Various Artists — Strong Friends

[Verse 1] She said, can you sit and keep him company I gotta work and it hurts to see him grieving, nothing’s comforting The door close, I lay there, blank stare, gazing through my own thoughts Wishing I could doze off, cause how I’m feeling Hard to put into words Embarrassed or ashamed Felt alone in all my pain Kinda hard to be explained how I’m sick of myself Why the fuck she even love me, all I think to myself Why she still care, still here after I blamed her For all my problems Had the nerve to say I forgave her For not being who I thought I wanted Haunted by my fantasies Reality I’m tender-hearted, slipping out of sanity You ever feel broken at the end of your rope Feel betrayed by the different ways you used to cope My strengths turned to weakness, my demons are my secrets I don’t want to tell, fuck I look like needing help My shoulder’s bad, the burden, that’s a blessing turned cursed Took a stillborn to see my own rebirth I wouldn’t know that til later now I’m mention the [?] Gripped a fifth and (ayoo, yo, are you good bro?) [Chorus] You might want to check on your strong friend Seeing if they strong in the long end Might see if they struggling If they need love and a helping hand [?] the roadmap up to my soul, you’re the [?] [Verse 2] I’m on the bridge, on the ledge with the gun holding With them pills, slit the wrist, with the noose folding Got the smiles got the jokes but inside crying Staying high, staying big, yet inside dying Isolated in a crowd of people Voices in my head speaking pure evil If I start to speak they talking medication I need a vacation, twist up with meditation What’s wrong with me? Thought I was stronger now I’m feeling weak Ain’t really here, can’t really eat Never used words like depressed or stressed It was either you was living or you facing death Answer my ghost and heal the hurt lurking Central nervous system tapped and it ain’t working Resilience in the face of odds The complexity of sorrow got me praising God My weaponized skin tone got me unarmed My unanswered prayers kept me unharmed Through a circle, never landed on an angle Tried to jump, I got caught up in a tangle [?] you took my people, oh Used my skin, my skin To try [?] In another sequel [Chorus] You might want to check on your strong friend Seeing if they strong in the long end Might see if they struggling If they need love and a helping hand (x2) [?] the roadmap up to my soul