[Original - Unchanged]
[Intro – soft, spoken / adlib]
Yeah…
Every night I close my eyes, but it don’t feel like sleep…
It feel like memories chasing me, you know?
Just me and my pain…
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[Verse 1]
Grew up with no father, had to learn on my own,
Mama did her best but the love felt gone,
They counted me out like I didn’t belong,
Had to fight for my name just to prove I was strong.
Grandma was my angel, then she left me in tears,
Since that day, I been drownin’ in fears,
Every time I smile, I be hidin’ the pain,
Ain’t nobody there when it startin’ to rain.
Had dreams in my head, but the world had a plan,
Every step I take, it’s like I sink in the sand,
They used to laugh when I spoke on my goals,
Now they copy my style, but they don’t know my soul.
I was broke, hungry, lost in the night,
Made some wrong turns just to make things right,
No love in the streets, just hate and survival,
If you make it out once, that’s your only revival.
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[Chorus – melodic, dragged words]
This life feel like a NIIIGHTMAAARE, can’t wake up from the pain,
I been walkin’ through the DAAARK, but the scars still remain,
They told me I’d FALL, they said I’d lose my way,
Now I’m facin’ these DEEMONS, every night, every day,
I lost my heart in the STREEEETS, tryin’ to make me a name,
Now they tell me to stop, but they don’t feel my FLAAAME.
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[Verse 2]
Ain’t nobody love me when the nights got cold,
I was sleepin’ on floors, had to clutch what I hold,
Seein’ my reflection, I don’t know who I am,
Just a lost lil’ boy who became a grown man.
Every friend that I had either left or switched,
Now I’m numb to the pain, I don’t flinch, I don’t twitch,
Gotta move like a ghost, can’t trust no soul,
’Cause love turn fake when the money get old.
They say I changed, but they don’t see why,
Had to bury my heart just to learn not to cry,
All the voices in my head tell me “make it or die,”
So I walk with the devil, but I pray to the sky.
If they step in my path, I ain’t showin’ no grace,
I done fought through too much just to give up my place,
Now they tell me to chill, but they don’t feel my storm,
I was raised in the dark where the pain got born.
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[Chorus – repeat, emotional build-up]
This life feel like a NIIIGHTMAAARE, can’t wake up from the pain,
I been walkin’ through the DAAARK, but the scars still remain,
They told me I’d FALL, they said I’d lose my way,
Now I’m facin’ these DEEMONS, every night, every day,
I lost my heart in the STREEEETS, tryin’ to make me a name,
Now they tell me to stop, but they don’t feel my FLAAAME.
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[Bridge – soft, reflective tone]
Every scar that I carry, it done teach me a lesson,
Every tear that I cried turned to quiet aggression,
Had to lose who I was just to find direction,
Now I move with the pain like it’s my protection.
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[Verse 3 – closing, calm but heavy]
If you see me smilin’, that’s just armor on pain,
Every win I got came with loss in the chain,
They don’t know how it feel to be bla
