Built from Nothing

Intro)

Yeah…

They told me slow down, I sped it up

Told me be quiet, I said too much

(Verse 1)

I was dreamin’ in a room with the paint still crackin’

No applause, just doubt in the back end

They don’t see the nights I was fightin’ my mind

Tryna turn pressure into somethin’ divine

Mama said “boy, keep faith in your chest”

But faith don’t pay when you fail every test

Now I walk in rooms like I built the place

But I still see fear when I look in my face

(Pre-Chorus)

I been up, I been down, I been lost, I been found

Tryna turn every scar into part of my crown

(Chorus)

I built this life from nothin’, yeah

Turned my pain into somethin’, yeah

They don’t know what it cost me now

But I’m too far, can’t stop me now

I was low but I rose somehow

Had to lose just to know me now

If you doubt, better watch me now

I built myself, no stoppin’ now

(Verse 2)

I done talked to God in the silence alone

When nobody cared if I made it home

Now they screenshot dreams I was scared to say

Funny how they believe when you’re on display

I don’t need validation, I needed the scars

Every loss turned lessons, every wound turned art

Yeah, I flex, but it’s deeper than gold

It’s the story of a soul that refused to be sold

(Bridge)

If I fall, I’ma fall into purpose

If I bleed, I’ma bleed for the surface

Of a life they said I would never reach

Now my voice what they beg me to preach

(Chorus)

I built this life from nothin’, yeah

Turned my pain into somethin’, yeah

They don’t know what it cost me now

But I’m too far, can’t stop me now

(Outro)

Yeah…

You ever had to build yourself?

From zero?

Then you know…