Intro
Straps on my shoulder, calloused where the rope was
Every job we take, we carry somebody's whole life across
Verse 1
Six a.m., the truck coughs awake on Denny Street
Rosario hands me gloves, says grip it, don't retreat
We carry couches down four flights, springs busted, foam torn
Old man's whole apartment folded into boxes worn
He watches from the curb like we're stealing his whole spring
Nah pop, we just moving what the landlord couldn't keep
My back learned early how to bend without the crack
Learned to lift a stranger's grief and never hand it back
Tape gun sings a hymn, zzzt then silence, then again
Cardboard walls holding forty years of where he's been
I don't ask the story, I just strap it to the dolly
Wheel it past the mailbox where his name's still on it, folly
Some nights I'm the one that's crying in the cab
Wipe it quick before Rosario sees, keep the sorrow scrubbed
Cause the job ain't done till the truck doors shut clean
Learned to carry weight so smooth, don't nobody see the seam
Hook
Weight I carry smooth, ain't nobody see me sweat
Weight I carry smooth, every debt gon' get met
Weight I carry smooth, back bent but the walk stay straight
That's the only inheritance that came with my name
Verse 2
Second job, third floor, elevator's had a sign since June
Say out of order like it's mocking every move
Miss Odalys crying cause her son's things gotta go
Eviction paper folded where the rent receipts used to show
I carry his trophies, dust still on the little gold man
Carry her Bible separate, wrapped it soft as I can
She slips me an extra twenty, say baby you're too kind
I say ma'am we all just moving what we leave behind
My own mama's couch still in storage, unit forty-three
Two years now, can't afford the weight of memory
Funny how I lift the world for people down the block
But my own front door still got that busted lock
Rosario says you good, kid, you carry too much home
I say nah, I carry it here, that's how I keep it my own
Learned the difference between broke and being broken
Weight don't bend me, I just chose the load I'm holding
Hook
Weight I carry smooth, ain't nobody see me sweat
Weight I carry smooth, every debt gon' get met
Weight I carry smooth, back bent but the walk stay straight
That's the only inheritance that came with my name
Bridge
Rosario retired last spring, passed the straps to me
Said kid the truck is yours now, and the weight comes free
I finally rented that storage unit down to n
