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?"