Shootings In My Shadow

[Verse 1]
Blood on my conscience, stains on my name
They talk on my past like they know all the pain
Old shootings in my shadow when I walk in the rain
See the flash in my mind every time that it rain
I was sleepin’ with the guilt, now I’m grindin’ awake
Trauma in my chest that a bandage can’t fix
Had to clean my own hands, had to wrestle my rage
Turn the trigger finger focus into turnin’ the page
[Chorus]
I been fightin’ all my demons in the dark, in the dark (yeah)
Still grindin’ like I never had a start, had a start
I don’t listen when they doubt me, they just bark, they just bark (nah)
‘Cause my old shootings come outta me and tear ’em apart
I been wrestlin’ with the man in the glass, in the glass
Turnin’ every single scar to a path, to a path
They keep talkin’ but I’m leavin’ ’em in past, in the past
‘Cause my old shootings come outta me and move me fast
[Verse 2]
Voices in my head say I’ll never be free
Same ones outside tryna laugh at me
They ain’t seen late nights, sweats, bad dreams
Floor full of shells only I can see
Had to learn self-love with a chip on my teeth
Put the pain in a verse, put the hurt on a beat
Every doubt that they throw, that’s a drill for me
I do laps round hate, that’s conditioning
[Chorus]
I been fightin’ all my demons in the dark, in the dark (yeah)
Still grindin’ like I never had a start, had a start
I don’t listen when they doubt me, they just bark, they just bark (nah)
‘Cause my old shootings come outta me and tear ’em apart
I been wrestlin’ with the man in the glass, in the glass
Turnin’ every single scar to a path, to a path
They keep talkin’ but I’m leavin’ ’em in past, in the past
‘Cause my old shootings come outta me and move me fast

rap, Dark, moody trap beat at mid-tempo; cold piano stabs and haunting vocal chops over heavy 808s and crisp hats. Verses sit tight and aggressive with close-mic male vocals, subtle chorus slapback. Hook widens with layered ad-libs, sub-bass swelling, and distant choir pads for a tortured, triumphant feel.