[Intro – Brass + Light Snare Rolls] (Batiste plays a bold rising piano line.) Yeah… I been burned, bruised, bent, beaten— But never broken. There’s steel in me now. I feel it. ⸻ [Verse 1] 🎶 Everything I lived through hit vein-deep, Tried to cut my soul, tried to steal my sleep. But every scar I earned got a shine on it, Every tear I dropped got a line on it. March took her, April took breath, July came close with a shadow of death. November hit too with the job gone cold, But my backbone stayed and my faith got bold. Pressure on pressure but courage grew, Stronger than the storms I was walking through. Didn’t know what God built till life got rough, Turns out my soul made of tougher stuff. 🎶 ⸻ [Hook – Choir + Wayne] 🎶 I got steel in my veins, Strength in my blood, Hope in my bones, Faith in the flood. You can test me with fire, But flames just reveal— I ain’t breaking, I’m steel. 🎶 ⸻ [Verse 2] 🎶 Fear tried creeping back like a thief at night, But I locked that door and stood upright. See, grief don’t vanish, it grows your frame, It shapes your heart, it fuels your flame. What I lost turned into what I carry, Pain ain’t easy but purpose ain’t scary. My son in my arms, that future I hold— That’s why I rise, that’s why I’m bold. God took my heart, then gave it back tougher, Made me a father, a fighter, a sufferer who recovers. So when trials come knocking like they want my soul— I stand up tall like a bell made of gold. 🎶 ⸻ [Bridge – Choir Echoes] 🎶 Steel in my veins, Fire in my breath, Strength in my steps— I rise from the depths. 🎶 (Wayne: “Yeah… I feel the metal settling in…”) ⸻ [Hook – Full Choir + Brass] 🎶 I got steel in my veins, Heat in my stride, God in my wounds, Truth on my side. You can melt me with fire, But I still reveal— I’m refined, I’m aligned, I’m steel. 🎶 ⸻ [Verse 3 – Spoken + Rap] Tried to bend me— but bending ain’t breaking. Tried to drown me— but breath came back shaking. I’m not the man I was… I’m the man forged from what I faced. 🎶 Turn ash to vision, Turn pain to mission, Turn loss to living, Turn wounds to wisdom. I ain’t perfect but I’m built to heal, My storm revealed what God made real. 🎶 ⸻ [Final Hook – Choir, Brass, Drums Strong] 🎶 I got steel in my veins, Not fear, not shame. Tried to break me— I rose in flame. Fire shaped me, God sealed the deal— Now the world gonna know: I’m steel. 🎶 ⸻ [Outro – Batiste Piano + Horn Fade] Steel in my veins… fire on my breath… and purpose in my chest. I’m still here. Stronger.

STEEL IN MY VEINS