[Intro]
[record scratch, crowd murmur]
Yeah
Story of my life
Listen
[Verse 1]
Lunch line loner
Tray in my hand, eyes down on the tiles
Backpack ripped
Name in the stall, slurs written in piles
Teacher said “try harder”
I was just tryna dodge knives in the hallway
Bus route warzone
Went home, heard two TVs, two doorways
Mama on the couch
Daddy somewhere, new kids, new house
I learned early
Love walks out when the bills run out
Report card red like sirens
I stopped even tryna pretend
Dropped out, clocked in
Tattooed “never again” on my skin
[Chorus]
Story of my life, they said I’d die in the gutter (yeah)
Said I’d be nothin’, just a number in a folder (uh)
Now I make the ground shake every time that I come through (bounce)
Outcast, outlaw, still too real for your classroom
Story of my life, turned my scars into armor (hey!)
Every bruise, every charge made my hunger sharper
You can keep your gold star, keep your cap and gown too
I got ink on my record, I got truth in my tattoos
[Verse 2]
First charge, cold bars
Handcuffs tight, cold air in the squad car
Asked my name like a joke
Mugshot flash, I stared back hard
Probation, new station
Clocking cheap shifts on the night floor
Steel toes, sore bones
Still felt broke to the core
They laughed at my clothes
“Hand-me-down clown,” echo in the stairwell
Same ones hit my phone now
“Bro, you home now?” begging for a co-sign, oh well
I ain’t forget them lockers slamming on my face
I ain’t forget that birthday
No cake, just a court date
[Chorus]
Story of my life, they said I’d die in the gutter (yeah)
Said I’d be nothin’, just a number in a folder (skrrt)
Now I make the ground shake every time that I come through (bounce, bounce)
Outcast, outlaw, still too real for your classroom
Story of my life, turned my scars into armor (uh)
Every bruise, every charge made my hunger sharper
You can keep your gold star, keep your cap and gown too
I got ink on my record, I got truth in my tattoos
[Bridge]
Who you call a dropout?
I dropped out that box you built
Who you call a lost cause?
I’m the cause you feel that tilt
They wrote me off
Now they copy every slang that I talk in (talk in)
You did it for diplomas
I did it just to keep walkin’ (keep walkin’)
[Chorus]
Story of my life, they said I’d die in the gutter (yeah)
Said I’d be nothin’, just a number in a folder
Now I make the ground shake every time that I come through (come through)
Outcast, outlaw, still too real for your classroom
Story of my life, turned my scars into armor (hey!)
Every bruise, every charge made my hunger sharper
You can keep your gold star, keep your cap and gown too
I got ink on my record, I got truth in my tattoos (tattoos)