Born innocent the world wasn’t
Born in eighty one a wanted child that’s real
But my house broke down when betrayal was revealed
My father crossed lines love turned into shame
My mother got thrown out nothing stayed the same
She married the devil the worst kind of man
Ten years of our lives slipped out of our hands
Fists full of anger words colder than stone
Beat us with trauma called violence a home
Mental torture fear stuck under my skin
Learning real early how the darkness gets in
Sixteen years old rage burning my chest
Baseball bat ready knife close to my vest
I went looking for him pain wanted proof
That night wrote my past straight into my youth
First sentence first judge life changed that day
Paid my first price for the hate in my veins
I was grown in a day yeah my childhood died
Lost my mom lost my balance still learned to survive
Life don’t teach with love it teach through pain
But the scars made a man yeah the tears left a name
Grown in a day no pause no grace
When the lights went out I found my own way
Listen to the wounds hear what they say
You can lose it all and still be okay
Seventeen June third nineteen ninety nine
Three AM I still see the time
Found my mom on the sofa silence too loud
Whole world stopped heart hit the ground
No goodbye no warning just empty space
Had to recognize death in a familiar face
I became a man in the blink of an eye
Wasn’t ready for truth but truth don’t lie
Learned to make money clean or dirty hands
Survival don’t care if you understand
Everything moved fast wrong road no brakes
Drugs violence power everyday stakes
Believe me or not I seen hell up close
Did things that still follow me like a ghost
Years of dealing prison bars nights without rest
Carried demons heavy yeah they lived in my chest
I was grown in a day yeah my childhood died
Lost my mom lost my balance still learned to survive
Life don’t teach with love it teach through pain
But the scars made a man yeah the tears left a name
Grown in a day no pause no grace
When the lights went out I found my own way
Listen to the wounds hear what they say
You can lose it all and still be okay
After years of darkness cages and fights
I met someone real brought calm to my nights
Against all the odds luck touched my skin
We had a son that’s where I begin
That heartbeat rewired everything in me
Turned street logic into legacy
I didn’t wanna pass down the pain I knew
So I broke the cycle changed the view
Life can be hard yeah the lesson ain’t light
But never forget you ain’t learned everything yet
Sometimes the truth you still don’t see
Is the key that sets your spirit free
Once you understand what changed your core
Your life won’t ever be what it was before
