Unbreakable Core

Yeah...

They counted me out.

Every time. Every single time.

But counting's all they ever did

— they never learned to add. (hmmm)

Started at the bottom with a dream and a doubt,

same voice in my head that said "you'll never get out."

Failed once, failed twice,

failed a hundred times more,

wore my failures like a jacket,

walked through every closed door.

They said "kid, give it up,

you ain't built for the grind,"

I said "maybe you're right,"

then I changed my whole mind.

'Cause a loss ain't a lesson 'til you learn how to lose,

and a bruise ain't a break — it's just proof that you

moved. So I moved.

Then I moved. Then I moved through the pain,

every setback a rep,

every storm taught me rain

ain't the end of the story,

it's a page that I turn,

every bridge that they burned just a fire that I learned from.

Now the tempo switchin',

heart in my chest,

used to pray for a break,

now I pray for the test,

'cause I passed every one that they threw in my way —

turned a "no" to a "watch this," turned a night to a

day.

I'm still here

— after everything they said,

still here

— with the voices in my head,

still here

— turned the pain into a flame,

still here

— and I'll never be the same.

Still here. Still here.

Still here. (ooh-yeah)

Okay

— flip it — I was down,

now I'm up, now I'm different,

every L that I took was a loan with the interest of

a lesson I cashed in the second I listened,

now I'm countin' my blessings and not what I'm missin'.

They was laughin' when I was just startin' to crawl,

now they quiet — the same ones who said I would fall.

I ain't bitter — I'm better — I'm built from the wreck,

put my foot on the gas,

put my pride in my chest.

Used to doubt, used to stress,

used to stare at the ceiling,

now I'm makin' the moves that they said I was dreamin'.

Every scar is a bar,

every tear is a line,

every "no" was a "not yet,"

and now it's my time.

They don't know what it took.

They don't know what it cost.

All the nights that I lost...

just to stand where I stand.

(ahhhh) But I'm standin'.

LET'SGO

— I been through the fire,

the flood, and the fall,

every wall that I hit just another brick in my call,

I don't stall, I don't stop,

I don't break, I don't bend,

I'm the storm that they prayed on,

I'm the means to the end,

I'm the proof in the pudding,

I'm the blood in the pen,

I'm the "never again" that I swore way back then,

now I'm ten for the ten,

now I'm all in the win,

turned a loss to a launch,

turned a maybe to when,

WHEN they counted me out I was countin' my rounds,

every round I got up was a crown I ain't found,

now I'm crowned, now I'm loud,

now I'm proud, now I'm here,

every doubt in the crowd disappear when I'm near,

I ain't runnin' no more — I'm the one they run from,

I ain't chasin' the dream — I'm the dream,

I'm the sum, of the blood and the sweat and the tears

and the years, I'm the "watch what I do," I'm the "conquer

your fears," SO — bring the pressure,

bring the pain, bring the weight,

I was built in the dark,

I was forged in the hate,

now I'm lightin' the sky like I'm owed every star — they

said "know your place" — I said "watch me go far."

(ha!) I'm... still...

here.

Failure after failure...

and I'm still standing.

Still breathing.

Still here.

Still here. (hmmm)