[Intro – Low Piano, Bell Toll, Spoken Prayer]
Lord…
I didn’t ask for the weight.
But since You put it on me—
teach me how to lift.
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[Verse 1 – DMX Cadence, Raw and Personal]
Pressure on my chest like the world want blood,
Still talk to God even when I’m misunderstood.
They saw the fall, never saw the crawl,
Never saw me pray with my back on the wall.
Lost more than money, lost sleep, lost peace,
Lost people I loved, still ain’t lose belief.
Pain kept knockin’, I ain’t change address,
Let it in, shut the door, made it part of my flesh.
They say pressure burst pipes—
nah, it reveal truth.
Show you who really built
and who bulletproof.
I ain’t fold, I ain’t freeze, I ain’t fake—
I stood still while my whole soul shake.
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[Hook – DMX Call-and-Response]
Pressure made me! (WHAT!)
Pain raised me! (HOW!)
Every scar you see right now
just upgraded me!
Pressure made me! (STAND UP!)
Stress trained me! (WHY!)
I ain’t crack when the load got heavy—
I became me!
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[Verse 2 – Darker, Spiritual Warfare Tone]
I been crushed by expectations I ain’t choose,
Judged by mouths that never paid dues.
They quit when it hurt, I knelt when it broke,
Faith ain’t a quote—it’s the rope that I hold.
I ain’t ask God for comfort or ease,
I asked for truth, He gave me knees.
Showed me strength don’t look like peace—
Sometimes it look like don’t quit, breathe.
Every tear watered somethin’ in me,
Every loss carved authority.
I don’t flex survival, I wear it quiet,
But understand—I was built through riots.
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[Hook – Louder, More Aggressive]
Pressure made me! (TELL ‘EM!)
Pain shaped me! (FACTS!)
Every time I thought I’d break,
I adapted!
Pressure made me! (LISTEN!)
Fire trained me! (WHY!)
You don’t get this kind of backbone
without gravity!
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[Bridge – Spoken, Almost Growled]
You ever notice…
the strongest steel
been in the hottest fire?
I ain’t lucky.
I’m forged.
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[Verse 3 – Final Command, Controlled Fury]
I don’t envy nobody path but mine,
‘Cause I know what it cost to cross that line.
They want blessings without the breaking stage,
But pressure the ink God write my page.
I don’t talk pain for sympathy,
I talk pain ‘cause it disciplining me.
Every hit taught me where to stand,
Every fall put power in my hands.
So when they say “how you still upright?”
I say “ask the nights I survived.”
I ain’t rise ‘cause it was easy to see—
I rose ‘cause pressure
refused to beat me.
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[Final Hook – Anthem, Barked]
PRESSURE MADE ME! (NO DOUBT!)
PAIN RAISED ME! (STAND STRONG!)
I WAS BUILT IN THE DARK
WHEN THE HELP WAS GONE!
PRESSURE MADE ME! (LISTEN!)
STRESS SHAPED ME! (FACTS!)
IF YOU SEE A KING STANDIN’ HERE—
REMEMBER THAT!
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[Outro – Bell Fades, One Line]
Pressure didn’t break me…
it introduced me to myself.
