# “SCARS DON’T LIE”
**[Intro – Spoken]**
Some things you don't talk about
You just carry 'em
People see how you move now
They don't know what it took to get here
Yeah...
**[Hook – Pain Melody]**
My scars don't lie, I done been through the rain
Smile on my face, still I'm carrying pain
I gave people love, they gave me reasons to change
Now I move different, I ain't moving the same
My scars don't lie, you can look in my eyes
I done lost people I thought would be here for life
Had to learn being solid come with a price
But I'd go through it again if it made me this wise
**[Verse 1]**
I remember nights I was questioning God
Like, “Why every road that I take gotta be hard?”
Had love for some people that ain't love me at all
Still would've picked 'em up every time that they called
That's the difference between me and them
I don't switch when the situation get thin
If I called you my brother, I meant what I said
Even after we fell out, I wanted you fed
Had to learn boundaries don't mean you fake
Sometimes loving from a distance keep your heart safe
I forgave some things I probably shouldn't forgive
But carrying hatred ain't the way I wanna live
Mama told me, “Son, everybody ain't you”
That hit different when I finally saw it come true
Now I'm careful who I tell what I'm planning to do
'Cause the closest ones sometimes be studying you
**[Hook]**
My scars don't lie, I done been through the rain
Smile on my face, still I'm carrying pain
I gave people love, they gave me reasons to change
Now I move different, I ain't moving the same
My scars don't lie, you can look in my eyes
I done lost people I thought would be here for life
Had to learn being solid come with a price
But I'd go through it again if it made me this wise
**[Verse 2 – More Aggressive]**
I ain't looking for sympathy, I'm looking for growth
I made promises to myself I ain't breaking no more
Want my family straight, everybody with a home
Want enough coming in that we ain't stressing what's owed
I done loved somebody more than I loved myself
That's dangerous when you ain't protecting your health
Had me questioning my worth, putting pride on the shelf
Then I realized nobody coming to save me but self
So I got back focused
Pain made me colder
Pressure made diamonds
Weight made my shoulders
Every setback taught me something important
Can't call it a loss if you learned and kept going
Now when I walk in the room, I'm knowing my worth
I ain't better than nobody, I just know what I deserve
**[Bridge – Sung]**
If I gave you my heart
Would you protect it?
If I showed you my scars
Would you respect 'em?
'Cause I've been strong so long
Sometimes I need somewhere to fall
Everybody calls when they need me
Who do I call?
**[Final Verse]**
That's why I'm building something bigger than money
I want peace when I wake, people around me that love me
I want my name to mean something when I'm no longer coming
Want the ones after me starting where I finished from nothing
I ain't ashamed of the tears
