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Small Town Ghost
Hip-Hop/Rap
Small Town Ghost was released on May 4, 2026 by NOESISX OFFICIAL as a part of the album Small Town Ghost - Single
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Release DateMay 4, 2026
LabelNOESISX OFFICIAL
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM70

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
NOESISX OFFICIAL
NOESISX OFFICIAL
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bouhlala Djamel
Bouhlala Djamel
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bouhlala Djamel
Bouhlala Djamel
Producer

Lyrics

I grew up in a town
Where everybody knew your name
Where the football field was everything
And nobody ever left
I never thought
I'd be the one
Who didn't make it out
It started with a prescription
After I hurt my back
Doctor said it's safe
Take two and come back
Sixteen pills later
I needed more
They cut me off at the clinic
I found another door
The guy on the corner
Said this would do the same
Cheaper and stronger
I didn't know his name
First time I tried fentanyl
I thought I found relief
I didn't know that I had found
The beginning of my grief
I used to have a life here
Now I'm just a ghost
In the town that raised me
I've become what I feared most
One pill was all it took
To lose everything I loved
Small town ghost
Small town ghost
I used to be enough
My mama started hiding
Her purse beside her bed
My best friend Tyler overdosed
Three weeks before we graduated
I told myself that wasn't me
I could stop whenever
But my body had already decided
We were together forever
Lost my job in January
Couch surfed through the spring
By summer I was on the streets
With nothing left to bring
The people I called friends
Disappeared like smoke
Left me with a needle and a joke
I used to have a life here
Now I'm just a ghost
In the town that raised me
I've become what I feared most
One pill was all it took
To lose everything I loved
Small town ghost
Small town ghost
I used to be enough
There's a photo on my mama's wall
Me at seventeen
Holding up a trophy
Smiling like I had a dream
She still lights a candle
Every single night
Praying that her son comes back
Praying that I fight
I see myself in windows
I don't recognize the face
A hollow shell of someone
Who used to have a place
Tyler's gone, Marcus is gone
Brianna didn't wake up
Last November
And I'm still here
But barely
Just a body
Going through the motions
The fentanyl don't care
Who you were before
It only knows your name now
And it always wants more
I'm sitting on a curb
In the town that made me
Watching people drive to church
On Sunday morning
They look away
I understand
I used to look away too
Before I became
The one they look away from
I had a life once
I had a name once
I had a future once
And all it cost me
Was just once
If you're from a small town
Or a big city
Or anywhere in between
If someone handed you a pill
And said it's safe
It's not
If you're already in it
And you can't find the way out
You're not alone
And it's not too late
Call someone tonight
Before tonight
Becomes your last night
You used to be enough
You still are
You still are
Written by: Bouhlala Djamel
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