Late Night Lessons

[Verse 1]
Missed calls
Mom said I’m hard to reach
I’ve been chasing every scar
Like it’s a part of me
Same hoodie three days
Ink on my hands
Writing out the pain
Till it pays for my fam
Used to count change
On the bus to the job
Now I count days
Til I bust out the fog
Whole crew split
Over pride, over crumbs
I learned peace hits harder
Than any of my runs

[Chorus]
I got late night lessons
On my mind again
Talked to my regrets
Like an old best friend
Every wrong turn
Made me who I am
I don’t hate my past
I just write better plans
Late night lessons
Running through my head
If it didn’t break me
It made me break bread

[Verse 2]
Grandma said “boy
Don’t outrun your soul”
I tried anyway
Tripped over control
Scroll after scroll
Everybody look rich
Same cheap flex
On a high-res glitch
So I log out
Walk ‘round my block
Every crack in the sidewalk
Got its own plot
Kids hoop in the dark
Dreams loud in the air
I see my younger self
Still rapping in a chair

[Chorus]
I got late night lessons
On my mind again
Talked to my regrets
Like an old best friend
Every wrong turn
Made me who I am
I don’t hate my past
I just write better plans
Late night lessons
Running through my head
If it didn’t break me
It made me break bread