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…

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