[Verse 1]
Used to wake up to the sirens
Mom in the doorway cryin
Cousin on the floor, blue lights
Whole block talkin in silence
Brown bag money in the mattress
Lil scale sittin by the matches
I was tryna grow up in the ashes
Heart iced out, mind full of crashes
Ran from the cops down alleys
Fist fights, blood on my Ballys
Old heads say I’d end up
On a T-shirt, framed in the family
I was one bad play from the casket
One quick move from a jacket
Every night pray, “If you let me breathe
I’ma flip all this pain to a classic”
[Chorus]
I came from the red on the floor
Now it’s gold when I walk through the door (yeah)
Turned all that war in my past
To a fire that’ll push me to last
I’m alive, I’m alive, that’s wealth
Every breath put a diamond on the shelf
If you feel that rage in your spine
Use it all, make it fuel for your climb (for your climb)
[Verse 2]
Now I see scars like medals
Every loss taught me different levels
Every fall put steel in my spine
Every “never” turned into my time
I don't glamorize all the damage
I survived it, now I manage
Took that hunger out the alleys
Put the same grind into balance
Read books where I used to sell
Hit the gym where they used to yell
Cut ties with the ones who fell
Chose life, had to save myself
Now my lil sis got options
College tour pics, no toxins
Mama got peace when she sleep
No more jumpin at knocks, no cops in
[Chorus]
I came from the red on the floor
Now it’s gold when I walk through the door (yeah)
Turned all that war in my past
To a fire that’ll push me to last
I’m alive, I’m alive, that’s wealth
Every breath put a diamond on the shelf
If you feel that rage in your spine
Use it all, make it fuel for your climb (keep climbin)
[Bridge]
You ain’t broken, you forged
Every flashback, every war
That’s your story, that’s your sword
Cut a new path, aim for more (yeah)
Hold your hurt up high like a light
Let it show you what to fight
If you made it through the night
You already stronger than your fright
[Chorus]
I came from the red on the floor
Now it’s gold when I walk through the door (woah)
Turned all that war in my past
To a fire that’ll push me to last
I’m alive, I’m alive, that’s wealth
Every breath put a diamond on the shelf
If you feel that rage in your spine
Use it all, make it fuel for your climb
Use it all, make it fuel for your life (yeah)