Crazy Leo - Paper Mill Nights Lyrics

[Intro]
Smoke stacks and paper mills
Watching dreams fade in this industrial maze
Yeah, f*ck what they say about staying put
I got bigger plans, bigger moves

[Verse 1]
Born in the shadow of factory smoke
Where dreams get crushed like the timber they broke
Dad came home with bandaged hands every night
While I watched ships sail off into twilight
Growing up where options looking real slim
Same old story, same old f*cking hymn
"Get a job at the mill, son, that's your fate"
But I'm seeing through these bars they create

[Chorus]
Can't cage this fire, can't hold me down
Watch me rise above this factory town
Breaking chains that kept us bound for years
Through the smoke, yeah, I'm gonna disappear
(I'm gonna disappear)

[Verse 2]
Machinery humming like a death song
Tell me why everything feel so wrong
Pops worked twenty years, what he got to show?
Just scars and debt, man, that shit hit me low
But I got flows that'll break these walls
While they busy catching fish, I'm catching calls
From people saying "boy, you better stay"
F*ck that noise, I'm finding my own way

[Bridge]
Paper mill prison, but I ain't doing time
Got my own vision, got my own design
Watch me break free, watch me redefine
Everything they said was yours and mine

[Verse 3]
Every shift whistle blows like a warning
Reminder of what I'm transforming
From harbor lights to stadium nights
Trading work boots for these mic fights
They say "stay local, keep it real"
But real is what I make, that's the deal
Got love for my roots, but I can't stay
Time to show 'em all a different way

[Outro]
Smoke stacks fading in my rearview
Breaking cycles, that's what I gotta do
For every kid trapped in this industrial haze
I'm proof that we can change our ways