A MONTH GONE

YOUNG BARZS A MONTH GONE [INTRO — SPOKEN, LOW AND COLD] A month… That's how long I was in that hospital. You ever wake up from a coma and realize the world kept movin' while your whole life stood still? Yeah. Young Barzs. This one's personal. [VERSE 1 — THE AMBUSH] Licks had a problem, couldn't handle me alone, So he rolled fifteen deep like a man without a backbone. Andrew Tran, remember, you can dress it how you please, But a crowd ain't courage when it's one against a team. Bear mace hit my face, couldn't see what was comin', Whole world went sideways, then the memories stopped runnin'. Next thing I remember, hospital lights in my eyes, Machines keepin' time while they worked to keep me alive. Pressure in my head, had to put me in a sleep, Chemical-induced coma, that was way too damn deep [HOOK — HEAVY, MEMORABLE] A MONTH GONE — WHO GON' GIVE THAT BACK? I CAME HOME FROM THE DARK WITH A WORLD OFF TRACK. FIFTEEN DEEP, NOW THE TRUTH'S ON WAX, YOU CAN RUN FROM THE STORY, CAN'T ERASE THE FACTS. NO PEACE, NO ANSWERS, JUST A HEAD FULL OF PAIN, DETECTIVES LEFT ME FEELIN' LIKE I'M THE ONE TO BLAME. MY OWN BLOOD TURNED COLD WHEN I NEEDED HIM MOST, NOW I'M PUTTIN' EVERY SCAR IN THE MIC LIKE A GHOST. [VERSE 2 — WHERE'S THE JUSTICE?] I came home from the hospital, thought I'd get some answers, Instead, I felt threatened by the ones supposed to handle matters. Detectives had me questionin' who I could even trust, While the people from that night weren't held accountable, as far as I saw. Let that sink in deep, let the whole damn room hear, I survived a month in ICU, came home to more fear. I ain't claimin' what I can't prove, I'm just tellin' what I faced, I remember how it felt when I walked out of that place. You expect a badge to mean somebody's hearin' what you say, Not feelin' more threatened when you make it through the day. I was tryin' to put my life back, put the pieces in a line, Had to carry what I lived through while it ate away my mind. Where's the accountability? Who answers for the damage? Who explains a month of ICU when the paperwork can't manage? You can look the other way, act like nothin' ever changed, But the man who came home from that hospital ain't the same. [HOOK] A MONTH GONE — WHO GON' GIVE THAT BACK? I CAME HOME FROM THE DARK WITH A WORLD OFF TRACK. FIFTEEN DEEP, NOW THE TRUTH'S ON WAX, YOU CAN RUN FROM THE STORY, CAN'T ERASE THE FACTS. NO PEACE, NO ANSWERS, JUST A HEAD FULL OF PAIN, DETECTIVES LEFT ME FEELIN' LIKE I'M THE ONE TO BLAME. MY OWN BLOOD TURNED COLD WHEN I NEEDED HIM MOST, NOW I'M PUTTIN' EVERY SCAR IN THE MIC LIKE A GHOST. [VERSE 3 — JOHN] John, you were there when that whole night went bad, My own brother in the middle of the worst shit we had. Started actin' hard, mini crowbar in your hand, Made a bad situation worse when it already got outta hand. We both got jumped, but I remember how it went, How the chaos got worse, how the whole night bent. Then I spent a month in ICU, fightin' just to return, Came home with a head full of things I had to learn. And the words you gave me? Man, that cut a different way: "At least you walked out." Like that settles what I faced. Like a hospital month disappears because I stand, Like survival means I'm healed, like you'll never understand. Then you turned your back, left me holdin' all the weight, I was tryin' to understand the damage, you were closin' up the gate. You don't gotta be my savior, you don't gotta play a role, But don't call yourself my brother if you dismiss what took its toll. Blood gave us a bond, but respect is what you earn, And some lessons hit harder than a body ever learns. I ain't beggin' for your loyalty or askin' you to care, I'm just tellin' what it felt like when I looked and you weren't there. [BRIDGE — BEAT CUTS OUT] Thirty days. That's a month of mornings I don't remember waking up to. A month my family had to wait. Then I came home… And found out surviving wasn't the end of the fight. [VERSE 4 — YOUNG BARZS RETURNS] Now the pen's my witness, every syllable got weight, I ain't gotta fabricate a thing to make you feel the stakes. I don't need a fairy tale, don't need a borrowed flow, I got real-life chapters that the whole world needs to know. Licks, keep the name, let your music carry on, But don't confuse a crowd of people with a spine you can rely on. Andrew Tran, this is my account, my side of that night, I'm the one who lived the aftermath, I'm the one who paid the price. And to the ones with badges, every question still remains, I want answers, I want accountability, not another round of pain. I won't let the worst month of my life define my every breath, You can take a piece of time, but you don't get to write the rest. John, I heard your words, and I'll remember how they landed, When I needed understanding, you made surviving sound like damage. I ain't standing here for pity, I ain't asking for applause, I'm a man who made it home with a story and a cause. [FINAL HOOK — FULL BEAT, DOUBLE-TIME ENDING] A MONTH GONE — WHO GON' GIVE THAT BACK? I CAME HOME FROM THE DARK WITH A WORLD OFF TRACK. FIFTEEN DEEP, NOW THE TRUTH'S ON WAX, YOU CAN RUN FROM THE STORY, CAN'T ERASE THE FACTS. NO PEACE, NO ANSWERS, STILL I CARRY THAT NIGHT, HAD TO FIGHT MY WAY HOME JUST TO GET BACK MY LIFE. FROM THE ICU BED TO THE MIC IN MY HAND, YOUNG BARZS — STILL HERE, NOW YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND. [OUTRO — SPOKEN, NO MUSIC] I never said I was invincible. I said I survived. There's a difference. Young Barzs.