Piece by piece

I been quiet but my mind loud

Trying to stand tall but I feel down

Life hit different now I can’t move the same

Got more on my plate I can’t play with the game

It ain’t just me it’s a family I’m facing

Every decision got weight that I’m carrying daily

This house all wood weak beams and it’s shifting

Trying to hold it together while everything missing

I feel like a sitting duck stuck in position

Working all day but it’s like nothing’s clicking

I’m giving my all but it’s not adding up

Hands full of work but my pockets still stuck

Feels like I’m chasing but never catching

Like I’m moving but stuck in the same direction

I don’t like showing when I’m feeling low

But it’s hard when it feel like I’m losing control

I know what I want I just don’t know the road

And it’s killing me slow when I’m moving too slow

You look at me like I got it together

But inside I be fighting through stormy weather

I don’t say it but I hope you see

Everything I’m doing is bigger than me

I’m not where I thought I’d be

But I’m still trying every day

I been fighting through the pressure

But it don’t always go my way

I know nobody feel this

When I’m stuck and feeling lost

Trying hard but nothing changing

Like I’m paying every cost

But this ain’t just for me

It’s the life we trying to reach

You the reason I keep pushing

Even when it’s out of reach

I been on my own for years just working without a guide

Trying to turn something real but I don’t know how to climb

Now I got more on the line I can’t afford to stay blind

Trying to build something strong while I’m fixing my mind

This house like me still standing but barely holding

Trying to fix every crack while the pressure unfolding

Same way I’m learning to build I’m learning to love

Even when I feel stuck I’m not giving up

I know I ain’t perfect I’m learning as I go

Trying to be something better than anything I know

I might look lost but I promise I’m close

I just need time to become what I’m supposed

I been changing I can feel it

Even when I don’t show it

Everything I been through built me

Now I’m trying to control it

I’m not where I thought I’d be

But I’m still trying every day

I been fighting through the pressure

But it don’t always go my way

I know nobody feel this

When I’m stuck and feeling lost

Trying hard but nothing changing

Like I’m paying every cost

But I’m doing this for us

Even when I feel stuck

I’ma build it from the ground

Even if it take my luck

I been quiet but I’m locked in

Even when it look like nothing

I’ma turn this into something

I’m not stopping I’m becoming

I know it don’t look like it right now

I know it feel like I ain’t moving

But I swear I’m trying

I swear I’m not sitting still

It just feel like everything around me slow

Like I’m pushing and nothing moving with me

But I see it

Even if nobody else does

I see what we could be

I see the life we supposed to have

I see us I see family