MY STRONGEST ERA [Verse 1] I grew roots where the ground was shaking, Built my wings while the sky was breaking. Had a heart full of names to protect, And a thousand prayers I never said. I wore midnight like a second skin, Let the silence teach me how to begin. Every scar became a line in my story, Every loss left a little more glory. I was pouring from an empty cup, Still somehow finding enough to give love. With the weight of the world on my shoulder, I became softer… I became bolder. [Pre-Chorus] I bent, but I never disappeared, I cried, but I never surrendered to fear. What was meant to bury me Became the soil underneath my feet. [Chorus] Now I'm in my strongest era, Baby, look what the storm made. I turned my tears into rivers, Let them carry me away. I got my children in my heartbeat, Got my sisters in my soul, Got my mother's love behind me, And a fire I finally own. I don't need to prove I'm fearless, I've just learned to walk through fear. I became the woman I was becoming all these years. [Verse 2] I've been the daughter with tired eyes, Still saying, “We'll be alright.” I've been the sister holding pieces, Making shelter out of broken seasons. I've been a mother wearing many names, Nurse, warrior, shelter from the rain. While life kept knocking without permission, I kept choosing love over superstition. Some nights I whispered to the ceiling, “Lord, just tell me there's a meaning.” Then morning came without an answer, But somehow I still rose a little stronger. [Pre-Chorus] I learned that healing isn't pretty, Sometimes grace looks worn and weary. And the woman I was trying to save Was the woman staring back at me. [Chorus] Now I'm in my strongest era, Baby, look what the storm made. I turned my tears into rivers, Let them carry me away. I got my children in my heartbeat, Got my sisters in my soul, Got my mother's love behind me, And a fire I finally own. I don't need to prove I'm fearless, I've just learned to walk through fear. I became the woman I was becoming all these years. [Bridge – R&B breakdown] I don't curse the nights That taught me how to see. I don't hate the wounds That brought me back to me. I lost pieces… Found diamonds in the dust. Lost my balance… Found somebody I could trust. And that somebody was me. [Final Chorus – Vocal Lift] Now I'm in my strongest era, And I wear it like a crown. Not because I never fell— But because I learned to rise back up. For every little hand I held, For every sister's tears I dried, For every time I stood beside my mother, When I needed someone by my side— I'm still here. Still breathing. Still loving. Still believing. And the woman I see in the mirror Is no longer asking life to save her… She's become her own way home. [Outro – whispered / runs] My strongest era… Was never about becoming someone new. It was finally seeing Who I was When I survived everything I thought I couldn't. And baby… I'm still becoming. I'm still becoming. But this time— I'm becoming me.
