[Intro – Spoken, Piano Loop + Soft Beat] The weight can bend you… The world can break you… But you keep on keeping on. [Chorus – Uplifting R&B] Keep on keeping on, through the fire, through the fall… Even when your strength feels gone, stand tall… The nights get heavy but the dawn still calls, I’ll keep on keeping on — through it all. (Keep strong… keep strong… keep strong) [Verse 1 – Smooth Rap, Storytelling] Every scar that I carry is a page I’ve read, Every tear that I’ve hidden is a word unsaid. Life tests the backbone, snaps pride in half, But I walk through the ashes with a steady path. They say men don’t cry, they say men don’t break, But I’ve lived through a quake only God could shake. Lost blood, lost breath, lost kin, lost song, And I’m here ‘cause I chose to keep moving along. Pain is a teacher, and grief is a guide, But the strength in the stumble is what kept me alive. So don’t measure my power by the smiles I’ve drawn, Measure me by the nights I kept keeping on. [Chorus – R&B, Falsetto Lift] Keep on keeping on, through the fire, through the fall… Even when your strength feels gone, stand tall… The nights get heavy but the dawn still calls, I’ll keep on keeping on — through it all. [Verse 2 – Faster Rap Flow] I’ve been broken, I’ve been bent, I’ve been burned by the rain, But the cracks in my soul just spell out his name. Every echo in the silence is a push to fight, Every shadow in the dark makes me crave the light. See, the strong ain’t the flawless, the strong are the scarred, The ones who keep walking when the road gets hard. I’m not bulletproof, I’m not built of stone, But I rise every morning though I hurt alone. This is more than survival, this is life reborn, This is fire in the chest — keep on keeping on. [Chorus – Layered Harmonies + Falsetto Hold] Keep on keeping on, through the fire, through the fall… Even when your strength feels gone, stand tall… The nights get heavy but the dawn still calls, I’ll keep on keeping on — through it all. (Ohhhhhh… keep strong… keep strong… keep strong) [Verse 3 – Extended Rap, Centerpiece Flow] Every step in the snow, every crack in the ice, Every gamble of grief came with hell of a price. But I carried his laughter like fuel in my chest, Every stumble I made was a test I possessed. Keep on when the doubters say “you won’t last,” Keep on when the mirror shows the weight of the past. Keep on when the silence feels louder than breath, Keep on when you’re haunted by the shadow of death. I’ve been down on the floor, I’ve been crushed by the load, But I learned what it means to keep faith on the road. It ain’t easy, it ain’t gentle, it ain’t picture strong, It’s a whisper in the dark that keeps pulling you along. So I stand for the broken, the weary, the torn, The ones with no sunshine but who march through the storm. If your soul feels heavy and your hope feels gone, This is proof in my blood — you can keep keeping on. [Chorus – Final, Soaring R&B + Echo Layers] Keep on keeping on, through the fire, through the fall… Even when your strength feels gone, stand tall… The nights get heavy but the dawn still calls, I’ll keep on keeping on — through it all. (Ohhhhhh… keep strong… keep strong… keep strong) [Outro – Spoken / Sung] The road is long. The weight is real. But you’re not alone. Keep your head up… And keep on keeping on.
