Built to Rise

(hmmm, yeah) I had a pocket full of nothing but a dream,

Cold nights, cheap lights,

chasing something I couldn't see.

They said, "You ain't built for it,

better know your place," So I turned every doubt into fuel for

the race. No handouts,

no shortcuts, no silver spoon,

I was working while the whole damn city slept till noon.

Every loss left a scar,

every scar made me strong,

I kept walking through the dark when they said I wouldn't last

long.

I remember every door that wouldn't let me in,

Every "no" became a reason I would try again.

Had nothing in my hands,

but fire in my soul,

Now I'm coming for the life they said I'd never hold.

I built it from nothing,

brick by brick, Fell down seven times,

still came back quick.

Nobody gave me a road,

so I made my own,

Turned an empty room into a kingdom of my own.

I built it from nothing,

blood, sweat, pain, Lost a lot of battles but I stayed in

the game. Now when they look at me,

they see what I've become,

But they never saw the nights when I was fighting with none.

I missed birthdays,

missed sleep, missed calls from friends,

Had to bet on myself when the money wouldn't stretch.

Dreams don't come cheap,

I paid every price,

Sacrificed comfort just to change my life.

There were days I nearly quit,

yeah, I won't lie,

Staring at the ceiling asking myself why.

Then I heard that little voice saying,

"Get back up," So I wiped off the dust and went back

to the grind.

Every setback tried to bury me alive,

But pressure made a fighter and the fighter survived.

I wasn't born lucky,

I was built through the storm,

Now the same road that broke me is the road that made

me strong.

Now the lights are on,

but I remember the dark,

I remember that hunger,

I remember that spark.

If I could talk to the man who had nothing back then,

I'd say, "Keep going,

brother — this is not where it ends."

(keep going, brother, yeah) I built it from nothing,

watch me rise, Turned all those broken dreams into a brand-new life.

They counted me out,

but I never stayed down,

Now I'm standing on the top of the world I built from

the ground. I built it from nothing,

this is my proof,

Every scar on my heart tells the story of the truth.

Started with a dream when I had no one,

Now I look at the sky and say,

"Look what I've done."

Nothing in my hands...

Everything in my heart...

Started with a dream...

And I built it from the dark.