[Intro – half-spoken, over bass and guitar] No spotlight. Just the work. Just the day. [Verse 1] Sunrise on the bench, dust in the gold Hands finding the grain like a prayer I can hold Nobody watching, nobody to impress A quiet life still leaves a fingerprint I mind my own, I finish what I start Respect ain’t a crown, it’s the way that you are [Pre] If I can ease one ache before the night If I can put one broken thing back right [Hook] I shall not live in vain I shall not live in vain One heart, one robin, one honest day Work with my hands and walk away clean That is enough That is enough [Verse 2] Street going by like a river of names Ordinary people doing ordinary brave I don’t need the noise to know I was here Kindness don’t invoice, honor don’t cheer Lead a quiet life, let the living speak Win the respect you don’t have to seek [Pre] If I can cool one pain that no one sees If I can set one small bird back in the trees [Hook] I shall not live in vain I shall not live in vain One heart, one robin, one honest day Work with my hands and walk away clean That is enough That is enough [Bridge – more hip-hop cadence] Not for the clap Not for the name For the work in the wood For the warmth in the frame For the life that stays decent when the room goes dim Ambition with no audience That’s the hymn [Final hook – lift, then drop to whisper] I shall not live in vain I shall not live in vain If one heart stops breaking, the whole day changed Lead a quiet life, let the hands tell the truth That is enough That is enough [Outro] No spotlight. Just the work. Just the day.
