[Intro: Kid Fade]

Yeah, yeah! They say that life is pain. And pain is the struggle. But the struggle lives on. Feel me? Yeah!

[Verse 1: Kid Fade]

Y'all thought that I was cursed at birth, y'all better stay warned

With a black cloud over my head, call it a brainstorm

And my troubles had me stuck with the rain pourin'

Livin' in the shadow of death while they plain borin'

Yeah, the drugs had me high like a plane soarin'

'Til I crashed and got left in the flames roarin'

Still nobody understood like my name foreign

Devil in my veins, no one to blame 'cause I camе for 'em

Same story, differеnt chapter, on the wrong page (Yeah!)

'Til I switched up the tracks and the song changed

Had to learn to walk the line like I'm off rage

Still I got the world in my palms, I guess I'm on stage

Got my mind sharp, call it cutting edge

No blades, drugs cut off like a severed head

Back from the grave, call me living dead

Once prisoned, now I've risen to be king instead

[Chorus: Kid Fade]

Why is it that I keep on fighting myself?

You see, the war's from within, still blaming everyone else

Need to push the pain aside, inside my dying is felt

The feeling so close to death, could even die in a cell (Huh!)

Why is it that I keep on fighting myself?

You see, the war's from within, still blaming everyone else

Left without a sign of help, please take the brain out my scalp

And leave my veins cold blooded so I can blame nothing else

[Verse 2: Kid Fade]

Should I blame my pops for leaving, friends for dying

Myself for giving up in this life? No longer trying

I've felt like giving up so many times while I'm lying

In this mess that I've created, to myself, ain't no denying it (Yeah!)

Still feelin' discouraged, what I really need is the courage

Help me rise up out the problems I've caused, let 'em flourish

I can't solve 'em all but I'm bound to fall

If I'm consumed by my fears, not standing tall

Best friend told me "Fade, ay yo, it's time to man up"

But still he left me on my own, I know it's time to stand up

Rather die by the knife than my own device

Might get cold at night, but it ain't cold as life

Old and tired, praying and I hope I might

Find the strength from within to think it over twice

Give the best that I've got 'cause this life's one shot

Tryna make it from the bottom going straight to the top

Yeah!

[Chorus: Kid Fade]

Why is it that I keep on fighting myself?

You see, the war's from within, still blaming everyone else

Need to push the pain aside, inside my dying is felt

The feeling so close to death, could even die in a cell (Huh!)

Why is it that I keep on fighting myself?

You see, the war's from within, still blaming everyone else

Left without a sign of help, please take the brain out my scalp

And leave my veins cold blooded so I can blame nothing else