FROM WHOM I WAS Mini Story Doctor D sat alone asking a question that followed him through every chapter of his life. Who was I before this life? Not for fame. Not for power. Not for answers that could be proven. But because pain felt familiar. The bullying. The harassment. The moments that almost ended everything. It felt as if he had carried lessons from somewhere long before this lifetime. He wondered if he had once been a teacher, a traveler, or simply another person searching for meaning. The more he searched, the less certain he became. Yet one truth remained. No matter who he was before, he was here now. Still breathing. Still standing. Still helping others survive what nearly destroyed him. And that was enough. FROM WHOM I WAS Intro Hello I’m Doctor D I’m the difference between the lines I’m the difference with no sides This is From Whom I Was Verse 1 I don’t need to be a Doctor to help you see The noise between the right the left and the center they Create traumas we were not built for We let forces divide and conquer what’s left of our minds You scream for human rights But let your own people become the living reality Of our own living dead While you cry for others land There is no peace in minds being conceived and controlled No peace no justice but for who You or for those represent the few that make it thru I am a survivor of brutality I am a survivor of near death experiences I’m the voice that got put away I was the wronged I became a rumor that others injected into me Like a growing freaking tumor Titles politic cuffs knocked me down While I tried to stand If you want trauma If you want victim I’m not it I am the voice to maybe even help you heal Thru no fear Your mind is power use it No harm in physical form Just use for your own mental well And gain the strength in your mind then Pre-Chorus Maybe I lived before Maybe I walked another road Maybe I taught lessons I forgot Maybe I carried burdens not my own Maybe the answers never mattered Maybe the question was the key Because every chapter I survived Brought another piece of me Chorus From whom I was To who I am I carried every lesson in my hands From whom I was To who I became I refused to let pain decide my name Every insult Every attack Every moment trying to hold me back From whom I was I finally see The survivor was always inside me Verse 2 People laughed while I struggled People judged what they never knew They saw moments They never saw the battles They saw reactions They never saw the pressure They saw scars They never saw the cause There were days I questioned everything Days when breathing felt like work Days when another step forward Felt larger than a mountain Yet I kept moving Not because life became easy Not because the world became kind Because quitting would hand victory To every voice that wanted me gone And I refused Bridge What if we are more than labels More than categories More than systems More than what others decide What if the greatest strength Was never perfection What if it was surviving What if it was standing again After every attempt to break you What if the purpose Was helping another person Make it through one more day Final Chorus From whom I was To who I am The road was rough but here I stand From whom I was To who I’ll be No one else will write my story Near death couldn’t stop me Harassment couldn’t stop me Bullying couldn’t stop me I learned that survival Isn’t simply staying alive It’s finding purpose After everything tried to take it away Outro Hello I’m Doctor D I’m not your enemy I’m not your ruler I’m not your judge I’m a survivor And if you’re still here Still breathing Still moving forward Then so are you This is From Whom I Was
