[Verse 1]
Fell through the floor
Met the cold at the bottom
Pocket full of smoke
And a head full of problem
Mama said, "Baby
Don't let it name you"
I been in the dirt
Still moving like I came through
Took hits from the world
Took more from myself
Had to learn real quick
Ain't nobody gon' help
Seen my own face
In a busted-up mirror
Eyes like a war
But the path got clearer
[Pre-Chorus]
One step, two step
Out the mud, out the bruise
If I lose it all
I still got something to lose
Hands on the wheel
With the night in my teeth
I don't need a road
I make one underneath
[Chorus]
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
I paved my own way
When they thought I was lost
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
Still got scars on me
But I came up from the cost
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
(I paved my own way)
No more chain on my name
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
(I paved my own way)
Now I walk through the flame
[Verse 2]
Neon in my head
But I never chased shine
Had to build from a crack
Then I made it a line
Every "can't" that they said
Turned to fuel in my chest
Every door in my face
Made me push even less? No, best
Sleep in my eyes
But my focus stayed sharp
Turn pain into stone
Then I carved me a heart
If the world wants a war
I ain't waiting to flee
I was buried alive
Now I'm breaking the key
[Pre-Chorus]
One step, two step
Out the mud, out the bruise
If I lose it all
I still got something to lose
Hands on the wheel
With the night in my teeth
I don't need a road
I make one underneath
[Chorus]
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
I paved my own way
When they thought I was lost
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
Still got scars on me
But I came up from the cost
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
(I paved my own way)
No more chain on my name
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
(I paved my own way)
Now I walk through the flame
[Bridge]
If I had nothing
I had the hunger
If I had fear
I fed it to thunder
Rising from zero
With my name in the dust
I don't ask for a lane
I build one from rust
[Final Chorus]
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
I paved my own way
When they thought I was lost
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
Still got scars on me
But I came up from the cost
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
(I paved my own way)
No more chain on my name
I paved my own way
Out of rock bottom
(I paved my own way)
Now I walk through the flame