Dedicated to Blizzo. For the nights that don’t end when the lights go out. For everything you’re holding together without saying a word. You’re stronger than what’s trying to break you. You’re gonna be alright anyway. Lyrics: Grip on the wheel while the pavement keep warpin’ Course keep bendin’, you still keep it forward Air get thin but you portion the portions “Just exhaustion”… yeah right, you ignore it Rooms feel colder, the clock don’t cooperate Minutes don’t move, they just hover and oscillate Talk get softer, you measure and modulate Words cut clean, you thread ’em and operate Hands stay busy, you steady the fragile Balance the stack while you carry the actual Weight that ain’t casual, strain that’s mechanical Pain get practical, make it adaptable Smile get practiced, posture professional Questions get pressed, you keep it concessional Keep it compressed, keep the stress in a decimal Never confess it, just dress it “presentable” Yeah, that’s ironic, you run it like therapy Carry the heaviest, make it look featherweight Call it “I’m fine” while you grind through the penalty Fuck what they say, they ain’t felt what you mediate You don’t say it out loud You just carry it quiet Hold it deep in your chest Like it never get violent Life get hard some days, I know that Feel like everything drift off track Even when it all ain’t okay You still gon’ be alright anyway Even when the sky lean sideways Even when the light go gray You been holdin’ more than they see You still gon’ be alright anyway Nights stretch longer, the hum get electrical Silence go vertical, thoughts turn sectional Cut to the bone but you stitch it symmetrical Keep it together, composure impeccable Breath get shallow, you ration the interval Steps stay measured, the stress stay peripheral World get heavy, but you stay original Never go minimal, always intentional Yeah, that’s the code, never fold under pressure Holdin’ it close but it holdin’ you lesser Stress in your chest but you flex like it’s lesser Say “it’s whatever” but that shit get extra Irony layered, you carry it daily Sayin’ you straight when that shit get shaky Fuck what they think, they don’t know what it take To keep that calm when the calm get breakin’ You don’t break, you just bend You don’t fold, you extend Even when it don’t end You just do it again Life get hard some days, I know that Feel like everything drift off track Even when it all ain’t okay You still gon’ be alright anyway Even when the sky lean sideways Even when the light go gray You been holdin’ more than they see You still gon’ be alright anyway When the weight of the world get wrapped in your ribcage Mind in a maze, every phase feel like a switchblade Click when it hit, but you pivot, you reframe Pain in the pen, let it vent, let it dissipate Built from the burn, every turn was a trial run Fire in your lungs but you learned how to dial one Higher every time that you thought you was down done Climb out the pit like your spine made of iron, son Back bent heavy but the backbone titanium Stackin’ every loss, turnin’ pain to a stadium Standin’ in the storm while the calm feel alien Still hold ground like your soul got a radius So when it collapse and the map get erased quick And your back feel snapped from the weight that you faced with Remember every time you was down on some “this is it” You still got up… you don’t quit… you just stay with it You ain’t gotta say it… I know. You still here. You still gon’ be alright anyway.
