Same Pain different Hammer

Verse 1 Broke my legs twice, Seminary and East 14th, three in the morning Gang bangers tried to run me down, tried to take me out without warning I stood up to ’em — that’s what they do when you don’t bow Verse 2 Second time in that 1962 Chevy Impala, crash so bad my bones came through Laying there disabled, crushed and broken, but I kept on working through the pain Chorus (big Malo horns + soulful group vocals) Same pain, different hammer Stanley B lost his move, DaddyMing lost his legs But the real pain is the family, watching life move on We both came back, had to hold the family strong Caregiver in the pain, still standing tall Rap Verse (DaddyMing – raw, gritty East Oakland flow over Malo percussion) Yeah, bones sticking out my leg, doctors said I’d never walk again 1962 Impala turned my whole world into pain Seminary and 14th, they tried to end me in the night But I’m still here breathing, still fighting for the fam, still seeing the light Caregiver by day, patient advocate at night Grandpa made it to 104, Mom still battling every fight They took my legs but couldn’t take my fight DaddyMing still standing, still coming back home every night Bridge (soulful church call-and-response with congas building) I know how it feels not to walk… To lose everything you had… But the real pain is the family… Still I keep coming back home… Final Chorus (full Malo explosion — horns blasting, timbales rolling, gritty group vocals) Same pain, different hammer Stanley B came back from the pain, DaddyMing still coming back the same Physical pain I don’t know about the mental pain that well brings But we both came back… we both came back… For the family, for the family… we both came back!