years.

I ain’t a fighter—I’m a fuckin’ mess,

But I’ll take on hell if it means progress.

Every trip back, more blood, more lies,

Every brother I save, another one dies.

Drah-ken’s fall, Mikey’s rage,

I'm tryna rewrite pain on a cursed page.

Time ain’t mercy, it’s a fuckin’ curse,

Every win I get, it just makes it worse.

But I’ll die again, and again, and again,

Just to hold her hand and protect my friends.

Naoto gave me that second chance,

So I run through fate like a deadman’s dance.

I ain't got power—I got heart and grit,

I’m the crybaby punk who never quits.

I’ve seen Mikey smile with blood on his hands,

Lost Baji, lost dreams, lost all my plans.

But I kept goin', fists full of pain,

Screamin' Hina's name in a world insane.

I begged, I broke, I crawled through hell,

Each new loop just another cell.

But I stood up, takin’ every blow,

‘Cause fuck destiny—I said no.

Time ain’t mercy, it’s a fuckin’ curse,

Every win I get, it just makes it worse.

But I’ll die again, and again, and again,

Just to hold her hand and protect my friends.

They call me savior, I call it debt,

To all the ones I ain’t saved yet.

If I gotta bleed to fix this path,

I’ll take the scars and face the wrath.

So bring the timelines, bring the pain,

I’ll ride that train through blood and rain.

No gang, no boss, just a man with will,

Who turned his fear into a fuckin’ skill.

I ain’t perfect, but I’m still here,

Punchin' through death, drownin' in fear.

For Hina, for Toman, for every tear,

I’ll rise again ‘til the end is clear.

Takemichi…

The coward who became the shield.

The loser who rewrote fate.

You can break my body—but never my soul.