[Verse 1] Pain don’t knock, it kicks the door in Moves in quiet, rearranges the organs Learnt real young how to weaponise scars Turned survival into swinging fists and bars I was taught love with a clenched jaw Affection came shaped like a warning shot Every slight felt nuclear, set me off I wasn’t evil, I was taught to be rough Internal screaming but the mouth stays shut Pressure builds till the dam goes bust I hated me, so I hated you Funny how trauma loves company too [Hook] Hurt people, hurt people, that’s the loop Blood in the water, now everyone’s food I bled on you, you bled on me Cycle spins like a rusted machine Hurt people, hurt people, no escape Passing down pain like a family trait I didn’t mean it, but meaning’s cheap When the wound still runs that deep [Verse 2] I flinch at kindness, feels like a trap Waiting for the switch, the laugh, the slap So I strike first, write my name in fire If I burn you down, you can’t climb higher Anger feels strong when you feel small Feels like control when you’re used to the fall But every punch just mirrors the past Becoming the monster I swore wouldn’t last I see my face in the damage done Same dead eyes, same loaded gun I said I’m nothing like them, but look Same poison pen, same crooked book [Hook] Hurt people, hurt people, that’s the truth Sharpest knives come from wounded youth I learned pain before I learned peace Learned how to break before I learned release Hurt people, hurt people, say it slow We don’t wake up wanting to be cold But untreated wounds don’t fade away They just find new throats to invade [Bridge] Who do you blame when the damage spreads When the voice in your skull sounds just like them Is it choice or conditioning Sin or sickness, repetition setting in [Breakdown Flow] I didn’t ask for this weight in my chest Didn’t ask to be wired for war not rest But accountability don’t care about cause You still own the blood on the floor, those laws So I’m staring at the mirror like Choose right now, end it or let it live Heal or bleed on everyone else Break the chain or become it yourself [Final Hook] Hurt people, hurt people, unless they stop Unless they stitch the wound instead of letting it rot I won’t pretend I’m clean or healed But I see the cycle, now it’s revealed Hurt people, hurt people, yeah I know But tonight I set that pattern low Pain ends here, I draw that line I won’t make my hell somebody else’s time [Outro] Pain taught me how to survive But healing’s teaching me how not to destroy And that lesson hurts But it hurts less than passing it on.
