I am my father's son

I was raised on cracked knuckles and iron vows,

On stories whispered through whiskey breath and doubt.

He taught me silence sharper than a blade,

Taught me how to stand when I’m afraid.

I learned the weight of a promise kept,

The cost of honor, the blood it debts.

I carry his ghosts beneath my skin,

Every scar a place I’ve been.

Pre-Chorus

They said, “Bend your head, learn to obey,”

But he showed me fire doesn’t pray.

Chorus

I am my father’s savage son,

Born of thunder, forged to run.

I do not kneel, I do not break,

I take the ground that bears my name.

With his storm beating in my chest,

I stand unclaimed, I stand unrest—

I am my father’s savage son,

And I’m not done.

Verse 2

I watched him fight the world alone,

With bleeding hands and a backbone of stone.

He never begged for mercy’s hand,

Just carved his truth into the land.

He taught me love is not always kind,

Sometimes it’s teeth, sometimes it’s spine.

If you’re gonna fall, then fall upright,

Looking the dark straight in the eyes.

Pre-Chorus

They tried to tame me, tried to brand,

But I was raised by a feral man.

Chorus

I am my father’s savage son,

Born of thunder, forged to run.

I do not kneel, I do not break,

I take the ground that bears my name.

With his storm beating in my chest,

I stand unclaimed, I stand unrest—

I am my father’s savage son,

And I’m not done.

Bridge

I carry his sins, but not his chains,

I choose what I keep from his pain.

I’ll be the man he tried to be,

And the man he never got to see.

If the world wants blood, I’ll give it truth,

If it wants silence, I’ll give it proof—

That survival sings through me still,

Through stubborn heart and iron will.

Final Chorus

I am my father’s savage son,

Not born to follow, born to confront.

I walk the fire, I wear the flame,

I answer only to my name.

With his lessons etched into my bones,

I build a future of my own—

I am my father’s savage son,

And I have won.