Names They Threw

Names they threw, tried to bury me alive Every word like a blade to my pride They spoke death, I was barely surviving But I’m still here… yeah I’m still rising Names they threw, echo stuck in my brain Tried to label me with all of their pain But I refuse to carry that weight I am not what they say They said I wasn’t worth the air I breathe Turned their lies into what I believed Every insult stuck under my skin Like a war I was born to lose in Called me things I can’t unhear Left them ghosts that still appear Every mirror felt like a lie Didn’t even recognize my eyes Tried to shrink me, tried to break me down Tried to turn my voice to no sound But deep inside, there was somethin’ left A quiet fight that never left I carried every word like chains on me Let it shape what I thought I’d be Lost myself in their design Let their darkness rewrite my mind But I’m done letting that control my soul Done letting broken people hold The power over who I am I’m taking back my name again Names they threw don’t fit my skin They don’t know the fight I’m in Every scar, every tear I grew I survived what they tried to do Names they threw, I let them fall They don’t define me at all I’m rewriting every line Turning pain into a spine They spoke hate like it was truth Like I didn’t have no proof That I was more than what they claimed More than every twisted name I remember nights I cried Wishing I could disappear inside Believed I was the problem too Didn’t know what else to do But pain don’t mean that it’s your fault And words don’t make a final call They were speakin’ from their wounds Tryna make me feel consumed I carried every word like chains on me Till I saw what I could be Not their hate, not their lies But the truth behind my eyes Now I’m breakin’ every hold they had Turnin’ hurt into somethin’ glad I refuse to live that way I won’t drown in what they say Names they threw, I burn them down Watch the ashes hit the ground From the fire, I arise Stronger now, I redefine Names they threw don’t own my soul I’m the one who’s in control Every label they designed I erased it from my mind Now I speak with a different tone Built a strength I’ve never known Every scar became my proof I survived and found my truth I’m not weak, I’m not ashamed I’m not bound to what they named Every step I take is mine Every breath a new design And if they try to say it again I won’t fold, I won’t bend ‘Cause I know who I became And I answer to my name I don’t carry those chains no more Left them all at a closed door Every word lost all its weight When I chose to recreate Who I am, what I believe What I hold and what I leave I’m not theirs, I’m finally free I became the real me They tried to name me… Break me… Erase me… But they never knew… I was the one holding the pen the whole time This is BlackBandit