[Verse 1 ] I was eight when the ceiling came down in the night Plate on the table, then nothing was right Didn’t know borders, didn’t know names Just knew the sky shouldn’t sound like planes Mama pulled me through dust and glass Bare feet cut on the street we passed Same wall I drew on the week before Now it’s split wide open like a broken door My father said “stay,” said he’d be fine Last thing I heard in a shaking line I waited for him till the daylight came But the sun showed up… and he never came They said it was needed, said it was just I just watched my whole life turn to dust ⸻ [Verse 2] We left with a bag that wouldn’t zip closed Mama packed grief in between our clothes Bus full of silence, nobody spoke Just eyes that had already seen too much smoke Checkpoint lines, rifles and stares Men yelling orders I couldn’t hear Mama held papers like that was our name Like ink on a page could prove we’re the same I learned how to sleep with my shoes still on In case we had to move before the dawn Stopped asking questions, just followed her lead When “where are we going?” gets harder to speak They stamped my name, said “start again” But I still hear it how my father said it back then ⸻ [Chorus] It was your bombs that brought me here What do you know about living in fear? You watched that war from far away I felt that night turn into day You call it war — I lost my home Now I’m out here on my own I didn’t choose the road I’m on I’m just what’s left when the war is gone ⸻ [Verse 3] Now I’m grown in a place that still feels loaned Working long hours just to hold my own People look twice when I say my name Like I showed up here just to take, not change They ask me why I came this far Like I had a map, like I chose this part Like I didn’t run with a life half-buried In a place where the ground still shakes when it’s quiet and heavy I learned your streets, I learned your tone Still feel like a guest in a place I roam Every loud sound make my chest cave in Like I’m back in that night all over again I don’t want pity, I don’t want blame Just don’t act like we started the same ⸻ [Bridge] You ever ran with nowhere to go? Ever lost everything you know? Ever had to rebuild your name In a world that don’t see your pain? ⸻ [Verse 4] I don’t hate you — you ain’t decide You just born on the safer side But somewhere high where the orders came My whole life burned without my name You went to work, you slept that night We hid in dark from falling light You saw headlines, numbers, reports I saw my mother fall apart So when you ask me why I’m here Just understand what brought me here I didn’t cross for something new I crossed because I had nothing to lose ⸻ [Outro] It was your bombs that brought me here… I’m still carrying what they did
