You Wouldn't Recognize Me

**(Hook)** You wouldn't recognize me if you saw me today, Too much changed, too much pain, too much got rearranged, I became who I am through the shit that I faced, Wish you could've watched me grow, wish you could've seen the change. You wouldn't recognize me, but I'd know you in a second, Even after all these years, you're forever my reflection, I just wish you were alive so I could show you the progression, Tell you everything I learned from all the losses and the lessons. **(Verse 1)** I was different back then, I was living reckless-minded, Had a lot of shit inside me that I never knew to silence, Now I'm older, more reflective, more selective with my energy, Turned the chaos into art, turned the trauma into melodies. You remember who I was, but you never got to witness Who I became after the pain started forcing me to pivot, Every scar became a chapter, every failure was a sentence, Every loss became a lesson that I carry in my presence. I wish you could've seen the way I started taking music serious, Started putting all my demons into something people hear in it, Started writing from the heart instead of hiding what was buried, Started turning all the pain into a legacy to carry. And sometimes I imagine that you're standing in the doorway, Looking at the person that I became from all the wrong ways, You'd probably shake your head and laugh at some of my mistakes, Then tell me that you're proud and tell me, "Bro, you found your way." **(Hook)** You wouldn't recognize me if you saw me today, Too much changed, too much pain, too much got rearranged, I became who I am through the shit that I faced, Wish you could've watched me grow, wish you could've seen the change. You wouldn't recognize me, but I'd know you in a second, Even after all these years, you're forever my reflection, I just wish you were alive so I could show you the progression, Tell you everything I learned from all the losses and the lessons. **(Verse 2)** You wouldn't recognize the battles that I had to overcome, The nights I spent alone wondering what the fuck I'd become, The mistakes that I regretted, all the damage I'd done, Or the person I became when I finally chose to confront it. You wouldn't recognize the confidence that's underneath the fear, Or the way I turn the heartbreak into something people hear, Or the way I keep your memory whenever I get near To a moment where the pressure makes me question why I'm here. I don't mean I forgot you, that's impossible to do, You're embedded in the person that I am and always knew, Every lesson, every memory, every piece of me is proof That a brother leaves an imprint that survives beyond the truth. So if there's somewhere you can see me, I hope you're watching close, I hope you see me keep my promises when everything gets cold, I hope you hear me say your name every time I grab the microphone, 'Cause the man I'm becoming is still carrying you home. **(Bridge)** I changed, But I didn't change my heart, I grew, But you were there from the start. If you could see me now, I'd tell you everything, And if I could trade it all, I'd trade it just to hear you sing. **(Final Hook)** You wouldn't recognize me if you saw me today, Too much changed, too much pain, too much got rearranged, I became who I am through the shit that I faced, Wish you could've watched me grow, wish you could've seen the change. You wouldn't recognize me, but I'd know you in a second, Even after all these years, you're forever my reflection, I just wish you were alive so I could show you the progression, Tell you everything I learned from all the losses and the lessons. You wouldn't recognize me, But I hope you'd recognize the heart, 'Cause everything I became Still carries where we started.