[Verse] Dark rooms, no windows Just shadows and fear Locked up by blood Year after year My own flesh and bone Turned stone cold inside Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide [Prechorus] But a spark still glowed Deep down low Had to flip that script Turn pain into gold Scale tip slow when you stuck in that hell Had to pray in the dark, had to break out the spell Hear that bass in my chest like a funeral drum But I’m stacking up light ’til the blessing gon’ come Whispers in the walls say I never gon’ win I just load another good deed, weigh it on the sin From the gutter to the grave they expected me to fold Now I’m stompin’ on the devil, turnin’ pressure into gold [Chorus] Tipping the scales Yeah, (tipping the scales) Every good deed a hammer, a nail Building my freedom From prison and pain Washing away the past in the pouring rain Tipping the scales Oh (tipping the scales) [Verse 2] School bells ringing I only heard chains Missed all the sunshine Just felt all the pains They said I was bad A rotten seed grown But I planted new gardens All on my own [Bridge] They tried to break me Tried to dim my light But my spirit rose up Burning ever so bright Forgiveness a river Washing over my soul Making my brokenness Finally whole I was counting the cuts, every scar, every lie Now I’m counting the stars lighting up my sky From the child in the dark to the one who escaped I’ve been bending every bar ’til my future got shaped All that weight on my back, I was doomed to fail Now I’m bench-pressing trauma, putting grace on the scale Hear the chains hit the ground when I step through the fire Every lesson that I learn put a brick in my choir [Chorus] Tipping the scales Yeah (tipping the scales) Every good deed a hammer, a nail Building my freedom From prison and pain Washing away the blood and the guilt from my brain Tipping the scales Yeah, (tipping the scales) Collecting my blessings like weight on the plate From Dallas to heaven I'm changing my fate Tipping the scales Oh (tipping the scales)
