Battle Scars (feat. Michael Edward)

Sometimes we forget why we're here

It's easy to fall off track

Please help us remember

These battle scars, don't look like there fading

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't never gonna change, these battle

Growing up I had a dream, something no one else could see

Tell me what it means when your faith is falling beneath your knees

And you can't breath, everything you see

Reminds you of what you're not or something you won't be

You gotta take what you've given that's how we living

Don't be mad at the system, it's simply how we've existed

I hear a lot of people talking like they politicians

And choose to be an accountant because it's safe in the business

Not because they wanna do it, just because they heard it pays

And who the fuck want's to be poor, knowing that's how we've been raised

Society is getting heavy, I can feel the weight

The pressure of success is like a hundred million pounds of shame

And that's the reason I'm staying up late

Trying to find a way to escape, the stereotypes this day and age

Is making me feel like the only way I'll be happy

Is gettin' signed to a label and making money through rapping

I wanna share my emotions because the world is attacking

The very principle of life that let's the people be happy

If you don't have a reason to breathe why even live

These battle scars are impressions of everything that it is

These battle scars, don't look like there fading

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't never gonna change

These battle scars don't look like there fading

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't never gonna change, these battle

Now if I had a voice that reached a hundred million people

I'd tell them there's a reason that we're all created equal

Cause some decide to be great, and some decide a sequel

To an average persons life is simply what they wanna be

So, you make your decision, all I know is what I'm giving

Won't define the life I lead or the way I dwell in existence

I've seen a greater image on the walls of where I'm living

And the words twisted and scripted, remind me of something written

Faith is a gift that is given down to the people

If one believes it, one receives it, it's given if it is needed

Don't ever think you're trapped in a life that you never wanted

Your options are infinite, that's some mathematical logic

I'm not saying I'm a prophet, I'm speaking for what it's worth

These lyrics define my prayers and these battle scars are my church

Not saying I'm a prophet, I'm speaking for what it's worth

These lyrics define my prayers, these battle scars are my church

These battle scars, don't look like there fading

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't never gonna change

These battle scars don't look like there fading

Don't look like they're ever going away

They ain't never gonna change, these battle