Yeah… I been walkin’ through the fire with a heart full of weight. Every promise that they gave me turned to lies in my face. Had to grind through the nights, had to fight with the fate. Ain’t nobody show me love, they just watched me break. They don’t know what I seen, they don’t know what I bled. I was sleepin’ in the cold with a storm in my head. Had to learn how to move with a target instead. Every step that I took felt a step from the dead. Oppression on my back, but I still won’t fold. I was livin’ in the dark with no hand to hold. Had to carve out a lane with my pain turned bold. Now the story that I write might be worth its gold. Yeah… I was trapped in the noise, couldn’t breathe, couldn’t rise. People smile to your face but they cut your ties. Had to study every move, had to read those eyes. I survived every shot, now I see through lies. Heavy pressure on my soul, tryna crush my will. But I walked through the smoke and I’m standin’ still. They been prayin’ for my fall, but I climb that hill. Got my mind on my strength, I don’t need no pill. They wanted me weak, they wanted me lost. Had to pay with my tears, had to learn the cost. Every win that I got came from battles I crossed. Now they lookin’ at a soldier they could never exhaust. I been raisin’ my voice for the ones unseen. For the kids in the block where the nights ain’t clean. For the heart full of struggle, for the pain in between. For the soul that was crushed but still moved like a king. Yeah… I was drownin’ in the dark, but I rose from the deep. Now I fight for the ones who ain’t never had sleep. For the ones pushed aside, for the wounds they keep. For the dreams that were stolen but refuse to be cheap. Oppression made me strong, made me sharp, made me wise. Every scar on my body turned to fuel when I rise. If they lookin’ for the truth, they will see in my eyes— I was born in the struggle, not afraid to cut ties. I walk slow, breathe deep, let the trauma unwind. Every page of my life got a war redesigned. I survived every blow, left the shadows behind. Now the weight of my past is the steel in my mind. Yeah… I came up from the dirt, from the streets, from the void. Every moment that they hated was a moment I employed. Now I stand on my ground with a strength they avoid. I’m the voice of the broken they tried to destroy.
