[Intro]
Yeah…
It’s funny how they only see the highlights
Never the dark rooms… never the long nights
Guess that’s how it go
[Verse]
They see the wins, never what it took to get there
Never the nights I was fighting thoughts and just sat there
Mind moving circles like tires with no road
Carrying pressure so long, it feel normal when it overload
Funny how pain get quieter when you used to it
Like broken glass in your shoe, you just move through it
They say “you good?” I nod, that’s the usual
Truth sound dangerous when your silence feel beautiful
Built this life brick by brick, now I’m trapped in it
Like every room in this house got my past in it
Money came, but peace move slower than the check do
That’s why success feel empty when it don’t protect you
Everybody want the glow, never ask how it burn
They just see the smoke, never the lessons I learned
Had to wear my scars like logos on designer
Pain stitched in the seams, that’s why I move wiser
I got battles in my head I don’t let surface
Cause if I said it out loud, they’d question my purpose
That’s the curse of being strong, they think you don’t crack
Like carrying worlds on your spine don’t break your back
And I done bent plenty times, just ain’t break publicly
Cause weakness in this world get viewed uncomfortably
So I smile through it, toast to it, pour drinks
Whole time my thoughts deeper than the ocean sink
Funny how loyalty get thinner when the money thicker
And love get blurry when the distance start to hit ya
Had people close switch sides like lane changes
That’s why I read energy more than I read pages
Life taught me pain got interest if you never pay it
That’s why old wounds still bleed when the night replay it
And every time I leveled up, I lost a little more
Guess the price of growth is leaving pieces at the door
Still I wake up and perform like it’s all good
Cause kings don’t get breaks in the neighborhoods
And fathers don’t fold when the walls cave in
Gotta stand tall even when the war caving in
But truth is… I been tired for a long while
Running from my thoughts, they just stay in profile
Guess the loudest fights be the ones that nobody hear
Silent wars… but I survived every year
[Outro / Refrain]
Silent wars…
Battles in my mind
Smiling on the surface
But it’s dark inside
Silent wars…
They don’t see the scars
Only see the lights
Never see the dark
Silent wars…
Guess that’s how it goes
Winning on the outside
Fighting on my own
