BROKEN & STRONG [VERSE 1 — IMMEDIATE VOCALS, DARK PIANO + HARD DRUM POCKET] This year I met the darkest me, She looked me dead between the eyes. Wore my smile throughout the day, Then came undone every night. Every hit took something from me, Every loss cut something loose. Had a hundred ways to give up— But my soul refused to lose. Held up everybody else While I fell apart alone. Didn’t know how strong I was Till strength was all I owned. [PRE-CHORUS — BASS RISES, TOMS BUILD] Something in me shattered— I still feel it when I move. I came back with pieces missing And a different kind of truth. [ONE-BEAT SILENCE] I didn’t come back whole— But I came back. [CHORUS — MASSIVE 808 DROP, LAYER ONLY THE TITLE] BROKEN AND STRONG AT THE SAME DAMN TIME— Came back with pieces missing, Still I fought back to my feet. BROKEN AND STRONG, I SURVIVED WHAT TRIED TO BREAK ME— I’m not who I was. I’m who I fought to be. No, I didn’t come back whole— But I came back stronger. [VERSE 2 — QUICKER FLOW, HEAVIER KICK] Some of me is gone for good, I won’t lie and call it healing. There are wounds I learned to carry, There are nights I’m still revealing. Every “no” became a boundary. Every tear became a warning. Every time they thought they ended me, I dragged myself toward morning. I quit begging to be chosen. Quit shrinking to belong. They can call me damaged— But damaged never meant I’m done. [PRE-CHORUS — DRUMS PUSH HARDER] Something in me changed forever— Maybe that’s what saved my life. I stopped trying to be who I was And became the one who survived. [BEAT CUT] I didn’t come back quiet— I came back alive. [CHORUS — HARDER DROP, DOUBLE DRUMS] BROKEN AND STRONG AT THE SAME DAMN TIME— Came back with pieces missing, Still I fought back to my feet. BROKEN AND STRONG, I SURVIVED WHAT TRIED TO BREAK ME— I’m not who I was. I’m who I fought to be. No, I didn’t come back whole— But I came back stronger. [BRIDGE — HEARTBEAT BASS, CLOSE-MIC VOCAL] I still have days I disappear. Still have nights I fight my head. Strength doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt— It means the hurt ain’t won yet. I buried who I had to be To become the woman standing here. [DRUMS BUILD RAPIDLY] They took pieces— Not my power. They took years— Not my future. They left scars— But I’m still fucking here. [ONE-BAR SILENCE] [FINAL CHORUS — BIGGEST DROP, DOUBLE DRUMS + ELECTRIC VIOLIN CRIES] BROKEN AND STRONG AT THE SAME DAMN TIME— Came back with pieces missing, But I fought back to my feet. BROKEN AND STRONG, NOW THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD CAN SEE— I’m not who I was. I’M WHO I FOUGHT TO BE. I didn’t come back whole— I came back honest. I didn’t come back soft— I came back solid. Broken never meant weak. Broken never meant finished. I’m broken— And I’m still standing. [OUTRO — MUSIC STRIPS TO PIANO, FINAL BASS HIT] I didn’t come back whole— But, bitch… I came back.
