After the Storm

Prologue

Shadows in the gutter, dreams in my veins

Momma said patience, but patience brings pains

Gunshots at midnight, hope on the line

Still counting blessings in verses and rhyme

Streetlights flicker, that’s all that I know

Never been handed, had to hustle for dough

Raised on survival, sharp as a blade

Smile through the struggle, no shame in the shade

Woke up to sirens, they ringing like bells

Stories got twisted, too many to tell

Still find my focus while walking through fire

Look up at the storm, but I’m aiming much higher

Intro verse

Rain on my window, pain in my dome

Clouds overhead, but I’m never alone

Time to get up, rise out the mud

If storms gotta come then I weather in blood

Verse 1

Thunder get loud, I’m still on my grind

Darkness around but I see with my mind

Steps in the puddles, my shoes looking worn

But I’m chasing that rainbow that follows the storm

Lost some in battles, regret in my chest

But pain builds a soldier, a heart at its best

Lessons from losses, the struggle don’t lie

A storm always passes, sun cracks the sky

Chorus

After every storm there’s a rainbow

Trouble come and go like a shadow

Heavy with the rain but I lay low

Searching for that gold, got my halo

Verse 2

Every scar is a trophy, this life ain’t pretend

Had to go hungry to see where I stand

No one believed, now they follow the sound

From suffering silence, I’m flipping the crown

Promises broken, was left in the cold

But learned to find color in places so old

Yesterday’s pain still deep in my bones

But I made my own rainbows, I made it my home

Chorus

After every storm there’s a rainbow

Trouble come and go like a shadow

Heavy with the rain but I lay low

Searching for that gold, got my halo

Outro Verse

Night settling slow but I’m counting each win

Got scars from my battles, that ink on my skin

Street taught me lessons that school never knew

Every loss was a map, now I see the next view

Gold in my future but mud on my shoes

Walking these blocks, I refuse to lose

Hope in my pocket, don’t matter the weather

Ain’t no rainbow promised, but I hold it together

Hands in my hoodie, I look to the sky

Thinking of moments I barely got by

If rain gotta fall, let it drip off my pride

Still standing strong, that’s how legends survive