Middle Ground - JohnnieB

Lyrics

(Johnnie B On The Beat ) Just another day, still locked in Half hope Half pain, but I’m not sick Caution If you want truth, I got it ’Cause if a hard road had a name Mine crossed it Bad days came, I outwalked ’em Wish a calm breath could stop the nonsense Been torn up, still stayed conscious Life hit hard, but I stayed in the process Aw shit, built from both the loss and progress Like a black cloud broke, then I found a compass No big flex, just faith and conscience Johnnie stood close to the rope, still boxed it Took them hits, bent back, still rocked it Fell real low, but the floor never stopped him Still got scars, still got options Came from the middle and made that shit awesome [HOOK] Feels like I seen both directions, Dark and light in my reflection. Maybe I was built for balance From the middle fuckin’ ground. Not rock bottom, not sky high, Still alive with both in my eyes. One foot hurt, one foot rising, From the middle fuckin’ ground. VERSE 2 Like flashbacks mixed with a hard crash God let it hit, but He still brought Johnnie past that Mind bent back Still got cracks, but the soul intact Got taxed Still stacked what I had left Love got weird, trust got stretched People switched, but I still kept breath Truth hit hard, but I still said yes Find the line where the dark got checked Mad and calm both live in my chest I had to be that balance in flesh Move with force, but still think with depth Life get rough, no shit, that’s facts But I hold both sides and I still adapt Pain talk loud, but I answer back From the middle ground, I built my path [HOOK] Feels like I seen both directions, Dark and light in my reflection. Maybe I was built for balance From the middle fuckin’ ground. Not rock bottom, not sky high, Still alive with both in my eyes. One foot hurt, one foot rising, From the middle fuckin’ ground. VERSE 3 Thought about it Then thought deeper Fuck just rage I need both teachers Light and shadow Both got features Been livin’ split Since I was eager Since a kid Been readin’ signals Some days rise Some days wrinkle Hearts break down And minds get brittle But I learned pain don’t make me little MMA Life been a grapple Wins and wounds All in the sample When’s the day I stop being tested? Same day maybe I stop being special [HOOK] Feels like I seen both directions, Dark and light in my reflection. Maybe I was built for balance From the middle fuckin’ ground. Not rock bottom, not sky high, Still alive with both in my eyes. One foot hurt, one foot rising, From the middle fuckin’ ground. VERSE 4 Hit hard places, hit cold walls Life got noise like chalkboard drawls Wish for peace when the pressure falls You feel stress? Then feel it all Walk that walk, don’t just talk Hands might shake, but I still stand tall Death talk cheap when the night gets dark But life hit deeper when the light break sharp Aw shit, pain come back to my brain quick Same old storm, but I learned not to sink with it Crazy thoughts fly by, I don’t lay in ‘em I face that weight and reclaim my strength in it All day grit, not a coward, just strained with it Wish for change, then I work and get dangerous I don’t fake, I create and stay patient Middle ground made me — now I’m grounded and famous [HOOK] Feels like I seen both directions, Dark and light in my reflection. Maybe I was built for balance From the middle fuckin’ ground. Not rock bottom, not sky high, Still alive with both in my eyes. One foot hurt, one foot rising, From the middle fuckin’ ground.