Worth the scars

Listen...

this ain't just my story.

This is for anybody about to walk through it.

You gon' hurt.

You gon' heal.

You gon' earn every scar.

Let me tell you what nobody told me.

Nobody warns you 'bout the cost when you start chasing something real

They just hand you the dream and forget to mention how it

feels When the people that you love start to look at you

different When the ones you called your day ones start to move

with a distance Love gon' hurt,

that's just the truth,

don't let nobody lie to you The same hands that hold you

close can be the hands that cut you through Success gon' hurt

too — bigger plate,

bigger target Everybody want a piece but nobody want the hardship

So when they smile in your face,

watch the knife in they hand When they clap when you win

but they pray you don't stand When the ones you held closest

are the first ones to fold Just remember what I told you

— you ain't walking alone

It's worth the scars,

worth the pain I know it don't feel like it now,

but you'll see it one day Worth the scars,

worth the fight

You gon' bleed, you gon' break,

but you'll make it through the night Worth the scars,

worth the rain

Every storm that they send you just gon' sharpen the flame Worth

the scars,

worth it all

You gon' stumble, you gon' fall,

but you gon' walk through it all

Worth the scars

They gon' use you when you useful,

then discard you when you're not They gon' tell you that they

love you while they plot behind the spot Love gon' cost you

more than money, cost you sleep,

cost you peace Cost you looking in the mirror wondering who you

used to be But don't let it turn you cold,

don't let it make you like them Take the lesson,

take the scar, take the pain and make it gem 'Cause the

ones who broke you down?

They gon' fade into the past And the ones who held you

up? That's the love that's gon' last

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It's worth the scars,

worth the pain I know it don't feel like it now,

but you'll see it one day Worth the scars,

worth the fight

You gon' bleed, you gon' break,

but you'll make it through the night Worth the scars,

worth the rain

Every storm that they send you just gon' sharpen the flame Worth

the scars,

worth it all

You gon' stumble, you gon' fall,

but you gon' walk through it all

Worth the scars You ain't alone in it.

Every scar you earn

is proof you survived.

Love gon' hurt. Success gon' hurt.

But you gon' make it.

Worth the scars.

Every single one.