Lyrics

Woke up late scrollin again
Everyone's flexin but I'm pretendin
My grades don't show what I really know
And my dreams feel slow like stuck in snow
They say go to college get a degree
But I know folks broke with PhDs

Mental health posters up on the wall
But no one picks up when I call
They say just breathe it's all okay
But this pressure don't fade away

Yeah it's rigged I feel that too
But that don't mean I'm through
I got fire I got fight
Even when things ain't right
The world might try to dim my light
But I'm still gonna rise tonight

Rent's too high future's unclear
AI takin jobs that's my fear
Tests on Monday bills at home
Feels like I'm fightin this war alone
But I see my crew they feel it too
So maybe we're not all lost just new

We laugh through pain we joke through stress
We dream out loud even under duress
They say we're lazy say we scroll
But truth is we're tryna feel whole

Yeah it's rigged we know what's up
But we don't back down or give up
We got stories we got truth
We're the fire of this youth
They can't silence what's inside
We're still gonna rise with pride

So if you feel tired lost in the mess
If your heart's heavy and mind's full of stress
Know this you're not the only one
The system's cracked but we ain't done
We got each other we got the mic
We turn our struggle into fight

Yeah it's rigged but not the end
We're the glitch they didn't plan to send
We build we break we bend we try
Fall down seven stand up high
We ain't perfect but we're wise
And we're still gonna rise