Alive Songtext
von Stose

Growing up I was alone
Just me and Momma living in an Oldsmobile with no home
That Ol′ Virginia heat creeping in that broken window
Back seat living, I'm gonna be ok though
One night my Pops put his hand to her face
My Momma started running, running like she in a race
Gotta get away from that place
Gotta look fear in the face
Gotta wipe the tears from your face
Gotta keep running, running, running keep it face paced
Days turned into weeks and weeks into months
Momma needed money for our home, needed money, money, money for the pumps
Minimum wage jobs were the only thing that was calling
Things were looking bleak but our spirits were never falling
Never knew how bad things were at the time
Looking back I′d kill my Dad for crossing that line


Praying for a God Send
Praying for the world to end
Praying for the evil to leave
I need to breathe, so I can feel again
Praying for a God Send
Praying for the world to end
Praying for the evil to leave so I can feel again
I wanna feel again, I wanna feel real life
I wanna feel alive.

Yeah sure, now everything is fine
But if I could, I'd reach inside my dad's chest and rip out his heart, just because he stole mine
So then my Momma found a new man who had money
Saw the joy in her eyes, made me laugh like something was funny
He promised us a good life and put us under a roof
Little did i know that was far from the truth
The only thing he gave me was my two little sisters, I love em
When this shit pays off, the world Imma give em
They were wearing ′I got the best dad′ on their bib
I was wearing bruises from kicks to my ribs
Praying for a God send
Praying for the world to end
I wanted it to end, the edge it was calling
I knew life would be better if I was falling
Rose from the ashes, now bitch I'm ballin


So I picked myself up, turned my life around
Gotta be successful, gotta make Momma proud
Gotta get my message across, I′m gonna scream it loud
Before I die you'll know what this kid′s about
These tattoos ain't the only thing that′s skin deep
The first half of my life I felt like I was asleep
Now I am back up from that nightmare, got something to declare
Never give up, it gets better I swear
Keep on fighting
I had the pain in my heart but I kept on writing
Dug inside my brain and I healed myself
Took out all my problems and I put em on a shelf
Put em on a shelf so that I can always see em
Look back and know that I defeat em
Some empty pages in my life and I'm about to complete em
Oh you got some pages? I'm about to read em.