Deep Waters

[Intro] (Soft piano, soulful hums in the background)
Yeah…
Sometimes I wonder if they see me or just see through me...
Feels like the whole world talkin’, but don’t nobody listen…
I just keep swimmin’… deep waters…
[Verse 1] (J. Cole-style storytelling, introspective and personal)
Mama worked two jobs, just to keep the lights on
Pops left early, I learned life from the fight songs
On the block where the bullets play a melody
Where kids turn cold ‘cause the world lack empathy
I seen a young king with a dream turn ghost
Tryna flip a little work, but the game do the most
Now his mama cryin’ over shirts with his face on ‘em
He was just a boy, but they treat him like a case on ‘em
System set up so the cycle don’t change
Tell me how we free when we livin’ in chains?
Mental or the metal, either way, it’s the same
Tryna find God, but they profit off pain
[Chorus] (Drake-style melody, emotional and reflective)
I been swimmin’ in deep waters, tryna find my way
Drownin’ in the silence, hearin’ what they never say
All this weight up on my shoulders, I just pray I’m built to stay
Lord, don’t let me fade away...
[Verse 2] (Kendrick Lamar-style, fast-paced and passionate, poetic and powerful)
I been runnin’, I been fightin’, I been dodgin’ all the snakes
I been prayin’ for a sign while I’m battlin’ my fate
I been searchin’ for a purpose, in a world so hollow
Tryna lead ‘em to the light, but they’d rather just follow
Politicians politickin’, pockets full but never listen
Tell us change is comin’, but the system still ain’t different
Taught to hate our brothers, but the enemy is distant
Got us focused on division while they movin’ with precision
Tell me why the truth feel like a crime?
Tell me why a black body barely make it past his prime?
Tell me why the rich get richer every single time?
And the poor gotta hustle just to barely get by?
I swear the world cold, and the love ain’t free
Tryna write my wrongs, but the ink cut deep
Made peace with my demons, but they still don’t sleep
And I’m tired of the fight, but I still got me, yeah…
[Chorus] (Drake-style melody, smooth and melodic)
I been swimmin’ in deep waters, tryna find my way
Drownin’ in the silence, hearin’ what they never say
All this weight up on my shoulders, I just pray I’m built to stay
Lord, don’t let me fade away...
[Bridge] (Soulful, J. Cole-style reflection, smooth and poetic)
I just wanna live, man, I just wanna breathe
But they wanna see me down, got me beggin’ on my knees
Prayin’ for a day when my people all free
But the cost of bein’ black still a lifelong fee
I don’t got the answers, I just got my pain
I don’t got a crown, but I still got my name
Tryna leave a mark, not a mark on my grave
Tell ‘em I was here, tell ‘em I was brave...
[Outro] (Soft piano fades out, a voice note in the background—like J. Cole’s style, real and raw.)
"They say life is what you make it... but what if the world already made it for you?"

rap, raw emotion, story telling, intensity, bass, confident