Too Bad (Not My Problem)

[Intro]

Look...

I ain't gotta say too much -

You can hear it in the way I walk~

Lil Sudri

[Verse 1]

I came out the dark with a light in my chest~

Had a lot on my back, still I gave it my best~

They can talk about the past, I got work on the desk~

I ain't chasing what they got, I'm protecting what's left~

I know what it cost, I remember the price~

I done slept with the pain, woke up and made it my life~

If I said that I'm coming, then I'm coming, that's right~

I ain't looking for a war, I'm just building mine right~

[Verse 2]

I learned real young that a smile ain't proof

Some people shake your hand while they study your moves

So I move with intention, every step got a reason

Had to cut off the noise just to hear what I...

needed~

I was broke, I was lost, I was down on my luck

Had a pocket full of nothing and a head full of dust

Now I'm looking at the future like it's something I touch~

I ain't waiting on a blessing, I'm constructing it up~

[Verse 3]

Three times behind walls, I remember them days

Cold nights, concrete, watching time get away

I could've let that history define my name

But I turned every sentence into fuel for the flame~

[Emotional]

Moms gone, still a voice in my head when I move

Dad's gone, the strength in my muscles to push through

Telling me don't waste the life that I got left to prove

I don't need to be perfect... I just gotta follow through~

[Chorus]

I been low, I been high, I been close to the edge

But I'm still on my feet, and I'm still seeing red!

Not the color of anger, it's the fire instead

I got too much to build, I ain't finished yet!

[Verse 4]

Arizona heat, roof hot, hands dirty

Started at the bottom, had to learn how to work early

Watched the veterans move, learned the craft from the floor

Now I'm thinking like a boss when I walk through the door~

Quality, safety, heavy weight on my shoulders

Every year I got wiser, every setback got colder~

Now I'm chasing that position, trying to put my name on it

Then a business with my daughters, knowing Daddy built something!

I spent years fixing roofs while my foundation was cracked

Funny how you learn to build when you finally look back

Every scar got a lesson, every loss got a map

Every time life hit hard, I found another way back~

I don't need a room full of people saying they proud

I'd rather make one move that can speak for me loud~

I got nothing against the ones who counted me out

They just gave me more reason to make something count!

[Bridge]

If I go quiet, I'm not gone, I'm just working on what's next...

If I fall, I'll get back up, I know exactly who I am...

I don't need to hide the scars, they remind me where I've been...

I can carry what I lost without letting it win...

[Verse 5]

Now the room gets quiet when I walk through the frame

Not because I'm dangerous, I just carry my name

I done paid for my mistakes, I ain't hiding the blame

That's the difference between surviving and becoming the same~

[Melodic]

I don't flex what I don't have, I don't talk what ain't true

If I tell you that I got you, that's exactly what I do~

I've been around enough fake to know what real feels like

That's why peace in my house worth more than a street light!

I got plans on the table, numbers written in ink

Got a girl, and a dog, that depends on every move that I think

So I'm cutting out distractions, getting closer to the dream

Building something they can stand on, not a temporary scene!

And if they ask where I came from, tell them nowhere to here

Tell them fear used to drive me, now the mission is clear

I got too much life ahead to let the past steer

I survived everything I thought would end me right here!

[Chorus]

I been low, I been high, I been close to the edge

But I'm still on my feet, and I'm still seeing red!

Not the color of anger, it's the fire instead

I got too much to build, I ain't finished yet!

[Outro]

I came out the dark with a light in my chest~

Had a lot on my back, still I gave it my best~

They know what I was, they don't know what I'm becoming.

That's the difference.

I'm still here...

I'm still building...

And I ain't finished yet!

[Fade Out]