Made Me

[Intro: Aya lead vocal, soft confident tag, leave space for sample chops] Mm no~ oh woah~ Aye~ It’s Aya baby~ Hey~ [Verse 1: Aya lead vocal only, confident rap-sung mezzo-soprano, rhythmic pocket, intimate but strong] This for them times~ Rep the Southside till I die~ Southside made me, baby, aye~ Put my soul in this music, I’m dedicated~ My mama always knew~ I was gonna make it~ God done blessed me with a gift, I’ma take it far~ You gon’ see my name on the charts, But the South still in my heart~ No matter where this road go, I know where I got my start~ I made diamonds out the pressure, But they only saw the shine~ I was drowning in my blessings, Couldn’t tell which one was mine~ Had to learn to love my scars, They were lessons in disguise~ Mama prayed me through the fire, I came out smelling like grace~ Every tear became a lyric, Every loss became my name~ Had to lose myself a little, Just to find my own lane~ Everything I had to carry, Put some purpose in my pain~ [Pre-Chorus] I know they see the glow now, They don’t know the nights I stayed down~ Had to make it through the rain, Just to stand here in the clouds~ I been bending, never breaking, I been fighting for my peace~ Everything I went through, Made a real one out of me~ Made me~ [Chorus: Aya lead vocal, anthemic hook, confident cadence locked to snare hits, catchy and repeatable] Cold nights, made me~ Pressure couldn’t break me~ Southside raised me~ God came and saved me~ They gon’ have to see me~ This exactly what made me~ Pain tried to end me~ Grace came and shaped me~ Everything I been through, That’s exactly what made me~ [Post-Chorus: Aya ad-libs, short vocal echoes, leave space for sample chops] Made me~ Made me~ Exactly what made me~ Ooh woah~ [Verse 2] They only see me in the light, They don’t know me in the dark~ Everybody want the flowers, They don’t know what made ’em bloom~ I had people switch positions, When I needed them to stay~ Had to learn that some goodbyes, Be protection in disguise~ I been strong with a soft heart, Had to guard it with my life~ I gave love to wounded people, They still cut me with the knife~ I was giving out my healing, When I needed some myself~ Had to stop searching for peace, Where they kept disturbing mine~ Now I move with more intention, I don’t speak just to be heard~ I let God handle the weight, I just put it in my words~ Every loss became a lesson, Every scar became a seed~ I’m not who I was before, But she still lives inside of me~ [Pre-Chorus 2] I know they see the glow now, They don’t know the nights I stayed down~ Had to crawl before I walked, Now I’m standing in my crown~ I been bending, never breaking, I been fighting for my peace~ Everything I went through, Made a real one out of me~ Made me~ [Final Chorus] Cold nights, made me~ Pressure couldn’t break me~ Southside raised me~ God came and saved me~ They gon’ have to see me~ This exactly what made me~ Pain tried to end me~ Grace came and shaped me~ Everything I been through, That’s exactly what made me~ [Outro] Made me~ Made me~ Everything I been through, That’s exactly what made me~ Mm no~ oh woah~ Aya baby~