[Verse 1]
I learned the code from the curb and the bruise
Early mornings, bare walls, heavy news
Brothers in the ground, names on my tongue
Grandma in the chair, still fighting for lungs
I was cashing pain in the alley for pride
Trying to stand up when the world shoved hard
Same old block, same cracked front step
I kept my feet when they wanted me left
[Pre-Chorus]
I seen the rain on the porch
I seen the light get short
Still I moved, still I swung
With a broken heart and a loaded tongue
[Chorus]
Beat the odds, beat the odds
I still stand, I still nod
Lost my brother, lost my peace
Kept on walking, kept on me
Beat the odds, beat the odds
Grandma prayed, I held on
Every scar turned into proof
I was made to make it through
[Verse 2]
Visiting hours, plastic chairs, cold floors
Watching hope breathe slow through the hospital doors
She said "baby, don't fold now"
With a weak little smile and a holy sound
I wanted to quit, wanted out, wanted gone
But her hands said "stay" when the world said "run"
So I carried that fire in a pocket of pain
Made a home out of hunger, made a name out the rain
[Pre-Chorus]
I seen the rain on the porch
I seen the light get short
Still I moved, still I swung
With a broken heart and a loaded tongue
[Chorus]
Beat the odds, beat the odds
I still stand, I still nod
Lost my brother, lost my peace
Kept on walking, kept on me
Beat the odds, beat the odds
Grandma prayed, I held on
Every scar turned into proof
I was made to make it through
[Bridge]
If I cry, let it fall
That's a wall turning soft
I ain't healed, I ain't done
But I made it from none to some
I got their names in my chest
I wear that weight like a crest
When the dark tried closing in
I kept one light lit within
[Chorus]
Beat the odds, beat the odds
I still stand, I still nod
Lost my brother, lost my peace
Kept on walking, kept on me
Beat the odds, beat the odds
Grandma prayed, I held on
Every scar turned into proof
I was made to make it through
[Outro]
Beat the odds
For my brother, for my grandma
Beat the odds
Still here, still standing strong