# RENEGADE **[Intro — Spoken]** Yeah… They keep asking who gave me permission. Nobody. That's the point. **[Verse 1]** They say I only talk ambition, money, wins and the climb, But do you hear what's underneath every sentence I rhyme? I put the pressure in the verse, put the scars in the lines, Turned a dead-end into a deadline and made it mine. I came from places where potential got buried in doubt, Where they tell you what you can't be before you figure it out. So I took every closed door, put a name on the route, Now the same ones saying “who?” wanna know what I'm 'bout. I don't make music just to flex for the feed, I put a mirror in the booth and let the people decide what they see. Every headline wants a villain, every comment wants beef, Everybody loves the truth till the truth makes 'em uncomfortable, see? I don't need your approval, I survived without it, Built confidence from every room that tried to keep me outside it. They can question every move, they can doubt every milestone, But they can't rewrite the road just because they weren't in the ride home. **[Pre-Hook]** You can call me difficult, Call me out of line, Call me everything you want— Just don't call me defined. **[Hook]** **RENEGADE — I say what I mean,** **No permission, no apologies.** **RENEGADE — I don't follow your lane,** **If I gotta stand alone, let me stand in the rain.** **RENEGADE — let the whole world know,** **I was built from the pressure, now I'm built for the throne.** **You can love me, you can hate me, either way, I'm still me,** **RENEGADE — never asked you to believe.** **[Verse 2]** They want a clean-cut story with a hashtag attached, A perfect little narrative that fits in a caption and match. But real life ain't a highlight reel, it's the parts they don't post, It's the nights you lose yourself just to get back to your goals. Now everybody's got a platform, everybody's got a take, Ten seconds on a timeline and they think they know your mistakes. They judge the destination but ignore what it takes, Then celebrate the finished product like they carried the weight. I been misunderstood, that's nothing new to me, They see the confidence but never saw what it grew from beneath. Every failure was tuition, every setback a fee, Every “no” became another reason they would remember me. I'm not here to be comfortable, I'm here to be honest, If the truth makes the room tense, then I'm probably being honest. I don't chase validation, I don't beg for a cosign, I'd rather lose the whole room than lose what's inside mine. And that's the difference— You perform for acceptance, I perform for expression. You protect your reputation, I protect my direction. You can measure my numbers, my streams, my progression, But you can't put a price tag on conviction. **[Hook]** **RENEGADE — I say what I mean,** **No permission, no apologies.** **RENEGADE — I don't follow your lane,** **If I gotta stand alone, let me stand in the rain.** **RENEGADE — let the whole world know,** **I was built from the pressure, now I'm built for the throne.** **You can love me, you can hate me, either way, I'm still me,** **RENEGADE — never asked you to believe.** **[Verse 3 — Rapid-Fire]** Look— I turned rejection into resurrection, Pressure into progression, Doubt into direction, Pain into protection. Now I'm back with a pen and a different perspective, Every bar got a purpose, every word got a message. They expected me to fold when the road got aggressive, I got colder, got sharper, got harder to question. I'm a product of the nights when the lights got low, When nobody picked up and nobody said go. Had to build my own ladder, had to learn my own code, Now I'm stepping through the ceiling they told me was closed. I don't need to be the loudest if the statement is clear, I don't need another trophy just to validate years. I don't need another critic telling me what I should fear, I've been fighting with myself—every other battle is easy from here. They want controversy? Fine. They want headlines? Fine. They want somebody they can blame when the culture changes? Fine. But don't confuse being quiet with me losing my voice, I just learned that every word don't deserve a response. I'm not reckless—I'm relentless. Not bitter—just independent. Not perfect—just authentic. And if that makes me a problem, then I'm proudly the problem. **[Bridge — Beat Drops Out]** I remember being told: “Know your place.” I remember being told: “Wait your turn.” I remember being told: “You're not ready.” Funny… I built the whole thing while they were talking. **[Final Hook — Bigger / Layered Vocals]** **RENEGADE — I say what I mean,** **No permission, no apologies.** **RENEGADE — I don't follow your lane,** **If I gotta stand alone, let me stand in the rain.** **RENEGADE — let the whole world know,** **I was built from the pressure, now I'm built for the throne.** **You can love me, you can hate me, either way, I'm still me,** **RENEGADE!!!
