Memphis Scars
MEMPHIS SCARS (Single Version) [Intro – 5 sec | whispered / slow] Memphis… (yeah… scars…) This my life. (listen…) [Hook / Chorus – 20 sec | melodic + aggressive] Memphis scars on my soul, can’t erase the pain (pain…) Daddy gone, streets calling, nothing remains (nah…) Still breathing, still fighting, still in the rain (facts…) I survived the fire, yeah, I earned my name (King Jay…) [Verse 1 – 40 sec | childhood trauma] Born where sirens sang more than lullabies Daddy chasing dope, I was seeing his lies (damn…) Passed around, shuffled from home to home Learning early, nobody gon’ fight for your own Back with my pops at twelve, house cold as hell Trying to love a man who already fell Needles in the shadows, demons in the night I was just a kid trying to survive the fight (facts…) [Hook / Chorus – 20 sec] Memphis scars on my soul, can’t erase the pain (pain…) Daddy gone, streets calling, nothing remains (nah…) Still breathing, still fighting, still in the rain (facts…) I survived the fire, yeah, I earned my name (King Jay…) [Verse 2 – 40 sec | teenage struggle & crime] Fourteen banging, tryna feel protected (gang…) Found family in violence, streets reflected (yeah…) Juvenile steel doors locked my youth away Two years gone, nothing left to say Eighteen out, but temptation was loud Weed, pills, beer, crack calling me proud (nah…) Cocaine nights, meth stole my mind Still searching for peace I couldn’t find (facts…) [Hook / Chorus – 20 sec | repeat with ad-libs] Memphis scars on my soul, can’t erase the pain (pain…) Daddy gone, streets calling, nothing remains (nah…) Still breathing, still fighting, still in the rain (facts…) I survived the fire, yeah, I earned my name (King Jay…) [Verse 3 – 40 sec | adult reality & legacy] Four daughters watching me break apart One gone at fourteen, rest in my heart (rest easy…) Sixteen-year-old pregnant, life spinning again I’m a grandpa now, feeling that pain (on God…) I won’t die like my dad, won’t pass down the curse I’ll fight for my bloodline, this life is my verse Scars on my face, scars on my soul But I’m still here, yeah, I’m still whole (yeah…) [Final Hook / Outro – 30 sec | layered vocals, cinematic] Memphis scars on my soul, can’t erase the pain (pain…) Daddy gone, streets calling, nothing remains (nah…) Still breathing, still fighting, still in the rain (facts…) I survived the fire, yeah, I earned my name (King Jay…)
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MEMPHIS SCARS (Single Version) [Intro – 5 sec | whispered / slow] Memphis… (yeah… scars…) This my life. (listen…) [Hook / Chorus – 20 sec | melodic + aggressive] Memphis scars on my soul, can’t erase the pain (pain…) Daddy gone, streets calling, nothing remains (nah…) Still breathing, still fighting, still in the rain (facts…) I survived the fire, yeah, I earned my name (King Jay…) [Verse 1 – 40 sec | childhood trauma] Born where sirens sang more than lullabies Daddy chasing dope, I was seeing his lies (damn…) Passed around, shuffled from home to home Learning early, nobody gon’ fight for your own Back with my pops at twelve, house cold as hell Trying to love a man who already fell Needles in the shadows, demons in the night I was just a kid trying to survive the fight (facts…) [Hook / Chorus – 20 sec] Memphis scars on my soul, can’t erase the pain (pain…) Daddy gone, streets calling, nothing remains (nah…) Still breathing, still fighting, still in the rain (facts…) I survived the fire, yeah, I earned my name (King Jay…) [Verse 2 – 40 sec | teenage struggle & crime] Fourteen banging, tryna feel protected (gang…) Found family in violence, streets reflected (yeah…) Juvenile steel doors locked my youth away Two years gone, nothing left to say Eighteen out, but temptation was loud Weed, pills, beer, crack calling me proud (nah…) Cocaine nights, meth stole my mind Still searching for peace I couldn’t find (facts…) [Hook / Chorus – 20 sec | repeat with ad-libs] Memphis scars on my soul, can’t erase the pain (pain…) Daddy gone, streets calling, nothing remains (nah…) Still breathing, still fighting, still in the rain (facts…) I survived the fire, yeah, I earned my name (King Jay…) [Verse 3 – 40 sec | adult reality & legacy] Four daughters watching me break apart One gone at fourteen, rest in my heart (rest easy…) Sixteen-year-old pregnant, life spinning again I’m a grandpa now, feeling that pain (on God…) I won’t die like my dad, won’t pass down the curse I’ll fight for my bloodline, this life is my verse Scars on my face, scars on my soul But I’m still here, yeah, I’m still whole (yeah…) [Final Hook / Outro – 30 sec | layered vocals, cinematic] Memphis scars on my soul, can’t erase the pain (pain…) Daddy gone, streets calling, nothing remains (nah…) Still breathing, still fighting, still in the rain (facts…) I survived the fire, yeah, I earned my name (King Jay…)
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