American Average

[Verse 1] He thought he knew his place Wearing hate like a crown, With fists striking like thunder Innocence down In a world so twisted Anger found a spark He saw in shadows strangers It tore him apart. [Verse 2] Hands behind your back Echoes haunt the night A badge and a heartbeat Where justice lost light Rage settled in his bones Hatred redefined In the silence of a cell He confronts his own mind [Pre-chorus] Loneliness wraps tight, as echoes fade away [Chorus] Oh, in his hollow heart Where darkness swells The wrongs of a man A prison cell. Beneath the weight of scars He finds a fractured grace In a bitter world Here love is erased [Verse 3] Through bars he sees the past Men with colors they claim Each heartbeat, a story Each whisper, a name Oh, in the clutch of hatred A strange truth does unfold A hand once stretched in anger Seeks now warmth in the cold [Pre-chorus] An unexpected brotherhood starts to bloom in strife [Chorus] Oh, in his hollow heart Where darkness swells The wrongs of a man A prison cell. Beneath the weight of scars He finds a fractured grace In a bitter world Here love is erased [Chorus] Oh, in his hollow heart Where darkness swells The wrongs of a man A prison cell. Beneath the weight of scars He finds a fractured grace In a bitter world Here love is erased [Verse 5] Yo, behind these bars, the truth gets louder Chains on my wrists, but my soul grows prouder Reflections in the metal show a face I don't know Was it me? Was it them? Or the hatred I let grow? I was the fire, burning bridges to ash Blind to the pain, just chasing the cash Now the nights get colder, no one to call A king in my rage, now I’m bound by the walls Saw a brother with a story etched in his skin Fought the same war, now we're allies within Tears in his eyes spoke the words he ain’t say "Bruh, we fight together, break the cycle someday" This ain't redemption, it's a seed in the dirt A chance to heal wounds, though we’re covered in hurt Hatred’s a poison that’ll eat you alive But even in this cell, I can learn to survive The darkness fades when the truth gets light Gotta face my demons if I’m winning this fight No crown, no thunder, just a man with a heart Piecing back together every shattered part [Bridge] Loneliness wraps tight, as echoes fade away [Verse 6] Tickin’ like a time bomb Mind gon’ race Gotta face fate No time to waste Heart in a cage Every beat misplaced Tryna rewrite life No steps retraced Quick with the flow Can’t slow Won’t stall Walls close in But I’m breakin’ them all Fall after fall But I’m standin’ tall Runnin’ this game like I’m chasin’ a call Darkness thick But I cut like a blade Rage in my veins But it starts to fade Made my bed Now the price is paid But I’m shiftin’ gears Findin’ paths unlaid Fast like a flash Thoughts overlap Snap back Attack Put the pain on a map I'm stackin’ the odds But I’m done with the trap Let the world hear truth when my rhymes unwrap Breathless Restless Can’t slow motion Every line fired Like waves in an ocean Devotion to change Not just a notion Explosion of hope in a life so broken Keep up Don’t blink Every second I burn Tables gon’ flip Watch the cycles turn Lessons I learn In the scars I earn From ashes to glory, my soul returns! [Outro] Loneliness wraps tight, as echoes fade away (x2)