Still movin’ & swervin’

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[INTRO] Yeah Funny thing about survival Do it long enough Everybody starts callin’ it strength Mm. Aight. [VERSE 1] I learned young how to move when the room got strange Read a face, read a door, read the whole damn change Then I grew up, put boots on, learned another terrain Lead truck, eyes forward, everybody knew my name Had lives in the rearview, weight in the seat Fear don’t disappear, you just teach it the beat So I drove like freedom had a tank full of gas Whole platoon behind me, couldn’t live in the past Then life switched lanes, didn’t signal first Took the uniform off, somehow shit got worse Built a home, raised babies, kept everybody fed While a thousand little alarms kept goin’ off in my head But I’m funny with it Yeah, I laugh when it burns Life handed me the stove I said, “Cool. Watch me cook.” [PRE-CHORUS] Everybody call when the ceiling caves in I’m the number they know, I’m where trouble begins But lately I been lookin’ at the woman within Like, girl… when somebody comin’ to check on you then? [CHORUS] Still movin’ and swervin’ Even when the tank on E Still keep rollin’ like the road owe me Heavy crown, crooked smile Yeah, that’s me Whole damn world got comfortable dependin’ on me Still movin’ and swervin’ But I’m changin’ the speed I ain’t gotta bleed just to prove I can lead Been the soldier, been the shelter Been what everybody needs Now I’m learnin’ I can save a little somethin’ for me [VERSE 2] Five rounds with my body, still here somehow Got scars tellin’ stories I don’t say out loud Some days cane on the floor, some days fire in my spine Still crackin’ jokes like, “It’s all good, baby. Yeah, I’m completely fine.” Yeah right. Put that lie on a T-shirt. Tryna build a new me from the pieces of the last Every version come out better I ain’t chasin’ the past And everybody misses who I used to be “I want you back” Shit, so do me I’m searchin’ every room Checkin’ under every scar Like she gotta still be somewhere She couldn’t get that far But maybe I ain’t lost Maybe that’s the wrong lens Maybe old me did her job And this is where she ends Not dead Just retired from carryin’ ten While everybody stand around askin’ “When you comin’ back again?” [CHORUS] Still movin’ and swervin’ Even when the tank on E Still keep rollin’ like the road owe me Heavy crown, crooked smile Yeah, that’s me Whole damn world got comfortable dependin’ on me Still movin’ and swervin’ But I’m changin’ the speed I ain’t gotta bleed just to prove I can lead Been the soldier, been the shelter Been what everybody needs Now I’m learnin’ I can save a little somethin’ for me [BRIDGE / HALF-TIME] I been Mama I been Sergeant I been driver through the dark I been “call her, she’ll know what to do” While quietly fallin’ apart I been tough enough so long They forgot tough gets tired Even steel gets fuckin’ hot When you leave it in the fire So nah I’m not broken I’m recalibratin’ Less “everybody needs me” More selective participation Let the phone ring twice Let somebody else decide I spent years keepin’ everybody alive Think I earned a little life. [FINAL CHORUS] Still movin’ and swervin’ But it look different now Ain’t draggin’ everybody Every time I leave town Heavy crown came off Left a mark on my brow But my head feel lighter Funny how that works out Still movin’ and swervin’ Got my hand on the wheel I know pain I know pressure I know exactly what’s real And if you ask where the old me went Tell ’em she survived Then she handed me the keys and said “Your turn. Drive.” [OUTRO] Yeah. Your turn. Windows down. Bass up. Drive.