True Grey Within - JohnnieB

Lyrics

( Johnnie B On The Beat ) They said kill one side, now both sides live rent free in my head, Big John quoting scripture while Little Johnnie talking reckless instead, Roll the highlight reel and the blooper reel from everything I’ve ever said, The good, the bad, the ugly, every chapter still connected by a thread, Reaching for the balance, I ain’t running from the light or the dread, Some days feeling heaven-bound, some days fighting storms overhead, You painted me a hero, then a villain, then got confused by what you read, But I was always both reflections standing in the mirror instead, Now I’m still talking truth even when it leaves a few people upset, Because growth ain’t always pretty and healing comes with some regret, My bars fly over heads because the whole spectrum ain’t easy to get, Black and white in the same body, that’s the true grey within manifest, JohnnieB got scars and faith mixed together every day, Mixed with lessons from mistakes that never fully fade away, Got me thinking every version of myself helped make me who I am today, Like every road I ever traveled somehow led me to this place. I got that true grey within Black and white from the mirror both breathe through my skin And you like, damn, I can’t believe he did this again Whole spectrum spill from the pen every time I let that truth step in But it’s not my fault y’all woke up the true grey within Now I’m friends with all my shadows, they ain’t gone, they just exist, The doubter and the dreamer both got fingerprints on this, One side says keep building, one side says burn it all to bits, JohnnieB standing in the middle making sense of the abyss, They could never do this shit the way the whole spectrum did, One voice carrying contradictions that most people wanna split, Talking about the rise and fall inside the same script, Showing how a man can be both wounded and equipped, Big John saying love ‘em, Little Johnnie talking slick, True Grey translating both without letting either slip, Now every chapter got perspective every page got depth, Every battle left a lesson, every loss became a step, I ain’t running from the darkness and I ain’t denying bliss, I’m the bridge between the opposites and every space that coexist, That’s why every time I write they feel the weight of what I give, Because the whole damn point of JohnnieB is learning how to live. I got that true grey within Black and white from the mirror both breathe through my skin And you like, damn, I can’t believe he did this again Whole spectrum spill from the pen every time I let that truth step in But it’s not my fault y’all woke up the true grey within