[ Featuring P.Coltrane Allstars ]
Life shole ain't soft
No smooth edges here
It's grit under your nails
Splinters in the soles of your feet,Yo feets
The kind of hard that don't knock, don't warn you
It just shows up, heavy, uninvited, why you here
You wake up to it like the weight of the air doubled overnight
Every breath feels taxed
Like you're payin' for it twice, I ain't got it
The day don't wait for you to catch up
Your body moves on habit, not hope, not want
Just this quiet contract you signed with the devil to keep goin
Not because you love it
Not because it's easy
But because stoppin
Stoppin' ain't an option
Gotta keep movin
The land don't care about you, it shakes under ya
The sky don't either, pours down on ya
They just sit there, quiet, watchin, like some cold audience to the grind
And you
You're part of it
Just another cog
Hands blistered
Back bent
Head full of noise
Sweat falls
Dirt sticks
Rinse, Repeat
Rinse, Repeat
Rinse, Repeat
Rinse, Repeat
Some folks call it resilience
They try to dress it up like it's somethin' noble
Like strugglin' makes you a saint, Too damn tired
Please, You know better
It ain't resilience
It's survival
It's the ache in your back that no doctor can fix
The hum in your head that don't let you sleep
It's movin' forward because backwards don't exist, Ain't no goin' back
Life shole be hard, Shole be hard
But hard's what keeps you honest
Hard's what keeps you alive
Damn if it don't make you feel every bit of it
Every bit
