composed: Suno (BFFs) Aka my robots, Roberta and Robert. It took over 130 takes so they are worn out. :-)

Youbtube: Concrete Flower

[Verse 1]

Could have easily given up or quit

When life hits with a ton of bricks.

Seemed as though the storm

Would be around forever.

A temporary setback

was the greatest comeback.

[Verse 2]

A bounce back from a tennis racket

A new Monday

A new week, for the weak

To get it right.

Doing it all over again

Became a challenge

Built character

instilled vulnerability

realizing

This is life, a reality.

[Chorus]

Sink or Swim

No boat

Is the norm and to never depend on anyone

Or Anything.

Only two options

Resilience and empower

Made me stronger.

Instead of a rose, flourished a concrete flower

That grew and refused to fold (a concrete flower).

[solo]

[Verse 3]

This is no woe is me

It’s trials of tribulations

That created

The new me

A newbie

An understanding of what “Mama used to say”

[Chorus]

Sink or Swim

No boat

Is the norm and to never depend on anyone

Or Anything.

Only two options

Resilience and empower

Made me stronger.

Instead of a rose, flourished a concrete flower

That grew and refused to fold (a concrete flower).

[Outro]

Only Two options

Resilience and empower

Made me stronger

A concrete flower

That grew and refused to fold (a concrete flower).