“Who I Used To Be”

🎵 Hook (autotune croon, soft delivery)

Rest in peace to who I used to be (yeah)
I was love before the cruelty
Before the silence, before the mask
Before the “I got you”s never last

I was soft, now I move discreet (facts)
Heart got cold from the lies I keep
I ain’t bitter — just broke my lease
Now the old me gone — may he sleep in peace


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[Verse 1 – Eulogy flow, poetic grief]

He used to dream, now he count the threats
Used to laugh — now he flinch at texts

Used to trust, now he scan the room
Used to bloom — now he move like gloom

He had hope, till they ripped it out
Now he pray but don’t move his mouth

He was love, then he saw the blade
Now he sleep in pain that he can’t explain

I buried him in a place they forgot
Under scars that they called his “plot”


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🔊 Ad-Libs – Verse 1:
“He gone.” / “Remember him…” / “Before it all.” / “Lost that.”


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🎵 Hook (repeat, mellow echo fx)

Rest in peace to who I used to be
I was love before the cruelty
Before the silence, before the mask
Before the “I got you”s never last

I was soft, now I move discreet
Heart got cold from the lies I keep
I ain’t bitter — just broke my lease
Now the old me gone — may he sleep in peace


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[Verse 2 – Present-self reflecting, closing the casket]

I ain’t mad — just numb from the shift
I ain't soft — just tired of the cliff

They say “change is growth,” but it hurt to grow
Especially when the old me ain’t make the show

I be lookin’ back at pics like “Damn…”
He ain’t know the pain was in the plan

But I thank him — he walked through flames
So I could rise with a different name

Now I speak for the version that died
Who smiled in storms and never lied


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🔊 Ad-Libs – Verse 2:
“Still love you.” / “Had to grow.” / “Hard truth.” / “I miss him tho…”


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🎧 Outro – guitar loop solo, slight rain sfx

(Spoken)
He ain’t weak.
He was just too real for the world he was born into.

86 BPM, Emotional guitar loop, reversed vocal chops, filtered 808s, male, Reflective, sad, growth-heavy