[Intro] Everybody want strength till they see what it costs, Till they carryin’ names of the people they lost, Till they starin’ at the dark like, “Where did I get tossed?” Tryna find themselves after everything crossed. But he keeps standin’, keeps helpin’, keeps reachin’, keeps tellin’ The broken and battered and bruised and overwhelmed, “You don’t gotta fight this whole battle yourself.” [Verse 1 – Slow → Fast] Everybody want power, never think ’bout the fee, Only see the highlight, never see the debris, They don’t post the late nights, losin’ air when they breathe, They just show the gold chain, never showin’ the grief. Hands still shakin’ in a bathroom stall, Say “I’m good” when they answer your call, Pack all the pressure, stand up tall, Body feel small but they carry it all. (Flow switch – fast) I was runnin’ with the weight like a pack on my spine, Every “I’m fine” line just attackin’ my mind, I was up all night, tryna mask that sign, While the pain drip slow like a leak in a line. They don’t see that, they just cheer when you win, Never see the part where you cave within, Never see the cost of the life you spin, Only see the crown, not the cuts on your skin. [Hook / Chorus] “You don’t gotta fight this whole battle yourself, You ain’t gotta bleed just to ask for help, You ain’t gotta drown tryna prove you’re felt, Put a piece of that weight on somebody else. You don’t gotta fight this whole battle alone, When your hope runnin’ low and your faith half‑grown, If your knees give out and your heart might melt, I’ma stand right here, you ain’t by yourself.” [Verse 2 – Story → Double-Time] He remember every name like a tag on a chain, Every friend that he lost put a crack in his frame, Walk halls full of ghosts still callin’ his name, But the echo in his chest never sound the same. He was there at the edge when his brother went numb, Held Mom while his own heart came undone, Said “We good” with his tongue, but his mind went dumb, Put the weight on his back, never learned to run. (Flow switch – double-time) Now he look for the pain in the back of the room, See the kid in the hood tryna blend in the gloom, See the girl with a laugh that don’t match her mood, Mask so tight, but he see straight through. He like, “I’ve been where the night talk loud, Where you feel real small in a too‑big crowd, Where you smile all day, then you break back down, Think nobody gon’ care if you ain’t around.” [Hook / Chorus] “You don’t gotta fight this whole battle yourself, You ain’t gotta hide every scar you felt, You ain’t gotta smile while you break on the shelf, We can share this weight, we can split this belt. You don’t gotta fight this whole battle alone, You’re more than the hurt that you think you own, When your heart too tired and your light won’t glow, I’ma walk with you slow, I’ma let you know…” [Bridge – Short] Strength ain’t never mean you don’t feel pain, It mean you still love in the middle of rain, Mean you say “help” when you can’t maintain, Mean you grab one hand when you can’t stand straight. [Outro – Half-Speed] Everybody want strength till they learn what it costs, Till they walk through the fire and they feel what they lost, But the power in the pain that you always once felt Is knowin’ you don’t gotta fight this whole battle yourself.
