STILL HUMAN
by MARAKANSKY
Lyrics
STILL HUMAN
Artist: MARAKANSKY
Intro – Heavy Boom-Bap Instrumental
Verse 1 – Deep, Slow, Conversational Rap
I learned to smile with a war inside my chest,
Shake a man's hand while I questioned his respect.
I've seen the closest ones become the greatest threat,
And I've paid for every lesson I will never forget.
I had nights when even silence felt too loud,
Days when I was breaking but I stood up in the crowd.
Everybody loves you when your feet are on the ground,
But when you start falling, tell me, who is still around?
I've seen hunger take the innocence of children,
I've seen mothers lose their sons and still keep living.
I've seen a world with so much money, so much greed,
While little hands are begging just for something they can eat.
And tell me, what exactly are we fighting for?
Another flag? Another grave? Another war?
We build our walls, then wonder why we're torn.
We kill the light and ask where all the hope has gone.
Pre-Chorus – Controlled, Emotional
I could've turned to stone.
I could've lost my soul.
I could've let this world decide
What kind of man I'd grow to know.
But there's a heartbeat underneath
These scars I never show.
[Chorus – Deep Melodic Male Vocal, Powerful]
I'm still human...
After everything I've seen.
After all the broken promises,
And everything between.
I'm still human...
Though the world has made me bleed.
I won't become the monster
That this world keeps trying to feed.
I'm still human...
And that's the one thing
You will never take from me.
Verse 2 – Slow, Heavy Storytelling Rap
Don't mistake my silence for surrender.
I've been through December in the middle of September.
I've had to put myself together piece by piece,
While people judged the scars without examining the grief.
I don't need your pity.
I don't need your praise.
I know the man I see when I look into my face.
I've made mistakes, I've lost my way,
But I never sold my soul to make it through another day.
And somewhere there's a child who doesn't understand,
Why the world keeps taking everything from little hands.
No childhood, no tomorrow, no place to run,
Just another mother praying for her son.
What did they do?
What was their crime?
For simply being born on the wrong side of a line?
If this is what we call humanity today,
Then maybe we're the ones who've lost our way.
Chorus – Bigger, More Powerful
I'm still human...
After everything I've seen.
After all the broken promises,
And everything between.
I'm still human...
Though the world has made me bleed.
I won't become the monster
That this world keeps trying to feed.
I'm still human...
And that's the one thing
You will never take from me.
[Bridge – Instrumental Drops, Cello and Piano]
Maybe I'm tired...
Maybe I'm scarred...
Maybe I've been carrying
This weight for way too long.
But if I can still feel
The pain of someone else,
Then there's a part of me
That hasn't lost itself.
[Verse 3 – Deepest Voice, Almost Spoken, Heavy Delivery]
Listen...
I don't know what tomorrow's gonna bring.
I don't know if broken hearts can ever sing.
I don't know if all the prayers will reach the sky,
Or how many more innocent people have to die.
But I know this...
I won't celebrate another mother's tears.
I won't call hatred courage after all these years.
I won't let the darkness make me blind.
I won't let this cruel world take what's left of mine.
You can take the money.
You can take the fame.
You can drag my body through the fire and the rain.
But don't expect me to forget
What made me human in the first place.
I'm still here.
And I still care.
Final Chorus – Full Symphonic Explosion
WE'RE STILL HUMAN!
After everything we've seen!
After all the broken promises,
And everything between!
WE'RE STILL HUMAN!
Though the world has made us bleed!
We won't become the monsters
That this world keeps trying to feed!
We're still human!
We're still human!
And that's the one thing
You will never take from me!
[Outro – Orchestral Strings, Piano, Heavy Drums Fade]
Still human...
Even when it hurts.
Still human...
Even when the world forgets.
Instrumental Outro – 20 Seconds