Run the Race

(uh) Ready?

They said I wouldn't make it,

said I'm wasting my time Said I'm chasing a dream that was

never mine Every laugh,

every whisper, every "give it up"

I collected 'em all,

now I'm filling my cup With the hate,

with the doubt, with the "you ain't enough" That's the reason I'm

up when the world's still asleep That's the reason I'm grinding when

it cuts too deep Every "no" is a battery,

every sneer is a spark Every doubter in the dark is a

match in my heart So keep running your mouth,

I'll keep running my race Every word that you spit is a

slap to my face And I need it,

I bleed it, I feed on the pain Every storm that you

send me just sharpens the flame

They said I'm too old,

too young, too late,

too small Said I'd never stand up,

said I'd trip and fall But the ground that I'm bleeding on

taught me to rise Every scar on my body is a win

in disguise I don't want your pity,

I don't want your hand I want every single soul that ever

said I can't To watch me keep moving when I shouldn't have

breath Turn the hate in my veins to a war against death

I'm a product of pressure,

a diamond from dirt Every word that could kill me just taught

me to work So I'm grateful for the ones who counted me

out 'Cause the fire that they started is the fire I'm about

4 AM,

in the booth, blood on the pad Every line is a middle

finger to the past Every syllable swung like a fist through the

glass I don't sleep,

I don't rest, I don't stop,

I don't crash I'm a machine built from "you'll never be enough"

I'm a monster that was made from the people who gave up

So I run through the wall,

then I run through the next Every hate in my ear is

a weight off my chest I'm not chasing the crown,

I'm not chasing the fame I'm just chasing the feeling of proving

them lame Every "no" is a reason,

every "stop" is a go

Every hater in the crowd is a reason to blow

Every punch, every hit,

every debt, every stress,

every thing I regret Every person who left when the going got

rough Every time I had nothing and it still wasn't enough Every

whisper, every stare, every "who does he think" Every time I was

drowning and they watched me sink Every fake,

every fraud, every phony,

every lie Every "you'll never fly," every "don't even try" Every pain,

every punch, every push,

every shove Every single damn thing that I rose above That's the

fuel, that's the fire,

that's the reason I'm here Every "no" that they gave me is

the reason I'm near So keep talking,

keep doubting, keep counting me out 'Cause the hate that you gave

me is the fire I'm about Every word,

every wound, every war,

every scar Is the reason I'm still standing