[Verse]
Born in the rubble, dreams buried in the gravel,
Hands bruised from battles, mind sharp like a scalpel.
Mama cried silent, pops gone distant,
Hunger in my stomach, life felt resistant.
They called me nothing, shadows whispered my fate,
But I sharpened every insult, turned it into a blade.
I cut through the dark, left scars on the night,
Wrote my pain in the margins, now my future's in sight.
[Chorus]
I rose above, yeah, I rose above,
Turned hate to fuel, turned pain to love.
They said I'd drown, but I swam through the flood,
Now I give back, and I rise above.
[Verse 2]
Classroom jokes, they’d laugh, I’d smirk,
Behind my notebook, I was planning my work.
They saw a ghost, I saw a fire,
Turned their doubt into steps climbing higher.
Wasn't just fists, I fought with my will,
Turned the bruises to bricks, built a house on the hill.
Now I see them staring, mouths agape,
But I don’t spit venom, I offer escape.
[Prechorus]
You can’t chain the wind, can’t cage the sun,
Every storm I’ve faced, now I’m the one.