[Verse 1] I was a ghost behind locked doors Never schooled, never free Walls and silence, bruises hidden A childhood swallowed whole [Pre-Chorus] Then a stranger saw the cage And opened up the night I mistook escape for freedom When the door swung open wide [Chorus] Predator or prey We chose the hunt, the open road Cameras drank the chaos And turned our blood to gold Every crime became a legend Every killing made us stars They called us monsters on the screen Then wore us like a scar [Verse 2] They built another cage around me Concrete, steel, and flashing lights But the words rose through the walls Like fire burning through the night They wanted demons for their story So I gave them what they came to see [Bridge] Then the cages cracked The halls went up in flame I walked out through the wreckage But freedom wasn't changed [Final Chorus] First I escaped a house Then I escaped the world Then I escaped the prison Still carrying every scar Three prisons, three doors And every time I chose the same— No chains No walls No one owns me again [Outro] I was born behind a locked door But I won't die inside one
