Heavy Crown

Yeah, this one's for the brothers out here grinding

Carrying weight nobody sees, uh

Wake up every morning, pressure on my shoulders

Gotta be the rock when the whole world gets colder

They expect perfection, never see the pain inside

Smile through the struggle, gotta swallow all my pride, yeah

Told to man up, never show emotion

Drowning in the deep end of this life's ocean

Work two jobs just to keep the lights on

But they don't see the battles that I fight on, no cap

Every failure feels like I'm less than

Every setback got me second-guessin'

Society don't care about my mental health

Just keep pushing, don't ask nobody for help

Heavy crown, heavy crown on my head

Trying to make it out alive, trying to get ahead

Heavy crown, heavy crown that I wear

Nobody knows the weight, nobody really cares, skrrt

They say be strong, be the provider

But who provides for me when I'm tired?

Expected to know all the answers

While I'm fighting demons and my own disasters, let's go

Loneliness hitting different at night

Too proud to cry, too scared to ask if I'm alright

Chasing dreams while they're chasing me away

One step forward, two steps back every day, sheesh

But I keep moving, that's the mission

Turn the pain into fuel, that's my ammunition

For every man out here feeling the same

We gon' make it through the struggle, we gon' change the game

Heavy crown, heavy crown on my head

Trying to make it out alive, trying to get ahead

Heavy crown, heavy crown that I wear

Nobody knows the weight, nobody really cares, yeah

But we still standing, we still here

Heavy crown, but we persevere, gang