I Just Don’t Know

[Verse 1]
Woke up, same ceiling, same stain
Phone screen, bad news, same pain
Scroll life, everybody got a plan
I’m stuck, two feet in the sand
Mama say “pray on it, be still”
Dad say “work hard, strong will”
Friends say “trust time, you’ll be fine”
My head say “boy, you fallin’ behind”
Tryna write it out, pen don’t move
Beat on loop, but I can’t find groove
Think I got a voice, then it fade to a whisper
Talk to myself, I don’t even wanna listen
[Chorus]
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know what to say
I just don’t know
I just don’t know, yeah
Staring at the door like, should I stay?
Whole damn world feel far away
I don’t know what to do
I just don’t know, I just don’t know
[Verse 2]
Little bro ask “how you so strong?”
I laugh it off, like “it don’t take long”
Truth is, I’m scared of the daylight
Act brave, break down in the late night
Bills on the table, dreams on hold
Heart feel heavy, mind so cold
Tryna talk to God, words fall flat
Is He even there when I say all that?
But I keep on breathing, one more step
Even when faith feel thin as a thread
Maybe being lost is part of the map
Maybe this verse the way back
[Chorus]
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know what to say
I just don’t know
I just don’t know, yeah
Staring at the door like, should I stay?
Whole damn world feel far away
I don’t know what to do
I just don’t know, I just don’t know (yeah)
[Bridge]
[Beat drops slightly, vocal more exposed]
If I say I’m fine, that’s fear talking
If I stay silent, that’s tears talking
If I keep going, that’s years talking
Still here talking, still here talking (hey)
[Chorus]
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know what to say
I just don’t know
I just don’t know, yeah
But I’m here, that’s something
One more breath, one more day
I don’t know what to do
But I won’t run, I won’t run away

rap, Moody boom-bap over warm sub-bass and filtered keys; verses sit tight in a head-nod pocket with intimate, close-mic male vocals. Hook widens with airy pads and stacked harmonies on the title phrase, snare snaps cut through. Final chorus adds distant ad-lib doubles and a slight tape-warp feel for emotional lift., hip hop