[Intro - Piano] Long day done. Still got something of my own to do. [Verse 1 - Low rhythmic rap] Work boots off, got a head full of noise, Got a little bit of night I can give to my voice. Used to disappear in the end of the day, Now I open up a track and give the feeling a place. Not every night, gotta sleep sometimes, But I want my own work getting some of my time. Few bars written, beat turned low, One little idea starts finding a road. There's a boy in the song, a man on the page, Neither one's stuck in the age of the pain. Got more than a shift, got more than a bill, Got a part of me that wants to make something still. [Build - Snare lift] Tired eyes. Live wire. Bring that hook in— Hear that fire. [Chorus - Hard bounce] AFTER SHIFT! BEFORE SUNRISE! PUTTING WHAT I LIVED INTO SOMETHING ALIVE! ONE MORE PAGE! ONE MORE SOUND! I GOT A FUTURE HERE— I'M WORKING IT OUT! [Verse 2 - Double-time] Can't spend every evening watching days disappear, Can't call it tomorrow for another whole year. Thirty ain't late, it's the age that I'm at, Got experience now I can put in the craft. Not racing a stranger, not counting their wins, Got my own beginning and the tools I'm in. Make the beat clearer, give the flow more space, Change that hook when it doesn't say what I mean. Small real progress, stack it with care, Don't need exhaustion to prove I was there. Close it when done, get the rest I need, Come back with a head that can actually see. [Bridge - Piano only] The future gets hours. So does my sleep. I want to build a life I can afford to keep. [Final Chorus - Bigger drums] AFTER SHIFT! BEFORE SUNRISE! PUTTING WHAT I LIVED INTO SOMETHING ALIVE! ONE MORE PAGE! ONE MORE SOUND! I GOT A FUTURE HERE— I'M WORKING IT OUT!
