Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was twelve tryna fix grown-up problems,
Mama cried late night, I stayed silent,
Heart full of war, but I hate violence,
Still I kept guard like a brave lion.

Pops left marks, not the kind you see,
But the kind that echo when I try to sleep,
And the walls don’t talk, but they heard that scream,
I was just a kid with a heavy dream.

Told myself: "You gon’ be the shield,"
So my sis don’t feel what I had to feel.
Told the mirror: "Don’t you ever break,"
But it cracks when the night starts to overtake.


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[Hook – neue Version]
Do you see what I fight through the rain?
Do you feel all the weight in my veins?
Do you know that I'm not okay?
Do you hear when I scream no name?

Do you see that I walk through the flame,
But I'm really too young for this pain?
Do you see? Do you see? Do you see?
I'm too young, too real, too me.

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[Verse 2]
They say, "Man up," but I been grown,
Since the day I learned pain from a ringtone.
Heard my mom beg through a cell phone,
“Don’t come back, leave us all alone.”

Now I’m clockin’ in with a fake grin,
Boss ask why I’m so vacant.
Told him, "I’m fine," what a statement —
Lied so well I could frame it.

But I’m tired of bein’ the one who hides,
Tired of carryin’ both sides.
I just wanna breathe one night
Without feelin’ like I’m mid-fight.


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[Hook – neue Version]
Do you see what I fight through the rain?
Do you feel all the weight in my veins?
Do you know that I'm not okay?
Do you hear when I scream no name?

Do you see that I walk through the flame,
But I'm really too young for this pain?
Do you see? Do you see? Do you see?
I'm too young, too real, too me.


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[Bridge]
You see a boy, but I'm built like a wall,
You see me rise, but you missed every fall.
Still I keep goin', no rest, no stall,
Carry my fam like I’m Atlas, y’all.

This pain ain't mine, but I bleed it still,
These scars ain't fake, and they never will.
But I ain’t ask for this life to kill
The soft in me – I just want to heal.


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[Outro – spoken, whispered almost]
Too young for this pain,
But too real to let it win.
I ain't just survivin’.
I’m turnin’ scars into rhythm.