Built From the Bruises

🎤 VERSE 1 — “THE WOUNDS THEY CAN’T SEE”

I took hits they never witnessed,

Fought wars they couldn’t handle for five minutes.

Pain in my past but I wear it like armor,

Bruises on my soul just made my spirit stronger.

They judge from the outside, but never lived my nights,

Never carried my pressure, never stepped in my fights.

They talk like they know me — but they don’t feel these scars,

They ain’t walked through my darkness or reached for my stars.

I rose from the bottom with the grit of a savage,

Turned heartbreak into fire they never could manage.

So when they throw shade, man, I light up the fuse—

Everything I am?

I was built from the bruises.

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🎤 HOOK — “BUILT FROM THE BRUISES”

I’m built from the bruises, pain made me ruthless,

Every scar I got turned me sharp, never useless.

I rise from the pressure, I grow from the hits,

You couldn’t last a minute in the life that I live.

I’m built from the bruises, from struggle I bloom,

You don’t know my nights, so don’t assume.

Every time I fall I come back harder —

That’s why I walk stronger, fight smarter.

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🎤 VERSE 2 — “THE FIRE YOU FORGED”

They think they understand me, but they never felt the weight,

Never carried responsibility from morning till late.

They complain about pressure — I survive off it daily,

Turn breakdowns into breakthroughs, nothing here can break me.

While they whisper behind my back, I push through the grind,

Turn their doubt into fuel, keep my purpose aligned.

They’d crumble under half of what I’ve been forced to choose,

But me?

I learned how to win with nothing left to lose.

Every bruise is a lesson, every scar is a map,

Showing me where I came from and never going back.

They wanna judge my path, but can’t handle my shoes —

My strength?

Yeah… it’s built from the bruises.

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🎤 HOOK — “BUILT FROM THE BRUISES”

I’m built from the bruises, pain made me ruthless,

Every scar I got turned me sharp, never useless.

I rise from the pressure, I grow from the hits,

You couldn’t last a minute in the life that I live.

I’m built from the bruises, from struggle I bloom,

You don’t know my nights, so don’t assume.

Every time I fall I come back harder —

That’s why I walk stronger, fight smarter.

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🎤 VERSE 3 — “MY PAIN MADE ME”

They only see the surface, never see the storm inside,

Never felt the silent nights where I swallowed my pride.

But I stood tall through the chaos, turned pain into drive,

Made a warrior outta wounds just to stay alive.

They don’t know what shaped me, what I had to endure,

What it took to stay solid when life tried to obscure.

But I kept swinging, kept breathing, kept pushing through loses —

Everything that broke me…

built me from the bruises.

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🎤 FINAL HOOK — “BUILT FROM THE BRUISES”

I’m built from the bruises, pain made me ruthless,

Every scar I got turned me sharp, never useless.

I rise from the pressure, I grow from the hits,

You couldn’t last a minute in the life that I live.

I’m built from the bruises — that’s why I refuse

To ever fall back