[Verse 1]
Hands on my back
Words like knives
They laughed too loud
I learned small lies
Bruises on my ribs
Bruises in my head
Every joke was a stone
Every night I bled
You called me weak
Like it was a sport
I wore that shame
Like a cheap report
But I kept my name
Buried in my teeth
Kept my eyes up
Kept my pulse beneath
[Pre-Chorus]
I was bent, not broken
I was pushed, not gone
Every hit had a witness
Now I’m standing on
[Chorus]
You can’t own me
You can’t break me
Say my name, say it clean
I survived what you made me
You can’t own me
You can’t shake me
I was cut, I was hurt
Still I came back to me
[Verse 2]
School hall echoes
Locker door slam
Every shoulder check
Was a crack in my plan
Names on my skin
Spit on my pride
I hid in the bathroom
Counted breaths inside
Told myself daily
“Don’t let them win”
Wrote my whole future
On a trembling grin
Now I speak up
Now I don’t fold
Every scar on my body
Tells the truth I hold
[Pre-Chorus]
I was bent, not broken
I was pushed, not gone
Every hit had a witness
Now I’m standing on
[Chorus]
You can’t own me
You can’t break me
Say my name, say it clean
I survived what you made me
You can’t own me
You can’t shake me
I was cut, I was hurt
Still I came back to me
[Bridge]
Some nights I still flinch
Some nights I still pray
But pain don’t get the last word
Not today, not today
I was never the joke
I was never the waste
I am the one who stayed
And I know my face
[Final Chorus]
You can’t own me
You can’t break me
Say my name, say it clean
I survived what you made me
You can’t own me
You can’t shake me
I was cut, I was hurt
Still I came back to me