Out of Place

♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Intro ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Verse 1 ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ I sing where the walls lean in to listen While the light forgets how to stay Days fold small on the kitchen table Like my voice won’t carry weight They speak to me in blunt phrases Warnings dressed as worry Not saying no, just looking tired Every child’s dream here stays quiet My breath stays low, I sing in pieces So I don’t take up too much space They look at me like I’m wasting time When there’s still bills we have to face I want nothing more than singing But every time I feel like I’m betraying them Not anger, just the kind of fear That I won’t live the life they know ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Verse 2 ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ I grew up where silence comes with silverware No hunger in the fridge, still starving for air They say I’ve got options, but none feed my gut Every open door pulls a string I will never cut They tell me “be grateful”, but they mean “behave” They want a plan for my life as it’s theirs to own Everyone talks before I do [pause] And every gift I get comes tagged with a leash They say “why rap?”, you never struggled Like rhythm got race, like scars make it true I’m chasing my dream just to stay awake But to them, every choice is theirs to take I learned early: safe lives mute ambition Gold chains on a dog still restrict its position Too clean for the streets, too rough for their halls So I rot in the gap they both spit in ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Chorus ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ We don’t fit where we’re standing It doesn't stop us from dreaming Every voice should be heard Even if it breaks their rules Paying in sweat for what feels true Nothing is given, it’s earned ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Bridge ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ We’re not lost Labeled out of place Trying to breathe Inside what they decided We’re not broken Just unheard Carrying weight That comes with it ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Final Chorus ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ We don’t fit where we’re standing It doesn't stop us from dreaming Every voice should be heard Even if it breaks their rules Paying in sweat for what feels true Nothing is given, it’s earned ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Outro ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ We don’t fit where we’re standing It doesn't stop us from dreaming