Its only peace if it lasts [Lyrics by The Kash]

[INTRO] Peace... Peace... [MALE — SPOKEN] I used to think peace was life finally doing what I wanted it to do. [REST] Took me a while to learn the difference. [VERSE 1 ] I remember when every feeling felt like an instruction. If anger showed up, I gave it transportation. If desire called late, I answered. If pride got touched, I needed somebody to know about it. [REST] Money made me feel taller. Attention made me feel seen. Winning felt good mostly because somebody else had to lose. I called that strength. Called impulse freedom. Called appetite honesty. Didn't know you can tell the truth about what you feel... and still not let the feeling lead you. [REST] I was feeding every hunger and wondering why I stayed hungry. Running toward everything that promised relief... then needing another promise by morning. [PRE-CHORUS] Every want kept calling. Every feeling wanted the wheel. Every road said freedom... but none of them taught me how to be still. [CHORUS] Peace... If I get everything I want and still can't rest... is that peace? Peace... If the room gets quiet but I'm fighting myself... is that peace? Peace... I kept searching outside of me. Till I learned... peace ain't getting everything I want. Peace is knowing what should lead me. [VERSE 2] Then life started talking back. Faces changed when I entered rooms. People I loved got tired of forgiving the same wound. [REST] I started hearing myself after arguments. Started noticing how victory can feel lonely. Started seeing the difference between explaining my behavior... and actually owning it. [REST] That's when the mirror got uncomfortable. Couldn't blame everybody for everything anymore. Some nights I knew exactly where I crossed the line. Knew what I said. Knew why I said it. Knew that little voice before I did it... had already told me to leave it alone. [REST] So I started stopping. Not always. But more. Started apologizing without adding “but.” Started asking forgiveness without negotiating with the truth. Fell. Got up. Fell different next time. Got up quicker. [REST] And slowly... the war inside me started introducing itself. [PRE-CHORUS] Every mistake became a teacher. Every regret became a sign. Not every pain came to destroy me. Some pain came to realign. [CHORUS] Peace... When I can admit I was wrong and still come home... that's peace. Peace... When the shame says “hide” but mercy says “return”... that's peace. Peace... Not perfection. Not pretending. Just knowing... I don't have to keep becoming what I regret being. [BRIDGE] Funny thing... the world didn't change first. I did. [REST] Same streets. Same money. Same attraction. Same disrespect. Same fear. Same opportunities to lose myself. [REST] Different order. [VERSE 3] Now anger still visits. It just don't have keys. Desire still talks. It don't speak for me. Money still matters. It just can't measure me. Love still reaches me. It doesn't have to own me. [REST] I can lose something without losing myself. Want something without bowing to the want. Be hurt without handing pain my whole personality. Sit alone without needing noise to rescue me from my thoughts. [REST] I learned patience ain't passive. Sometimes patience is power standing perfectly still. Prayer stopped being something I reached for only when life broke. It became where I put the pieces before they broke. [REST] Remembrance changed the temperature in me. Same pressure outside... different climate within. And Allah... I stopped treating You like the last number I called in an emergency. [LONG REST] Started understanding You were the direction before I got lost. [PRE-CHORUS] The world still keeps moving. The body still wants. The heart still gets tested. But something has changed. Something knows where home is. [FINAL CHORUS] Peace... Not because nothing hurts me. Peace... Not because nothing goes wrong. Peace... I can feel the storm without becoming the storm. Peace... I can lose and still know what remains. I can want without serving the want. I can hurt without worshipping pain. [REST] Peace... The world didn't finally obey me. [REST] I finally learned what in me should obey. [EXTENDED OUTRO] Peace... Peace... [MALE — LOW] I used to think peace was quiet. [REST] Now I know... quiet is just the absence of sound. Peace... is when the soul knows where to return. [WOMEN] Peace... Peace... [END]