Weight I Carry

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Yeah

Chorus

I been carryin' weight that ain't mine to hold

Mama prayin' while I'm out in the cold

They don't know what it cost me to make it home

They don't know

They don't know

Verse 1

Twelve years old with a grown man's worry

Rent due Friday and the fridge lookin' empty

I ain't never ask nobody for a favor

Just learned how to hustle in a hurry

Brother on the block sayin' stay down

I was fourteen ridin' with him through the town

Cops pull up and my heart start poundin'

We ain't stop we just kept on drivin'

Pre-Chorus

And I seen things that'll make you numb

Lost a couple friends to a trigger and a sum

So I keep my circle small and my door shut

Tell 'em I'm good even when I'm not

Chorus

I been carryin' weight that ain't mine to hold

Mama prayin' while I'm out in the cold

They don't know what it cost me to make it home

They don't know

They don't know

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

They don't know

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Verse 2

Phone blowin' up but I ain't pick up

Been in my feelings I been stuck

Everything changed when the money came

Now they actin' like they always been around

I don't trust it no I don't trust a soul

Seen a man smile while he plottin' on your gold

So I move quiet keep my business to myself

Ain't no tellin' who gon' fold

Pre-Chorus

And I seen things that'll make you numb

Lost a couple friends to a trigger and a sum

So I keep my circle small and my door shut

Tell 'em I'm good even when I'm not

Chorus

I been carryin' weight that ain't mine to hold

Mama prayin' while I'm out in the cold

They don't know what it cost me to make it home

They don't know

They don't know

Bridge

If I told you half of it you wouldn't believe

All the nights I couldn't sleep

All the promises I couldn't keep

Lord forgive me I was just tryna eat

Chorus

I been carryin' weight that ain't mine to hold

Mama prayin' while I'm out in the cold

They don't know what it cost me to make it home

They don't know

They don't know

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

They don't know

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh