00:23I heard something at the gym today
00:29It changed everything
00:34Listen close
00:42Pulled up to the waves
00:44Just another ordinary day
00:47Heard two voices talking and it froze me
00:50Where I stood, no play
00:52One said he got with a merry one
00:54Three kids sleeping in the other room
00:57Husband at the grind and building everything
01:01Making real moves
01:02She looked him in the eye and said
01:04He don't make me feel alive like you
01:07Chose the guy with no job, no car, no future
01:11Just a cheap thrill too
01:12My boy laughed it off like man
01:14That's just how it goes these days
01:17But something deep inside me cracked
01:19I saw the whole damn game in his face
01:25They call it freedom, they call it a joy
01:28They sell it on the screen
01:30But the wreckage in the silence is the loudest thing I've seen
01:35Good men, still building empires
01:38While the thrill gets all the praise
01:40And the ones who stay loyal
01:43They're the ones who get replaced
01:49This is what they made no more
02:10The poison dresser love, the fire and the cold
02:13Good men building legacies
02:14While she chased the bold
02:16The one with no roots, no ring
02:17No plan for the long haul
02:19Now the strong ones are silent
02:20And that silence says it all
02:22Why good men are walking away?
02:24Walking away from the game
02:26They rigged and betrayed
02:27The truth was always hiding in the everyday
02:29Now it's screaming so loud
02:31You can't look away
02:34Scroller apps, it's about fake
02:36Curated lies
02:39Independent queen with a crown
02:40Made of I deserve the prize
02:43They told her never settle
02:45Never lower the bar
02:47So she standards the top percent
02:49And leaves the real ones in the dark
02:52Dating apps gave her infinite options
02:54Validation on demand
02:56While the solid average good man
02:58Gets ghostly put a flash in the pan
03:01Music videos and the culture glorify the side piece life
03:06Live your truth girl
03:07But the truth cuts deeper than a night
03:11From the gem whispers to the late night deleted text
03:17The pattern repeats and it's breaking what comes next
03:21Boys watching their fathers get played or their mothers chase ghosts
03:27While the steady ones who would've stayed are the ones who get the most
03:31Ghosts
03:31The soul to the dream
03:32Have it all
03:33No consequences
03:34No cost
03:35Career the freedom
03:36The man who gets lost
03:37In the chase
03:38For a feeling that dies
03:39With the sunrise
03:40Now the wall is coming
03:41And the good ones have already said goodbye
03:43But it's not hate
03:43It's clarity
03:44The times mainly connect
03:45The stories from the gem
03:46They were never just one incident
03:48The culture broke the bomb
03:49Blurred every line
03:50And the ones who know
03:51Have known this whole time
04:01Now it's over the years
04:03They can't unsee what they've done
04:05The normal was the weapon
04:06The lie
04:07Wait a ton
04:07She wanted the spark
04:08The sparks burn out fast
04:10While the steady plane
04:11Was the one built to last
04:12Why good men are walking away
04:15It's the only move left
04:16When the truth comes state
04:17For the women waking up
04:19Before the options fade
04:20The game can still be fixed
04:21But it starts with this break
04:22From the lie
04:23They called normal
04:25To the truth
04:26They reclaim
04:27Good men
04:28Aren't bitter
04:30We're just done
04:31Playing the game
04:37They saw it as normal
04:42Until they heard the truth
04:46Now the truth is obvious
04:52Walk away
04:56Or rebuild it right
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