[Intro] (Low piano… heartbeat kick… distant sirens) Yeah… Twenty Twelve… I was forty five… late start… wrong road… But I made it out… ⸻ [Verse 1] Started late in the game, yeah I wasn’t that guy… Blue-collar hands, never lived that life… But the world turned dark, pain pills took flight… Whole towns fallin’ under those pharmacy lights… Doctors on corners, scripts in a line… People sellin’ their pain just to buy a little time… I was drivin’ them around, just watchin’ it grow… Then I crossed that line… yeah I already know… Told myself quick, “Keep the circle tight”… No loose ends… keep em outta sight… Nickname Pops ‘cause I moved like a vet… But inside I knew… this a road of regret… ⸻ [Chorus] I came from nothin’… built it up too fast… Livin’ in a moment I knew wouldn’t last… Sirens in my head every time I breathe… A life like that ain’t freedom… it’s a slow disease… I made it out… yeah I broke that chain… Left that life in the rear with the ghosts and the pain… If you hear this now, understand what I say… Ain’t nothin’ back there… don’t go that way… ⸻ [Verse 2] Young kid ridin’ with me… barely nineteen… Fast life dreams… but he ain’t seen what I seen… Late night calls, I’m pullin’ up again… Tryna play it smart in a world full of sin… One wrong move, whole room froze… Flash of that light… everybody knows… Heart beat loud, time slow down… Real life moment… no way out now… Walked away lucky… but it stuck in my chest… That ain’t livin’, that’s a gamble with death… Still kept movin’ like I had control… But every step deeper took a piece of my soul… ⸻ [Chorus] I came from nothin’… built it up too fast… Livin’ in a moment I knew wouldn’t last… Sirens in my head every time I breathe… A life like that ain’t freedom… it’s a slow disease… I made it out… yeah I broke that chain… Left that life in the rear with the ghosts and the pain… If you hear this now, understand what I say… Ain’t nothin’ back there… don’t go that way… ⸻ [Verse 3] Money came quick, yeah faster than truth… Stacked it up high but I lost my youth… Always lookin’ over shoulders at night… When you live like that… you ain’t sleepin’ right… Had a plan though, somethin’ bigger in mind… Saw a future most people couldn’t find… Turned that page, yeah I changed that lane… Walked away clean from a life of pain… Vegas lights, California sun… Lookin’ in the mirror like “What have I done?” Twenty Twenty hit, I drew that line… Left that life back… took my life this time… ⸻ [Bridge] (Piano only… voice almost spoken) Some people don’t make it out… Some names fade away… I’m still here talkin’… That’s all I gotta say… ⸻ [Final Chorus] I made it out… yeah I broke that chain… Left that life in the rear with the ghosts and the pain… No more runnin’… no more fear… Just a man standin’ still right here… If you’re on that road… better turn around… Ain’t no glory there, just a lost and found… I lived that life… I can tell you straight… Freedom don’t come from a fast lane fate… ⸻ [Outro] (Soft piano… wind sound… fades) Fifty Nine… I’m still here… Still breathin’… without that fear.. I buried… my gangster past… Cause I new… it wouldn’t last…
