Shiny Daffodil

Yeah…

Started at the bottom, now I’m risin’ up

They said I’d never make it—guess I had enough

You call me a chump, I just sharpen my blade

Every insult you threw, yeah, it built what I made

You a chumpette, talk loud, never back it with proof

I was grindin’ in the dark, now I’m speakin’ the truth

Rollin’ past slow in that pimpmobile shine

Every scar on my soul turned to rhythm and rhyme

Said you were yours, but you switched up the code

Now I carry my own, never share that load

Tried to take a little bite out the work I created

But the hunger in me? Yeah, it can’t be debated

From the gutter to the stage, every step I ignite

Now I’m ownin’ every second, every breath, every night

This is my war, this is my sound

Built from the ashes, I’m claimin’ it now

No more chains, no more disguise

Look in my face, see the fire in my eyes

I’m that shiny daffodil growin’ out the concrete

Bright in the dark where the lost hearts meet

Yeah, I bloom where it hurts, where the cold winds blow

Turn pain into gold, let the whole world know

I’m that shiny daffodil, never break, never bend

Every fall I survived made me rise again

From the dirt, from the doubt, from the scars I reveal

I’m alive, I’m awake, yeah this power is real

We go antiquing through the wreckage of time

Old regrets in a box, but they never were mine

Dust it off, let it go, let the past stay dead

I’m a voice for the unheard, every word I said

You tried to lock me in a cage of fear

But I shattered every wall just to make it here

Now I stand ten toes where I used to crawl

Turn a whisper to a riot, now I’m breakin’ it all

Every doubt that you gave, I converted to fuel

Every lesson was a weapon, every loss was a tool

You can hate, you can stare, you can say what you feel

But I carved my own path, now I’m spinnin’ the wheel

Yeah—

Back from the brink, I was down but I’m breathin’

Cut through the lies, now I see what I’m seein’

No more mask, no more hide, no pretend

Every enemy fake, I don’t need me a friend

Built this brick by brick, now it’s solid and tall

Try to knock it all down, I’ma answer the call

From a chump in your eyes to a force you can’t kill

Now I’m breakin’ every ceiling with a spine made of steel

I was lost in the dark, couldn’t see my way out

Every scream in my head turnin’ into a shout

Now I rise, now I fight, now I finally feel

Like a spark in the night turnin’ into something real

I’m that shiny daffodil growin’ out the concrete

Bright in the dark where the broken hearts meet

Yeah, I bloom in the storm, never fade, never kneel

Every wound that I carry just reminds me I’m real

I’m that shiny daffodil, yeah I broke every chain

Turn the loss, turn the hurt into power and gain

From the dirt to the throne, yeah I Bloom