Unashamed

Verse
There ain’t a motherfucker breathing that can weaponize my past,
I’ll pull up a chair and tell it all—slow burn, start to last.
Every bruise, every bad turn, every night I barely made,
I don’t dodge it, I don’t duck it, I don’t rewrite what I became.
I lived it, I survived it, paid the toll in real-time,
You whisper from the shadows—I was standing in the fire.

Pre-Chorus
You call it dirt, I call it proof,
You spread it thin, I lived the truth,
What you’re trying to use as shame
Is the reason I still stand unchained.

Chorus
Your gossip is my testimony,
Your rumors just set me free,
I made peace with every version
Of the man I used to be.
Say my name, tell my story,
I won’t run, I won’t explain—
I already faced my past head-on
And walked away unchanged.

Verse 2
I ain’t scared of open books or skeletons in light,
I stopped fighting ghosts when I learned to sleep at night.
Every scar’s a chapter, every sin a lesson learned,
I don’t burn pages anymore—I let ‘em turn.
If growth makes you uncomfortable, that’s a you thing, friend,
I shook hands with my demons, now they don’t speak again.

Bridge (half-time, talk-sing)
You can’t embarrass someone
Who already told the truth.
You can’t break a man
Who forgave himself before you moved.

Final Chorus (bigger, meaner calm)
Your gossip is my testimony,
Your noise just proves I healed,
I made peace with everything
I hid, I fought, I feel.
So go on—say it louder,
I won’t flinch, I won’t explain,
I buried shame a long time ago…
And rose up unashamed.

Outro
I don’t rewrite history—
I redeemed it.

Outlaw country, male