Verse 1 Another night, same fight, can’t sleep, Got demons in my head that run deep. Mama cryin’, bills high, fridge light, Papa gone, left a note in the moonlight. Prayin’ but my voice don’t echo back, This world cold, like a heart attack. Tryna find peace in a war zone, But I’m duckin’ shots from my own home. Hook: I’m drownin’, sinkin’ in the lies they feed, Chain on my neck, but it ain’t for greed. Tears in my eyes, but I won’t plead, Still breathin’ pain — that’s how I bleed. Drownin’... with no lifeline to throw, But I ain’t lettin’ go — I row. Verse 2: Lost brothers to the block and the badge, Same system still stuck in the past. Raised fists, but the cuffs come faster, Another page in a book of disasters. Truth hurts, but silence kills quicker, And these fake smiles only get thicker. Dreams sold for a government script, While the rich toast high on apocalypse. Hook (repeat): I’m drownin’, sinkin’ in the lies they feed, Chain on my neck, but it ain’t for greed. Tears in my eyes, but I won’t plead, Still breathin’ pain — that’s how I bleed. Drownin’... with no lifeline to throw, But I ain’t lettin’ go — I row. Bridge (spoken, like a 2Pac interlude): Sometimes I feel like I’m yellin’ in a hurricane. No one hears, no one sees — but they judge. I ain’t perfect. But I ain’t blind either. And I ain’t drownin’ in my sins — I’m drownin’ in theirs. Verse 3: They sell hope in a bottle, call it pride, But behind doors, even angels lied. I seen saints turn savage for a taste, And brothers pull triggers just to save face. But I’m still here — scarred, but whole, Voice of the voiceless, that’s my role. One truth, one mic, one soul — And a fire in my chest they’ll never control. Final Hook (w/ echo): I’m drownin’... (drownin’) in the storm they made, But I rise every time like a tidal wave. No crown, just pain that I pave — Still breathin’ pain — that’s how I stay brave. Drownin’... (drownin’) but I still row, Ain’t lettin’ go — no, I row.
