[Intro] Yeah… Mm… I been carryin’ a lot… But it sound good though… [Verse 1] I learned love don’t always come in a pretty shape Sometimes it’s late nights and a heavy weight Sometimes it’s text you don’t send back Or the silence louder than the bass in the track I been outside where the dreams get thin Where the same block know your losses and wins And I smile like I figured it out But I still hear doubt when the city get loud They want the glow but don’t see the grind Don’t see the prayers I repeat sometimes Or the times I had to break then rebuild Just to feel somethin’ real [Pre-Chorus] I been carryin’ it all, no help, no fold Still I walk like my story gold If you hear me, then you feel me now This the weight I refuse to bow [Chorus] City on my back, but I’m standin’ tall Every scar I got made me through it all I been down, but I never stay Watch me turn that pain into a way City on my back, I don’t break, I bend Every loss I took made a new begin And I shine through the rain I face This the sound of a self-made grace [Verse 2] I talk to God like we on first name basis Ask why the struggle gotta leave traces He don’t always answer, but I feel it though In the way my failures turn into gold I seen friends turn ghosts in the same room Seen dreams die in the same tune But I kept that rhythm in my chest Like the pain is just part of the test And I’m not perfect, I just persist Every setback got a reason in it So I write it down just to let it breathe Turn my wounds into melodies [Pre-Chorus] I been carryin’ it all, no help, no fold Still I walk like my story gold If you hear me, then you feel me now This the weight I refuse to bow [Chorus] City on my back, but I’m standin’ tall Every scar I got made me through it all I been down, but I never stay Watch me turn that pain into a way City on my back, I don’t break, I bend Every loss I took made a new begin And I shine through the rain I face This the sound of a self-made grace [Bridge] Take it back… let it breathe… Just a voice and the memory… Then the drums come back like thunder talkin’ And I keep on walkin’ Ain’t no ceiling where I’m headed now I turned every “no” into sacred vows And if I fall, I fall forward still That’s just part of the will [Final Chorus] City on my back, but I’m standin’ tall Every scar I got made me through it all I been down, but I never stay Watch me turn that pain into a way City on my back, I don’t break, I bend Every loss I took made a new begin And I shine through the rain I face This the sound of a self-made grace [Outro] Yeah… I been carryin’ a lot… But I’m still here…
