You Thought You Could Stop Me

[Verse] Shadowboxing with my thoughts, ghosts in the attic, Mind doing laps, marathon, it's erratic. Chains on my spirit, but I’m Houdini escaping, Locked in the dungeon, but I’m still reshaping. Tried to mute my voice, but the echoes got louder, Built my own tower from the rubble and powder. Memories burn, ash clouds in my chest, Still I rise, phoenix feathers, never rest. [Prechorus] They counted me out, But the numbers don’t add up. I flipped the equation, Now the math's looking corrupt. [Chorus] You thought you could stop me, But I’m still running free. You thought you could break me, But I’m stronger than you see. You thought you could bury me, But I’m roots in the ground— Growing higher, reaching skyward, Can’t keep me down. [Verse 2] Mug shots in my mind, framed by mistakes, But I turned ‘em to mosaics, beauty in the breaks. Life dealt me a hand, no aces, just jokers, Now I shuffle the deck, pulling wins from the smokers. Boulders on my shoulders, Atlas in disguise, Eyes on the horizon, stars in my skies. Fought wars in my psyche, scars are my ink, Writing verses from the trenches, makes a man think.