Pressure Plates

[Intro] Yeah… Funny thing about pressure… It never asks if you’re ready. ⸻ [Verse 1] Life kept adding plates while my knees still shook every lesson came hard never came from a book Had to learn what breaks and what bends instead Had to carry whole storms inside my head Everybody talks tough when the sun’s out Different conversation when the lights go out That’s where character lives that’s where truth sits when nobody’s clapping and you’re still with it ⸻ [Hook] I ain’t in the same weight class I used to be What crushed me then can’t move me now What buried me then can’t hold me down I didn’t get lucky I got heavier ⸻ [Verse 2] Got scars on my mind like rings in a tree every hard year still living in me I quit chasing approval quit chasing crowds started building foundations instead of sounding loud Funny how silence starts feeling like power Funny how patience starts changing the hour Now when pressure arrives I don’t run from it I just look at it like… “You too?” ⸻ [Bridge] Every burden carried added something Every loss survived added something Every night I thought I couldn’t added something ⸻ [Final Hook] I ain’t in the same weight class I used to be Life kept loading the bar I kept standing up Now the things that once broke me barely get a reaction ⸻ [Outro] Some people pray for lighter loads Some people become stronger backs. End.