[Verse 1]
Grew up where the glass stays cracked
Same block, same sirens in the back
Sad faces in the hallway mirror
Ink on my skin make the mission clearer
Mama said “boy, you better move different”
I was chasing any feeling, calling it ambition
Addiction in the alleys, deals in the park
We were playing with the fire just to light up the dark
[Chorus]
Hood inspiration, I was built in the flames
Turn my pain into power, carve my name in the grain
Yeah I’m willing, still breathing through the friction
Turn a sad little story to a loud transmission
Hood inspiration, this is more than a vision
I got scars, I got flaws, I got fuel for the mission
Yeah I’m willing, keep pushing through the friction
Turn a sad little story to a loud transmission
[Verse 2]
Chain-link fence, kicked holes in the gate
Teachers said I’d end up chalk on the pavement
I was too loud, too wild, too stubborn to listen
Now that same big mouth got the whole room twitching
Told the kids on the corner “you ain’t doomed here”
We can bleed, we can break, we can bloom here
From the gutter to the stage, from the quiet to the roar
Every bruise is a drum, every loss is a chord
[Chorus]
Hood inspiration, I was built in the flames
Turn my pain into power, carve my name in the grain
Yeah I’m willing, still breathing through the friction
Turn a sad little story to a loud transmission
Hood inspiration, this is more than a vision
I got scars, I got flaws, I got fuel for the mission
Yeah I’m willing, keep pushing through the friction
Turn a sad little story to a loud transmission