Brick by Blade

(yeah) (hmm-mmm) They shut the door,

I found a window,

Window broke, I built a wall,

Wall got higher, I kept climbing,

Now I'm standing over all.

They said my name like it meant nothing,

Like I was born to stay below,

But every time they pushed me backwards,

I found another way to go.

I wasn't gifted, I was stubborn,

I wasn't lucky, I stayed late,

While they were waiting for permission,

I was learning how to create.

Now I don't need their approval,

I don't need their empty praise,

I remember eating doubt for breakfast,

Now I'm feeding on the days.

(let's go)

I came too far to turn around,

I came too hard to lose,

Every scar became a compass,

Every failure showed the route.

I was invisible in the beginning,

Now they recognize the sound,

I didn't wait for someone to lift me,

I learned how to lift the ground.

Let them talk about the ending,

They were missing every page,

I was writing through the darkness,

Turning pressure into rage.

I don't owe the world an explanation,

I just owe myself the proof,

If they thought I would disappear,

They should've watched me break the roof.

I came from rejection,

Now rejection made me strong,

Every place that said I couldn't fit Was where I learned I

don't belong. Now I'm building something bigger,

Something nobody can erase,

I didn't win because they loved me,

I won because I kept my pace.

(yeah) (watch me now)

I won because I kept my pace... (shhh)