Still Standing

Took hits to the jaw, taste blood, taste rust

Friends turned ghost, had to sweep up trust

Cold nights on a floor that was hard as the truth

Mama prayin’ in the dark, holdin’ on to my youth

Got laughed at, passed up, last on the list

Turned that side-eye look to a clenched-up fist

Every “you ain’t gon’ make it” just fed me fuel

Now they study how I move like I’m night school

Still standing

Both feet down, I ain’t movin’ for nothin’ (nah)

Still standing

Heart still loud when the whole world’s buzzin’ (yeah)

Knocked down ten, I get up eleven

If I’m breathin’, then I’m bettin’

Still standing

Still, still standing

Got scars like a roadmap, lines on my skin

Each one say “fall down,” each one say “win”

Lost days to the doubt, had to fight my own head

Felt fear in my chest like a stone in the bed

But I push when it’s heavy, lean in when it’s wild

Talk firm to the mirror like, “you that child”

Turn pain into pace, every step got a plan

I’m the proof what you break can come back and expand

They tried to fold me, I creased back sharper

Storm got deep, but my roots grew harder

[low vocal register] If you listen real close, hear the crack then the chant

“I’m more than what hurt me, I’m more than I can’t”