Still Standing

[Verse 1]
Dark room
Heart loud in my chest, still calm though
Every scar on my skin like a barcode
Read back every test I outgrew
Every time they said "you can't" — I said "watch, bro"
Came up
No map, no hand on the wheel
Had to study every stumble just to learn how to heal
Taught myself how to flip every fear into fuel
When the world played cold, I refused to be cruel
[Chorus]
I ain't lose control
Even with that weight pulling on my soul (on my soul)
Didn't break me, didn't take me, I decide my road
Self-taught, self-made, that's the only code
Walk with God, through the fire, through the smoke
I'm still standing
I don't bow down to evil, I don't fold
(I don't fold, nah)
[Verse 2]
Every whisper in the dark tried to sell me a lie
Tried to tell me I'm alone, tried to buy my mind
But I'm signed to the light, got a seal on my life
Got a quiet little courage that survives every night
I remember every door slammed right in my face
Turned the hallway to a classroom, started living by faith
If the floor disappear, I still step, still pace
'Cause I know who's beside me when I'm running this race
[Chorus]
I ain't lose control
Even with that weight pulling on my soul (on my soul)
Didn't break me, didn't take me, I decide my road
Self-taught, self-made, that's the only code
Walk with God, through the fire, through the smoke
I'm still standing
I don't bow down to evil, I don't fold
(I don't fold, nah)
[Bridge]
Pull me down, I rise higher
Tried to drown me, lit a fire
Every trap they set, I turned to gold
Got a backbone they can't buy, can't own (hey)
[Chorus]
I ain't lose control
Even with that weight pulling on my soul (pulling on my soul)
Didn't break me, didn't take me, I decide my road
Self-taught, self-made, that's the only code
Walk with God, through the fire, through the smoke
I'm still standing
I don't bow down to evil, I don't fold
I'm still standing
I don't bow down to evil, I don't fold

rap, Moody slow-tempo rap over deep bass and sparse trap drums, male vocals. First verse almost whispered, intimate, with subtle gospel-tinged pads. Hook opens wider with layered chant-style backing vocals and a rising sub-bass swell. Second half builds grit with ad-libs, filtered hats, and a final drop to near-a cappella for the last defiant line., slow, soul