Step By Step

Yeah

Step by step

One by one

We climb

Started in a small room

Posters on paint-chipped walls

Writing on a cracked phone

Dreams bigger than these halls

Mama in the next room

Praying that the rent get paid

Me, I’m on my last move

Still I’m saying, “watch, I’ll make a way”

Old friends said “yo, that’s cute”

Laughed when I spoke my plan

Now they tryna circle back

Acting like they always been fans

I just keep my circle tight

Day ones, we been through rain

Every little loss we took

Turned into a blueprint for the gain

Step by step

I’m taking it slow, but I’m moving ahead

Breath by breath

I’m letting the past fall off like shed skin

Brick by brick

I’m building a life from the worst of it

Day by day

I’m closer than I ever been

(yeah, I’m closer than I ever been)

Late nights on the bus ride

Headphones, head full of doubts

Watching all the street signs

Thinking how to figure this out

Text from my girl like

“Baby, you were made for this”

She believed before I did

Kissed me, said “remember this”

Now I got my mind right

Therapy on Tuesday nights

Talking ’bout the pain I hid

Turn it into fuel, ignite

I ain’t tryna flex hard

I’m just tryna heal and grow

Tiny little habits now

Turn into the life I know

Step by step

I’m taking it slow, but I’m moving ahead

Breath by breath

I’m letting the past fall off like shed skin

Brick by brick

I’m building a life from the worst of it

Day by day

I’m closer than I ever been

(yeah, I’m closer than I ever been)

If I fall back down

I get up, I don’t pretend

Every setback, lesson

Every scar, my pen

From the first deep breath

To the last sunset

I’m a work in progress

But I ain’t done yet (nah)

Step by step

I’m taking it slow, but I’m moving ahead

Breath by breath

I’m letting the past fall off like shed skin

Brick by brick

I’m building a life from the worst of it

Day by day

I’m closer than I ever been

(yeah, I’m closer than I ever been)