(((Slow Burning Sou Ballad (Male Vocals Southern Soul/ R&B Rock influence , A Minor vocals, Strong Melody and Rhythm, Bold, Fire and Truth, Soul R&B with a touch of southern grit)))

I’ve walked through the fire just to feel the cold

Carried weight that would break a younger soul

I’ve said things I can’t take back

Watched the sun set on a one-way track

Ain’t no easy way to make a man

No clean hands in the promised land

You fight, you fall, you learn to stand

You keep on movin’ when you don’t understand

Every mile takes somethin’ away

‘Cause there ain’t no easy way

I’ve prayed in bars and I’ve cursed in pews

Told myself lies that sounded like truth

I’ve made peace with the man in the glass

But he still don’t smile when I walk past

Ain’t no easy way to find the light

No clear path through a stormy night

You bend, you break, you hold on tight

And you stumble ‘til it feels all right

What you lose is what you can’t replace

Yeah, there ain’t no easy way

Some folks get lucky, some folks get lost

Some learn young what freedom costs

But the road don’t care where you’ve been

Only how far you’ll go again

Ain’t no easy way to stay alive

No map for the mountains you gotta climb

You fight, you fall, and still survive

And thank the stars you made it this time

Ain’t no preacher, ain’t no saint

Just a man with some dues to pay

And there ain’t… no easy way

Yeah, there ain’t…

There just ain’t no easy way

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