VERSE 1 Man… I grew up swallowin’ sentences sharp enough to bleed, People throwin’ names at me like weapons they knew I’d keep. It’s crazy how somebody’s bad day can live in your skin, How one angry phrase from them becomes the voice within. I spent years tryna outrun things I never deserved, Believin’ lies about myself ‘cause that’s all I ever heard. Momma taught me love — most just taught me how to hurt, Left me carryin’ labels heavy as dirt thrown on a shirt. I wasn’t broken — they just needed somebody weak, So they twisted every crack and told me that was “me.” But I ain’t who they said I am, momma made ’sure Still fightin’ battles from words they don’t even know. --- CHORUS I been shaped by words I can’t unlearn, Scars from lessons I didn’t earn. Tryna fix damage from things I didn’t break, Heavy from burdens that weren’t my mistakes. People speak poison like it don’t stick, And I’m still healing from words that shouldn’t exist. Tryna rewrite who I am inside — Even when their echo tells me otherwise. --- VERSE 2 I used to choke on how I felt ‘cause talkin’ never worked, Every truth I tried to speak just made somebody feel hurt. They’d twist my meaning, flip my tone, turn my pain to a crime, Then remind me of my failures like a clock stuck in time. They ain’t see the fights inside me, the storms I had to tame, They just saw the outbursts, then threw labels on my name. But even when the world made me feel like nothin’ was right, I showed up broken… I showed up angry… But I still showed up to fight. --- CHORUS I been shaped by words I can’t unlearn, Scars from lessons I didn’t earn. Tryna fix damage from things I didn’t break, Heavy from burdens that weren’t my mistakes. People speak poison like it don’t stick, And I’m still healing from words that shouldn’t exist. Tryna rewrite who I am inside — Even when their echo tells me otherwise. --- BRIDGE And I’m tired of lettin’ ghosts decide who I become, Tired of lettin’ yesterday’s voices leave me numb. I ain’t the kid they tore apart when they were upset — I’m the grown man who survived enough pain to resurrect. If their words made me fall, then my truth made me rise; If they built my darkness, then I’ll build my sunrise. This time, I speak for me — loud enough to drown the past, I ain’t lettin’ their lies outlive me at last. --- VERSE 3 Now when I hear those old words creepin’ up on my mind, I remind myself they came from people who were blind. Blind to my worth, blind to the strength I was learnin’, Blind to the fire inside me that kept burnin’. I ain’t that broken version they insisted I be, I ain’t defined by the worst things they ever saw in me. Yeah, I still hear the echoes, but they don’t own my name — I’m speakin’ new truth now, turnin’ healing into flame. --- CHORUS I been shaped by words I can’t unlearn, Scars from lessons I didn’t earn. Tryna fix damage from things I didn’t break, Heavy from burdens that weren’t my mistakes. People speak poison like it don’t stick, And I’m still healing from words that shouldn’t exist. Tryna rewrite who I am inside — Even when their echo tells me otherwise. --- CHORUS (FINAL) But I’m stronger than the words I can’t unlearn, Risin’ from bridges they tried to burn. Every insult made me climb higher than before, And the voice in my chest don’t whisper “less” anymore. If their lies built walls, then my truth breaks through— I ain’t who they said I was. I’m someone new. --- OUTRO So if those old voices come huntin’ me tonight, I’ll remind ‘em I ain’t their target — I’m my own damn light. Those words might linger, but they don’t decide my fate… I speak my own story now — And every chapter’s mine to create.
