Choose My Peace

[Verse 1]
I packed my hurt in a black trash bag
Left that house with my last good bag
You can keep the blame, keep the loud mouth
I was small in that room, now I’m out
Same old text, same old bait
Try to pull me back through that gate
But I seen too much, I know the trick
Love ain’t love when it leaves you sick
You call it blood like that fixes sin
But blood still spills where the cuts come in
I learned the hard way, I learned quick
Some ties are rope, and some are wick
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m done with the push and pull
Done being the place you bruise
If peace means I walk alone
Then baby, I’m choosing truth
[Chorus]
Blood don’t make a family
I choose my peace, I choose my peace
Blood don’t make a family
You don’t get me with a title, please
I choose my peace, I choose my peace
I choose my peace, I choose my peace (I choose)
Blood don’t make a family
I’m free when I let you be
[Verse 2]
I tried to stay when the room got cold
Tried to hold it down, tried to play my role
Wore my smile like a paid-up debt
But every “fix it” came with a threat
No more shrinking to fit your frame
No more answering when you call my name
No more chairs at a table of shame
I won’t starve just to feed your flame
I got a soft heart, I got a hard line
Got a new number and a peace sign
If you come around with the same old storm
I’ll close that door and lock it warm
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m done with the push and pull
Done being the place you bruise
If peace means I walk alone
Then baby, I’m choosing truth
[Chorus]
Blood don’t make a family
I choose my peace, I choose my peace
Blood don’t make a family
You don’t get me with a title, please
I choose my peace, I choose my peace
I choose my peace, I choose my peace (I choose)
Blood don’t make a family
I’m free when I let you be
[Bridge]
I used to call it love
When it felt like a cage
Now I know better, now I know
I don’t owe you my whole life page
I can grieve what never grew
I can leave and still be true
I can build a name from joy
Not from what you put me through
[Final Chorus]
Blood don’t make a family
I choose my peace, I choose my peace
Blood don’t make a family
You don’t get me with a title, please
I choose my peace, I choose my peace
I choose my peace, I choose my peace (I choose)
Blood don’t make a family
I’m free when I let you be

Hip-hop rap with female vocals, mid-tempo swung drums and a მძიმე 808 bounce; verse rides sparse piano stabs and clipped handclaps, pre-chorus opens with filtered pads and a rising snare roll, chorus lands on a chanty hook with doubled leads and gang ad-libs. Bridge pulls back to kick, bass, and a raw close-mic confession, then final chorus returns with extra harmony stacks, reverse swells, and a bright but gritty punchy mix., rap