Mom and Dad

Yo, I remember nights—lights low, rent due,

Mom workin’ doubles, still made my lunch like it’s new.

Dad never cried, but I saw his hands shake,

Workin’ overtime just to keep dreams awake.

No fancy cars, just "Stand up tall, son,"

Lessons in silence—love taught, not won.

Mom and Dad, my steady ground,

You turned my lost into found.

Through every fall, you held me fast—

Love like yours was built to last.

Now I walk tall… ‘cause you bent so I wouldn’t break.

My roots. My truth. My heart’s first ache… and grace.

So I keep movin’—city cold, pressure grows

got my pride and my pain, but you know how it goes

countin’ up blessings you stacked in my name,

savin’ my spirit from struggle and shame.

They ask how I rise—how I roll through the storms,

it’s the lessons you gave, it’s the love that transforms.

Dreams on my back, yeah, they heavy but real

never alone, got your words as my shield.

Taught me to fight but to never lose hope

from pavement to promise, you showed me the road.

Your voice in my head every step that I take

fuel for the fire, every risk that I make.

If I win, if I fall, I can always retrace—

one truth remains: I came from your grace.

I came from your grace.

Bridge

Lightin’ up scars with the faith that you gave

every scar a reminder, I was meant to be brave.

Findin’ my power in lessons unspoken,

every hard truth—nah, it never left me broken.

Verse 3

If the world gettin’ loud and my hope runnin’ low

when the rain starts to pour, I remember you know—

I was shaped by your struggle, by your love turned to gold,

findin’ my fortune in stories you told.

From the kitchen table to the dreams I chase,

you paved my lane, you set my pace.

Hook

Yeah, I rise, I run, I come back home

every win, every scar, I’m never alone.

Your lessons lift me when life gets rough—

love like yours, yeah, it’s more than enough.