Intro (spoken) Yeah… Steel strings, dirt roads, blown speakers. This ain’t polished—this is lived. Verse 1 (rap) Here I am today, boots worn thin, Heart full of noise, head full of sin, Tried pickin’ one lane, but I love it all, Every sound hit different, every rise, every fall. Mama said pray, daddy said stand, Life said “prove it,” so I clenched my hands, Got scars from learnin’, not from runnin’ away, Every mark got a story, every story got weight. Pre-Chorus (build) I don’t fit the mold, never played pretend, I break, I bend, I rise again, Truth cuts deep, but it keeps me sane, I wear it loud, I wear the pain. Chorus (metal / sung) 🎸 Here I am today! No mask, no chains, no role to play, Lost some love, found some truth, Bled my way back into youth. Here I am today! No bullshit, just scars on display, I’ve been up, been down, been all in-between, This is who I am—raw and mean. Verse 2 (country-rap flow) Loved hard, lost fast, yeah I learned that way, Some hearts stay, some drift away, Late-night talks, cheap beers, lies, Promises cracked under pale moonlight. I chased ghosts down backroad lines, Heard my name in broken signs, Found love again in the wreckage and dust, Turns out fallin’ apart taught me how to trust. Pre-Chorus I don’t need clean lines or a pretty excuse, Every wrong turn taught me what I choose, I stand in the noise, I stand in the fray, I earned this voice, I earned this say. Chorus 🎸 Here I am today! Still loud, still proud, still in the fray, Love got lost, love came back scarred, Truth hit harder than it ever hit hard. Here I am today! No filter, no fake, no part to play, I’ve been torn, been found, been redeemed, This is who I am—don’t sugarcoat me. Bridge (half-time, heavy) Can’t make up my mind—don’t need to, Every sound I love tells the truth, Metal in my chest, dirt in my veins, Rap on my tongue, fire in my brain. Breakdown (spoken / screamed) I love it all— The pain, the peace, the in-between. If that makes me broken… Then I’ll stay real. Final Chorus (big) 🎸 Here I am today! Still breathin’ through the mess I made, Love lost, love found, lessons paid, I survived every word they said. Here I am today! No bullshit, no shame, no fade, All the scars, all the sound, all of me— This is who I am. This is who I’ll be. Outro Yeah… Here I am. Today.
