[Intro] New year New me Still raw Still free [Verse 1] Insanely fast with the syllables spilling, I’m killing the villainous version of me that was willing to bleed for a little respect Steel in my chest but I’m peeling the vest, I was dealing with stress by concealing regret Street life rage in my DNA But I’m throwing that coat in the fireplace Every vice that I wore like a chain on my neck Now it’s just weight that I cut, disconnect I came from the corners that corner your hope Where the cold concrete put a choke on your throat Where your anger’s the armor, your fury’s the fuel Where you measure your worth by how ruthless you move I was swinging on sight just to feel like I’m breathing Never grieving, just achieving what the demon was needing Now I’m grieving what I wasted, all the time that I tasted Every fight that I faced is just a file in the basement I’m erasing the faces, the cases, the chases But I’m keeping the lessons from dangerous places That wisdom, that vision, that split-second listen That twitch in my spirit that senses a prison I’m not going back, that’s a permanent fact Put the old me in a box, nail it shut, fade to black (yeah) [Chorus] New year, new me to see My decree to be a better me Not the same yet still untamed Rise above the shame of how I played the game I shall not be moved, I shall not I shall not be moved, I shall not New year, new me to see My decree to be a better me [Verse 2] I strive to survive, nothing more, nothing less Not a slave to applause or the way that they press I don’t chase any crown, only peace in my chest Every step is a test that I answer with yes Got the strength of Thor in my forearms, storm in my core, when I roar it’s a warning shot Mind sharper than Loki when he plots in the dark, every spark that I start hit a corner spot I was born in a war zone, thorn in my torso Sworn to the code, now I’m torn from the old roads Cut from the cloth where the talk got you chalked Now I walk with a calm that they thought I had lost Wisdom of Odin when I open both eyes See the cost of the lies and the loss in their pride When you live by the rage, you decay in a cage I escaped from the page where my name was engraved I keep the grit, not the grudge Keep the strength, ditch the drugs Keep the guard, drop the hate Keep the scars, lock the gate Old me whisper, “Come back, we were kings” New me answer, “For what? Just for chains and a fling?” World try to bend me, tempt me, test me Threats don’t impress me, stress can’t arrest me [Chorus] New year, new me to see My decree to be a better me Not the same yet still untamed Rise above the shame of how I played the game I shall not be moved, I shall not I shall not be moved, I shall not New year, new me to see My decree to be a better me [Bridge] (Shall not) They want me back in that hole, I will not (Shall not) Every trigger that they pull, it just misfires (Shall not) I took rage, turned it into desire (Shall not) Turned my pain into pause, into prayer, into power [Chorus]
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