Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 I was just a brown-skinned girl with open hands No armor on my heart, no one understand They said, “Be strong,” but never asked me why I learned to swallow pain before I learned to cry Mama busy surviving, world moving fast I was growing up inside the aftermath Every silence left a bruise on my mind Every “you’ll be fine” left me behind Pre-Chorus I carried things a child shouldn’t know Smiles covering wounds I never showed I needed safety, I got survival Love felt conditional Chorus I was unprotected, wide open in the fire Grew up with the hurt, yeah it wired my desire Some days I’m up, feel like I can touch the sky Some nights I’m low, can’t look myself in the eye They call it bipolar, but they don’t know It started with a little girl nobody held close Verse 2 I learned how to read a room before a book Learned how to disappear with just one look Men saw my body before my age Took pieces of me, left me with rage I move fast when the pain feels slow Talk all night, then I don’t say a word for days though Love me loud, then I run away Scared if I stay, you’ll see the break Pre-Chorus I’m not crazy, I’m conditioned From a life where I wasn’t listened If you knew what I survived You’d see why I’m split inside Chorus I was unprotected, wide open in the fire Grew up with the hurt, yeah it wired my desire Some days I’m up, feel like I can touch the sky Some nights I’m low, can’t look myself in the eye They call it bipolar, but they don’t know It started with a little girl nobody held close Bridge Don’t label my pain without the story Don’t judge my waves, you don’t know the storm in me I didn’t wake up this way by choice I learned to scream without a voice If I’m too much, it’s ‘cause I carried too much If I pull away, it’s ‘cause love never stayed long enough I’m healing in rhythm, learning my pace Trying to love the girl trauma made Break (soft, half-sung) I needed protection I needed direction I needed someone to say “You’re safe” Final Chorus I was unprotected, but I’m still here Turning all that pain into something real Some days I shine, some days I ache But I’m learning how to stay They call it bipolar, I call it truth A grown woman surviving what she lived through Outro I was an unprotected child But I’m my own safe place now Yeah… I’m my own safe place now
Tags
R&B
Duration
3:29
Instrumental
No
Created
1/7/2026