Have you ever had a connection and they leave all your texts on read? This song is for you!more

I took notes 😏 it’s under 6min 🤣 This isn’t one of those “look at me, I made it” tracks… this is the version where u look in the mirror a little longer than u want to & still don’t look away. “Taking Control” sits right in that tension between who I was supposed to be & who I had to become. Football was the plan… full ride, full speed, no brakes… until the body tapped out before the mind ever would. Life doesn’t ask for permission though… it reroutes u. Next thing I know, I’m trading cleats for boots, noise for silence, stadium lights for something way heavier. This track lives in that aftershock. It’s that wired feeling u don’t shake. The engine that never idles. The part of u that doesn’t clock out just because life says u’re “home” now. There’s grit in it, yeah, but there’s also that edge… like something’s always just under the surface, waiting to kick the door in. But this one’s bigger than just me. There’s a moment where it flips.. where it’s not about what I went through, it’s about what I pass down. Watching my son step into his own lane… seeing that same fire… that same hunger… it hits different when u know exactly what that road can cost. That’s where the shift happens. Not running from the past. Not pretending it didn’t carve something into u. Just deciding it doesn’t get to decide the ending. Sonically, it’s built w/ internal rhythm first verses, then those choruses hit like everything you’ve been holding back finally snaps loose. Raspy, aggressive, but still carrying weight w/ controlled power.. like every word actually means something. End of the day, this track is simple in the most complicated way: U don’t always get to turn it off. But u can decide what it turns u into. And for me? This is where the line gets drawn. He’s at the same University.. bigger dreams 😏 more

There’s a war under my skin, yeah White flags sewn in my grin My tongue talks sweet like honey Then it poisons from within I eat clean in the mornin’ By the evenin', raid the fridge Build my body like a chapel Just to burn it from within Ohhh—hear the drums in my chest Ohhh—Beatin' sticks on skin Yeah I try, yeah I try to be still Don’t know which me to kill Ohhh there’s a war in me Yeah a battle in between Tryin’ not to go AWOL Knowin' I can't go home Ohhh I wave white flags slow Holdin’ back cause I don't know If I'll ever surrender, no Still I sing Roger go My eyes fire like a rifle At the smallest wrong step Then I kneel in the silence Try to pray it all to death I am painfully human Yeah I break, yeah I sin Sometimes wish I was a machine Never feelin' pain again Ohhh—where’d it all begin? Ohhh—was it them, was it him? Yeah I tried, yeah I tried to outrun All the battles I come from Ohhh there’s a war in me Yeah a battle in between Tryin’ not to go AWOL Knowin' I can't go home Ohhh I wave white flags slow Holdin’ back cause I don't know If I'll ever surrender, no Still I sing Roger go I dressed up, the wounded me Just to buy a little peace But the mask slipped the trigger Oh that battle never sleeps Ohhh… ohhh… Yeah… yeah… Ohhh there’s a war in me Yeah there’s a war in me And I fight it on my own But it don’t set me free Ohhh I wave white flags high Yeah not quite sure if I'm done Can’t find no peace while I’m at war I’m both the bullet and the gun Ohhh… (Ohhh) Yeah… (Yeah) Wave that white flag (Ohhh) Roger go. (Yeah)more