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Alarm clock screaming, 4 AM again
Steel toe boots, got pain in my skin
Back sore, hands cut, mind on attack
Whole world sleepin’, I’m carrying the stack
Boss want more, bills all due
Everybody got advice, ain’t nobody got a clue
I done sacrificed peace just to feed my blood
Now I lift heavy weights just to drown this mud
Garage door open, cold air bite
Barbell loaded underneath dim lights
Demons in my head say I’m losin’ my way
So I deadlift rage till they shut up and fade
I got pressure on my chest like a loaded freight train
But pressure make diamonds, so I embrace pain
Every scar got a story, every bruise got proof
I was built from the fire, I got nothin’ to lose
They don’t see the nights
They don’t hear the prayers
They don’t feel the weight
That a grown man bears
But I refuse to fold
I refuse to break
I was born for war
Every breath I take
FORGED IN THE DARK!
Made from the struggle and sharpened by scars
FORGED IN THE DARK!
Still standing tall when life get hard
Heavy is the head that carry the load
Still I walk through hell on this lonely road
Blood, sweat, pain — I turned it to heart
I wasn’t born soft… I was FORGED IN THE DARK!
I got kids lookin’ at me like a superhero
So I can’t quit now, can’t let the tank hit zero
Even when the bank account hurt like a blade
I still thank God for the life that He gave
Yeah I got anger buried deep in my ribs
From fake love, fake friends, fake promises
Smile in your face then they pray you collapse
So I stay by myself and keep weight on my back
Forty-five plates make the floorboards shake
Every rep like revenge for the chances they take
Tried to bury my name but I crawled from dirt
Now my pain got muscles and my struggle got worth
I ain’t built for comfort, I’m built for war
Built for overtime shifts and the grind hardcore
If the world go cold, imma still stand tall
Iron in my soul, I survive it all
Father forgive me…
I’m tired…
But I’m still swingin’
Still fightin’
Still carryin’ everybody on my back…
And if I fall…
I fall like a king.
FORGED IN THE DARK!
Built by the pressure, the pain, and the scars
FORGED IN THE DARK!
Turned my struggle into fuel for the heart
I been broke, beat down, stressed apart
But the fire inside still ignites the spark
Now the whole world gonna remember the mark
Of a man who was FORGED IN THE DARK!
Built… in… the dark…
Iron discipline…
No surrender.
