✨🐙 Lyrics by CalamariDreams 🐙✨ ⸻ [Intro] Yeah… C.D. Short for everything I couldn’t say back then [Verse 1] Raised where the stress made you older quick No room for soft, had to shoulder it Mama tired, bills late, still folding it I learned early don’t show what you holding in TV loud, Biggie on, that was therapy Same block, same pain, same energy We ain’t talk mental health, that’s a luxury You just deal, keep it moving, that’s the summary I was ten acting grown, no choice there Learn silence, let it sit, don’t voice fear If you cry, you get labeled, get avoided So I laughed through it all like I’m poised, yeah Now I’m older, still stuck in that format Heart heavy but I move like I’m all that They see strength, I just mastered the fallback If I break, I rebuild, I don’t call back [Hook] Don’t ask me how I feel, I’ma say “I’m straight” Even when I’m barely holding my weight I don’t trust nobody seeing me break So I tighten up my face, that’s the way Keep it cool, keep it moving, don’t slip Keep it tucked, don’t explain, don’t trip If I fall, I’ma fall out of sight real quick Dirty miracle… I exist, that’s it [Verse 2] TLC on, “no scrubs,” I was listening But love still came with conditions in Grew up fast, had to read how they switching it Trust low, I was young but I’m getting it House loud, doors slam, that’s routine Words cut, no fix, no in-between You adapt or you drown, that’s the scene So I built me a mask, kept it clean Now it’s 2026, I’m irregular Smiling in your face, still secular Mind race, can’t slow, no editor They want strength, I deliver the regular But inside it’s a mess I don’t speak on I go quiet, get cold, put the heat on They don’t know what it cost just to be calm I been breaking in pieces I keep on [Hook] Don’t ask me how I feel, I’ma say “I’m straight” Even when I’m barely holding my weight I don’t trust nobody seeing me break So I tighten up my face, that’s the way Keep it cool, keep it moving, don’t slip Keep it tucked, don’t explain, don’t trip If I fall, I’ma fall out of sight real quick Dirty miracle… I exist, that’s it [Verse 3] I ain’t healed, I adapted the damage Turn pain to a code, I can manage Every scar got a role, I don’t panic But it show when I’m low, I can’t mask it They say “you strong,” I just nod, let it pass They don’t know I been running on gas Every day feel like carrying glass One wrong move, I’m collapsing fast I don’t vent, I compress, that’s design Keep it neat, keep it cool, that’s the line If I open that door, I might drown in mine So I lock it and say that I’m fine
