Street Scars

Yeah… I gave everything I had.

Now I’m coming back for everything I lost.

Look…

I grew up learning pain before I learned success,

Had a thousand things to say but I kept it in my

chest.

Everybody loves the winner,

nobody sees the stress,

Nobody saw the nights I was fighting with myself.

I put my trust in people,

they turned it into dust,

Told me they would stay,

then disappeared when it got rough.

Now I'm careful who I love,

careful who I call blood,

'Cause the deepest cuts came from the people that I trusted.

I had dreams bigger than the room I was sleeping in,

Had fear in my heart but I wouldn't let it win.

Every setback hit me,

I just took it on the chin,

Now I'm walking through the fire like I'm built to live within.

I know I've been broken,

I know I've been changed.

But every time life tried to bury me,

I came back with a flame.

I got nothing left to lose,

Nothing left to prove.

I've been down so many roads,

Now I know what I gotta do.

If they shut another door,

I'm breaking through the wall.

I ain't waiting for permission,

I was born to risk it all.

I got nothing left to lose,

Nothing left to lose.

I remember being young,

thinking life would be simple,

Then reality hit and it cracked the whole picture.

Had people saying “trust me” while they sharpened the scissors,

Now I read every smile and I study every whisper.

I ain't bitter, I'm aware,

there's a difference between the two,

I don't hate the ones who left,

they just showed me what they'd do.

Had to learn that being loyal doesn't mean they owe you too,

Sometimes loving somebody means you gotta choose you.

Now I'm focused on the future,

I don't live in yesterday,

All the pressure on my shoulders only taught me how to stay.

I was looking for a hand when I should've found my way,

Now I'm building something solid that nobody gets to take.

And if you see me smiling,

Don't assume I never cried.

There were storms behind my eyes

That I kept locked up inside.

But I'm still here.

Still standing.

Still dreaming.

Still fighting.

Maybe everything I lost

Was making room for what I'm becoming.

Now I'm stepping in the room like I own my reflection,

No more second-guessing, no more asking for acceptance.

They can talk from the sidelines,

I don't answer their opinions,

I'm too busy turning pressure into power and ambition.

I got fire in my lungs,

got a storm in my veins,

Every scar on my heart put a lesson in my brain.

You can doubt me if you want,

you can laugh at my name,

But when the lights come on,

I'ma make 'em remember the flame.

I don't need a crown,

I don't need their approval,

I know exactly who I am and exactly what I'm pursuing.

They can keep talking loud,

I got nothing to prove 'em,

'Cause the best response to doubt is becoming undeniable.

I lost friends.

I lost time.

I lost pieces of myself.

But I never lost the dream.

I got nothing left to lose,

Nothing left to prove.

I've been down so many roads,

Now I know what I gotta do.

If they shut another door,

I'm breaking through the wall.

I ain't waiting for permission,

I was born to risk it all.

I got nothing left to lose,

Nothing left to lose.

Yeah…

Maybe I wasn't falling.

Maybe I was learning how to land.

Nothing left to lose.

Everything left to become.