Still I rise

STILL I RISE ( Thru the fire)


[Verse 1]
Rent due
Fridge light
Half full
Half pride
Card keeps blinking that red decline
Mama on the phone
Saying "baby
I'm fine"
I can hear the cough
Through the practiced smile
Pocket full of change
Head full of schemes
Writing on receipts
Like they’re winning dreams
Cold floor
Thin coat
Sleep when I can
Not when I'm told
[Chorus]
Money made a war inside my mind
Counting every dollar like it's time
Struggle in my chest
But I'm alive
Pain on my back
And still I rise
Still I rise
Yeah
(through the fire, through the fire)
Pain on my back
And still I rise
[Verse 2]
Friends gone ghost
When the plate got small
Seen real fast
Who would take that fall
Late nights
Bus rides
Face in the glass
Practicing a smile
Let the strangers pass
I bend
I break
But I don't stay bent
Turn every bitter day
To another percent
I talk to the dark
Like it's old kinfolk
"One of us gon' leave"
I ain't in that smoke
[Chorus]
Money made a war inside my mind
Counting every dollar like it's time
Struggle in my chest
But I'm alive
Pain on my back
And still I rise
Still I rise
Yeah
(keep breathing, keep breathing)
Pain on my back
And still I rise

rap, hip hop, trap