I been awake too long
Counting all the things I lost
I came from the block where the paint peel off
Where the dreams get sold and the pride get chalked
Mom said “Son keep your head when it all get dark”
So I learned to talk with a scarred-up heart
I seen fake friends fold when the bills came due
Seen big talk die in a room too blue
I don’t chase applause I chase proof
If I say I’m hurt I still push through
Every scar on my hand got a story in it
Every win on my tongue got a warning with it
I was broke in the bones but I stood my ground
Now the same crowd lean when the beat comes down
I don’t need no crown I need clear eyes
Need a real one near when the fear rise
If I fall I fall with a full-throated sound
I was made from the mud still I’m moving now
Split the silence
I don’t fold
Split the silence
Watch me go
Split the silence
Hear me through
Split the silence
I’m the proof
I know pressure by name it been calling me close
In the mirror I met all the ghosts I was posed
Had to bury old habits in a shoebox grave
Had to cut that chain when it clung too brave
Now my mama say I look like sleep again
Like I pulled my soul back from the deep end
I still hear that doubt when the room go still
But I got a strange kind of iron in my will
I been up all night with the same old math
How to turn that pain into a stronger path
How to keep my truth when the money talk slick
How to stay my name when the fake ones switch
I don’t preach I just bleed on the page
Turn a weak little spark to a wildfire stage
If the whole world sways I remain aligned
I was lost for a while now I’m hard to find
Split the silence
I don’t fold
Split the silence
Watch me go
Split the silence
Hear me through
Split the silence
I’m the proof
Still I rise
Still I move
Every cut made room
For something true
未经许可,不得翻唱或使用
