Unshakable Truth

(hmmmm) Some words stay longer than the people who say them,

Some doubts become voices that follow where you take them,

I carried their opinions like they were facts,

Until I learned my own voice could talk back.

They said I wasn't ready,

said I wasn't enough,

Said the road I wanted

would always be too tough,

But I stopped measuring myself through their eyes,

And started looking at the person

I could become with time.

I don't need to prove them wrong,

I need to prove myself right,

Every morning gives me another chance To become the man I see

at night. (yeah)

I took every criticism,

separated truth from fear,

Kept what made me better,

left the rest behind here,

Now the voices that once controlled my mind

Are becoming distant every time I climb.

I don't need to prove them wrong,

I need to prove myself right,

Every morning gives me another chance To become the man I see

at night.

(let's go)

I don't carry their judgment anymore,

I don't knock on those old doors,

My future isn't waiting for their permission,

It's waiting for my next decision.