Finally Mine

I was only three…

Too young to understand

Why home never felt like home

But I understand it now…

I grew up hearing bottles hit the floor

Daddy drinking, I was scared to open the door Mama had her

demons, couldn't always be there And strangers came around who never should've

been there

Desde los tres, I learned to read the room Smile on my

face while I waited for the gloom I was just a kid,

but I carried grown-up pain Wondering why my childhood never felt the

same

Family was supposed to be the safest place But somebody I trusted

crossed a line that can't be erased

I won't give those memories a name But I know it wasn't

my fault, and I'll never take the blame

I kept asking, “Why me?” Why couldn't I just be free?

Pero nadie me escuchó

So I learned to rescue me

At sixteen, I had nowhere to go With a heart full of

things nobody knows Me fui con mi tía,

started building again Turned the worst of my past into strength in

the end I was just a child,

but I made it through Todo lo que perdí no me define,

it's true They gave me reasons to believe I wouldn't survive But

at sixteen, I finally started feeling alive

I moved into my aunt's and the air felt different No more

walking on eggshells, no more second-guessing For the first time,

I could close my eyes and rest For the first time,

I could dream about what's next I started doing better,

started finding my voice Learning I could have a future,

learning I had a choice Ya no soy aquella niña con miedo

de la noche I'm becoming somebody they can never take from me

I don't hate the little girl that I used to be She

deserved protection, she deserved to feel free And when I look back,

I don't see someone weak I see a fighter who kept going

when life got bleak

To the little me…

You didn't cause any of this

You deserved love

You deserved peace You deserved a childhood

And I'm sorry nobody told you sooner…

But I'm here now.

At sixteen, I had nowhere to go But I found a place

where I could finally grow Me fui con mi tía,

started building again And I won't let my past decide who I

am I was just a child,

but I made it through Ahora sé que mi futuro belongs to

me too They gave me reasons to believe I'd never survive But

at sixteen, I finally started feeling alive

Three years old… Sixteen years later… Still standing

No fue mi culpa

No me define I'm still here… And I'm finally mine.