Legacy Or Tragedy - Kairo

Thinking about my own mortality in the scene that I’m in many other people in my career leave life too early now I’m stuck wondering if I’m gonna be the same Legacy or tragedy Verse 1] I’ve been tryna be the best man that I can, But I look in the mirror and don’t see that man. Every time she smiles, I just second guess, Like, “why she with me? I’m a mess at best.” I hide my pain in bottles, hide my stress in smoke, Pop a perky just to cope, but it ain’t no joke. I’m scared the demons in me gonna pass down too, What if my son grows up doin’ the things I do? ⸻ [Chorus] I don’t wanna leave a tragedy, I just wanna leave a legacy. Even when I feel like I’m not enough, She tells me I am, but it’s hard to trust. I don’t wanna break, I don’t wanna fall, I don’t wanna lose it all. Tryna be the man that she deserves, But my heart still bleeds in every verse. ⸻ [Verse 2] I replay my failures every night I breathe, Like a movie in my head that I can’t just leave. She tells me I’m her rock, but I feel like sand, Slippin’ through her fingers, she can’t hold my hand. I’m haunted by my past, by the things I’ve seen, By the hands that hurt me when I was a teen. So I numb it with the highs, and I drown in lows, But the pain still lingers everywhere I go. ⸻ [Chorus] I don’t wanna leave a tragedy, I just wanna leave a legacy. Even when I feel like I’m not enough, She tells me I am, but it’s hard to trust. I don’t wanna break, I don’t wanna fall, I don’t wanna lose it all. Tryna be the man that she deserves, But my heart still bleeds in every verse. ⸻ [Bridge] This is the part where I say “I’m fine,” but I’m not, This is the part where I promise change, then I rot. I’m scared that my kids will see the worst of me, So I fight for a future where they’re proud of me. I’m not tryna be a ghost in the family tree, I’m tryna be a man that they all believe. ⸻ [Outro/Chorus Refrain] I don’t wanna leave a tragedy (no), I just wanna leave a legacy (yeah). Even when the pain takes hold of me, I pray one day they’ll be proud to see. I don’t wanna break, I don’t wanna fall, I don’t wanna lose it all. Tryna be the man that she deserves, So I spill my truth in every verse.