[Verse 1]

Boy, finish your spinach to gain you some muscle

Because your greatest flex should come from your toughest hustle

But I'm screaming at the world and every word is muffled

I'm in the wrestling ring tussling with my struggle

Anything I do, I don't do it to impress

But I'd be lying if I said I never dealt with stress

Why do I get depressed when I'm still alive?

I should feel blessed, but I'm more dead inside

I put a fake smile on when I wake up like I am the press

But literally, I worked with two newspapers

Journalist, got my name written on the list

To get in events for free, but internally

All the perks, glitz, and glamour do not mean shit to me

In the scene, but never feeling like I'm being seen

It seems that the seams in my big boy jeans ain't stitched properly

It's hurting me that I am thinking about all eternity

But to grow thick skin, I have to learn that the globe is

[Chorus]

Yeah, it's so, so cold

Got to know that it's so, so cold

Dangerous world, yeah, it's so, so cold

People stab you in the back and betray all your trust

Use you for their lust, but it's a must that you survive and strive

In this cold, cold world

Yeah, it's a cold, cold world

[Verse 2]

Never would I be cold-hearted, but I'm frozen

Conquering tribulations because I'm chosen

Treated like dirt, but that is what I grow in

Minding my own personal business where your nose in

This world is so cruel

Drooling babies witness shit that isn't innocent

Losing innocence

In a sense, this should be expected

Black people are selected to be neglected

Stuck in low-income communities

Lack of opportunity causing lack of unity

Inner city men with detached outer appearances

All about the racks, but shopping in clearance

Saying that we matter, but we needing coherence

Use protection

And I ain't talking about erection

But you don't got to be so hard, you can show affection

Let's save lives instead of ending them

The rules, I'm bending them

Any fences, yeah, I'm mending them

Black women and men

Let's say amen to them

Cause it's a cold, cold world for us

[Chorus]

Yeah, it's so, so cold

Got to know that it's so, so cold

Dangerous world, yeah, it's so, so cold

Police brutality

Inequality

Fighting sexuality

Families with broken mentalities

Lack of therapy

In this cold, cold world

Yeah, it's a cold, cold world

[Outro]

And we still have a long way to go

If the cons outweigh the pros, then you let it go

Even in the summertime, we still shovel snow

Cause we know that this world is so