Paid in the Pain

[Intro]

Count it up

Stack after stack (yeah)

Talk is cheap

I just check the math (uh)

[Verse 1]

I remember split meals, split plates

Now the safe got a code, two gates

Mama said “son, don’t chase”

I made the bag come chase my face

Big bills on the counter like leaves

Fall down, then they rake to my feet

Whole block used to laugh at my dreams

Now they screenshot life from the seats

[Chorus]

I got paid in the pain

Turned that loss to a raise

Every scar on my name

That’s just gold on the frame

I got racks on the way

I got tax for the gain

You see shine on the chain

I see nights in the rain (yeah, yeah)

[Verse 2]

New crib got a view of the past

Every bruise in the glass, I laugh

Used to pinch for the bus, no gas

Now the tank stay full off tracks

Blue stripes in a brown rubber band

Whole life in the palm of my hand

If it ain’t about growth or the plan

Leave it right on read where it stand (skrrt)

[Chorus]

I got paid in the pain

Turned that loss to a raise

Every scar on my name

That’s just gold on the frame

I got racks on the way

I got tax for the gain

You see shine on the chain

I see nights in the rain (yeah, yeah)