so what by sharkey ocean grown OG

I wanna break down so bad, but I keep repeatin’, “you got this,” Tellin’ lies to myself just to keep my heart from droppin’, Loneliness the price you pay when you start your life rewritin’, Some people get intimidated, I ain’t do nothin’ but be honest. Yeah, I’m fightin’ with my shadow, tryna outrun all my trauma, Tryna build a better me, but the peace come with the drama, Every step I take alone feel like walkin’ through the thunder, But I whisper “you got this” even when I start to crumble. [Verse 1] I been breakin’ in the dark, but I smile when it’s daylight, Actin’ like I’m solid, but inside I ain’t been aight, I’m tryna level up, but it’s lonely on the stair flight, Lotta nights I cry quiet so the pain don’t take bite. People see my confidence and swear I’m too strong, But I’m holdin’ on a thread while I’m tryna stay calm, They intimidated by the fire that been keepin’ me warm, They don’t know it’s built from ashes of a past gone wrong. [Verse 2] I’m just tryna be me, but the world read it different, They see strength in my eyes, they don’t see what’s really missin’, They don’t hear the prayers said in rooms where I’m wishin’, Just to breathe without feelin’ like my chest steady twistin’. I ain’t perfect, but I’m tryin’, and that counts for somethin’, Every heartbreak that I took turned into fuel I’m combustin’, But damn, there’s days I question if I even keep functionin’, Sayin’ “you got this” out loud, but inside I ain’t trustin’ it. [Outro / Spoken] Yeah… Sometimes bein’ yourself scares people who ain’t used to truth, Sometimes fixin’ your life costs you folks you thought you’d never lose… But I still whisper it, even when it hurts: “You got this.” …Even when I know I don’t. Verse 3] I been walkin’ through the silence like it’s talkin’ back to me, Feelin’ every empty space where love was supposed to be, Tryna stitch a broken heart with the pieces left in me, But the needle keep on breakin’ ’cause the pain cut heavily. I ain’t ask for all this pressure, but I carry it anyway, People only see the strength, never how much I gotta pray, Never see the sleepless nights, wipin’ tears ’til it’s day, Never see me tell myself, “bro, you gon’ be okay.” But some days I ain’t believe it… Some days I wanna leave it… Some days life hit so hard, I’m surprised I’m still breathin’, ’Cause the ones you thought would stay always end up the ones leavin’. [Verse 4] I ain’t perfect, but I’m present, that alone is hard as hell, Tryna rebuild every part of me they swore would always fail, Got used to drownin’ quietly so no one hears me yell, But now I’m swimmin’ through the storm, even when the waves swell. I’m the type that love deep, even when I’m the one bleedin’, Give the shirt up off my back to somebody I’m barely meetin’, I been loyal to the wrong ones, that’s the cycle I keep repeatin’, Now I sit alone at night, wonderin’ why my heart’s competin’. When you start to fix your life, you lose people you stood beside, ’Cause they ain’t want the best for you, they just liked you when you died, They don’t clap when you grow, they get mad when you rise— But I’m standin’ on my ten toes, even hurt, even tired. [Bridge] (soft, echoing) Every tear got a story, every scar got a name, Every “you got this” whispered came from fightin’ through pain, I ain’t breakin’, I’m bendin’, but I’m still in the frame… If strength had a heartbeat, it’d probably sound the same.