Still I Stand

I don’t vent to people, they don’t listen how I need 'em to

Rather talk to pain, 'cause it’s honest when I bleed it through

I was eatin' cold food, dreamin’ in the dark

Still prayin’ hard with this flame in my heart

Yeah, they don’t understand me, but I stand tall

Even when I fall, I never lost it all

I still walk with pain—never walkin’ alone

Still got demons in my ear when I’m on my own

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Mama workin’ doubles, I was thuggin’ in my school clothes

Heart froze quicker than the block when the tool froze

I ain’t ask for this—adapted, no apologies

Tears in my silence, my brother’s face still hauntin’ me

They said I changed—nah, I just learned to see too much

Try bein' loyal when they treat you like you dream too much

Try prayin’ hard when your ribs start knockin’

Try to stay pure when the world stay toxic

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I don’t vent to people, they don’t listen how I need 'em to

Rather talk to pain, 'cause it’s honest when I bleed it through

I was eatin' cold food, dreamin’ in the dark

Still prayin’ hard with this flame in my heart

Yeah, they don’t understand me, but I stand tall

Even when I fall, I never lost it all

I still walk with pain—never walkin’ alone

Still got demons in my ear when I’m on my own

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PTSD in my posture,

I was sleepin’ with the reaper near the chopper

Pain got rhythm—I turned it into verses

My soul been broke, but I still write it in cursive

They love the humble me, but I’m a product of the savage

Grew up where a hug come with questions, nothin’ lavish

I don’t fake vibe, I don’t dap no ops

Rather meditate with pain than take a pill and rot

Every L came laced with a lesson

Every dub took blood—I’m talkin’ blessings through the tension

I still eat with my hands, they never fed me

That hunger in my eyes? It’s the reason they respect me

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Still got dreams, but I wake up in the trenches

Still fight war in a world full of fences

Still got hope, but it’s tied up in my struggle

Still hear “shoot first” like a voice in the jungle

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I don’t vent to people, they don’t listen how I need 'em to (nah they don’t)

Rather talk to pain, 'cause it’s honest when I bleed it through (yeah)

I was eatin' cold food, dreamin’ in the dark (still starvin’)

Still prayin’ hard with this flame in my heart (still marchin’)

Yeah, they don’t understand me, but I stand tall (ten toes down)

Even when I fall, I never lost it all (never fold)

I still walk with pain—never walkin’ alone (never alone)

Still got demons in my ear when I’m on my own (on my own)