Life's Struggle

Woke up cold sweats, dreams broke like old bets,

Pockets empty, broke bread with no regrets.

Life’s a street fight, everyday's a crime scene,

Dodgin' all the pitfalls where the grass ain't green.

Hard knocks, life’s heavy on my spine,

Every step I climb feels like a decline.

Baggage on my soul, ain't no room to unpack,

But I grit my teeth, can't afford to backtrack.

Barely scraping scraps, dinner's pain from the oven,

Check’s late again, now the landlord bugging.

System’s rigged against me, shufflin' broke decks,

Every win I get feels smothered in rejects.

Can’t fold, can’t bow, I’m a barking stray,

Living day by day on a chewed-up prey.

World’s a minefield, stop and you blow,

My life’s a symphony of survival flow.

Hard knocks, life’s heavy on my spine,

Every step I climb feels like a decline.

Baggage on my soul, ain't no room to unpack,

But I grit my teeth, can't afford to backtrack.

Blood on my knuckles, I battle with smoke,

Hope's a cruel homie, always ends in a joke.

Breathing through the chaos, my anthem is the fight,

Candle burns dim, but I'll outlast the night.