2pac - So Much Pain -izzamuzzic Remix- Lyrics -

The song ended. The rain didn't.

Kairo had been sixteen when they found Marcellus behind the Laundromat. Three slugs. Over a pair of sneakers. Over nothing. The funeral was standing room only, but the courtroom was empty. No witnesses. No justice. Just a mother’s scream that turned into a cough that turned into silence. Now their mom sat in a recliner by the window, watching the same cars pass, waiting for a son who would never come home. 2pac - so much pain -izzamuzzic remix- lyrics

The remix swelled. A drop that wasn't a drop—more like drowning in slow motion. Kairo closed his eyes and saw Marcellus laughing, head thrown back, gold chain catching sunlight. Then the image bled into red. Then black. The song ended

The rain hadn’t stopped in three days. Not the gentle kind—the kind that fell like verdicts, each drop a guilty sentence on the cracked asphalt of East Lark Street. Kairo sat on the edge of his mattress, the springs groaning like they remembered better days. His phone buzzed. Then stopped. Then buzzed again. He didn't look. Three slugs

Outside, a siren wailed. Inside, the beat dropped again. So much pain. So much beautiful pain. Not beautiful like flowers. Beautiful like a storm you don't run from because there's nowhere left to hide.