I was raised in the fire where the cold winds live,

I was raised in the fire where the cold winds live, Where the streets take more than the love you give. Every dream that I chased had a price on the side, Every friend that I lost put a crack in my pride. Mama told me, “Son, keep your head to the sky,” But the block taught lessons that could make a man die. I was running from the pain, but the pain ran too, And the mirror showed a soldier that I barely knew. I was young, I was hungry, I was chasing that win, But the world hit hard, made me shed my skin. Now I’m standing in the truth with a pad and a pen, Trying to write my way out of the places I’ve been. 🎶 Hook Never ball again — If the cost of the shine is losing all my friends. Never ball again — If the price of that 2ybthe life is a life that ends. Never ball again — If the streets keep calling me back to sin. Never ball again — I’d rather stand tall than to fall again. 🔥 Verse 2 I done walked through the nights where the hope ran thin, Where the tears hit the dirt like a violin. Where the cops treat a kid like a grown-ass threat, And the system got a plan that you ain’t met yet. I remember every promise that the world broke quick, Every time I had to fight just to rise from the pit. Every homie that I lost to the game or the pen, Got me praying that the cycle never spins again. I ain’t perfect, but I’m learning how to breathe in the storm, How to rise from the ashes when the pain transforms. How to love who I am, not the mask I wore, How to close every wound that the past tore. 🎶 Hook Never ball again — If the cost of the shine is losing all my friends. Never ball again — If the price of the life is a life that ends. Never ball again — If the streets keep calling me back to sin. Never ball again — I’d rather stand tall than to fall again. 🔥 Bridge I ain’t running from the truth, I’m embracing the scars, Every cut on my soul made me reach for the stars. If the fame ain’t love, then it ain’t my path, I’d rather walk alone than to die for cash. 🔥 Verse 3 Now I’m older, and the wisdom hit deeper than pain, And I’m learning that the sunshine follows the rain. I’m a fighter, I’m a poet, I’m a man reborn, And I’m done with the nights where my heart felt torn. If the world wanna judge, let ‘em talk, let ‘em speak, I survived every demon that was hunting the weak. Now I’m living for the truth, not the flash or the trend, And I swear on my soul I will never pretend. 🎶 Final Hook Never ball again — If the cost of the shine is losing all my friends. Never ball again — If the price of the life is a life that ends. Never ball again — If the streets keep calling me back to sin. Never ball again — I’d rather stand tall than to fall again. ---