WHO AM I? [Intro] Who am I? That's the question, right? Everybody got an answer for me. But nobody had to live my life. So... Let me tell you. [Hook] Who am I when the lights go out? Who am I when nobody's around? Who am I underneath this crown When the applause dies down? Am I the pain? Am I the past? Am I the person I was, or the person that I am? Am I every scar? Every mistake? Every name? Or am I something more than everything that I became? Who am I? I don't know. But I'm finally looking in the mirror Instead of running from my reflection. [Verse 1] Am I the kid who started writing just to have somewhere to hide? The one who put his feelings in a notebook when he couldn't say 'em out loud? Am I the anger that I carried when I felt misunderstood? The same kid who wanted somebody to tell him that he could? Am I the mistakes? The relationships? The nights that I wasted? The bridges I burned? The trust that I shattered? The people I hurt? The people who hurt me? The lessons I learned? The pages I turned? Am I the person everybody thinks they know From the music that I make? Or the person that exists When the microphone gets put away? Maybe I'm both. Maybe I'm neither. Maybe identity isn't something you find. Maybe it's something you build Every time you choose who you're gonna be. [Pre-Hook] I spent too long asking Who I was supposed to become, When the answer was inside me Every time I picked up the drum. [Hook] Who am I when the lights go out? Who am I when nobody's around? Who am I underneath this crown When the applause dies down? Am I the pain? Am I the past? Am I the person I was, or the person that I am? Am I every scar? Every mistake? Every name? Or am I something more than everything that I became? Who am I? I don't know. But I'm finally looking in the mirror Instead of running from my reflection. [Verse 2] Maybe I'm a father trying to give what I never had, Maybe I'm a son still trying to make his father proud, Maybe I'm a brother carrying memories of the ones who aren't around, Maybe I'm an artist turning every loss into a sound. Maybe I'm a lover who fucked up and still learned, Maybe I'm a fighter who got knocked down and returned, Maybe I'm the student and the teacher in the same person, Maybe every closed door showed me what wasn't worth it. I used to think that being strong meant never showing weakness, Now I know that being honest takes a different kind of courage, I used to think that being hard meant never needing anybody, Now I know there's strength in admitting when you're hurting. And I still got questions. Fuck, I got plenty. But I don't need every answer To know that I'm still becoming. [Bridge] Strip away the name. Strip away the image. Strip away the chains. Strip away the gimmicks. No Platinum! No rapper. No artist. No anger. Just me. Who the fuck is that? [Beat Switch] [Verse 3] I'm the kid and the man, I'm the wound and the bandage, I'm the fear and the courage, I'm the damage and the damage control. I'm the question and answer, The disaster and dancer, The sinner and savior, The student and teacher. I'm the person who failed And the person who got up, The person who doubted And the person who said, "Fuck it, I'm enough." I'm every version of me That I tried to bury beneath me, Every lesson that beat me, Every dream that still needs me. I ain't gotta erase who I was To become who I'm meant to be. I just gotta take every version of myself And let 'em exist inside me. That's who I am. Not perfect. Not finished. But fucking real. [Final Hook] Who am I when the lights go out? I'm still me when nobody's around. I don't need the crown, I don't need the crowd, I don't need anybody else to tell me what I'm about. I'm the pain. I'm the past. I'm the person I was and the person that I am. I'm every scar, every mistake, every name, But I'm also every dream that survived through the flames. Who am I? I'm still finding out. But for the first time in my life... I like who I'm becoming. [Outro] Who am I? I'm Platinum! But before the name... I'm just a man Still becoming. And maybe that's enough. NO GENRE.
