[Verse 1]
Grew up where the pain got passed like plates
Everybody eat hurt, talk brave, act straight
Swore I’d never be the same, that line got fake
‘Cause I did the same things that I learned to hate
Mask on tight, I was talkin’ like a villain
Heart on mute but my hands stayed guilty
Dreams in the gutter, I was standin’ on the ceiling
Upside down, every thought tryin’ to kill me
Had a room full of trophies I never picked up
They was dust on the shelf, I was stuck on the stuff
Call it fate, call it trauma, I was callin’ it “tough”
‘Til the mirror said “You lyin’, that armor’s just rust”
[Chorus]
I was a product of my environment
Now I’m the author of my life again
Took all the dirt they tried to bury me in
Turned that grave into a garden, yeah I rise again
I was a product of my environment
But I don’t fit inside that box they in
See these scars? That’s where the light got in
I’m not my past, I’m not my past, I’m not my past again (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Had demons in the hallway waitin’ by the door
Everytime I got quiet, they would talk some more
Said, “You your father, you your block, you your war”
I said, “Watch me, I’m a plot twist, not your lore”
Cut ties with the lies I was livin’ on
Every chain in my mind, I’ve been clickin’ off
Yeah the pain still knocks when the night get long
But it don’t pour shots, just a distant song
Therapy on Tuesdays, pray on ten
Some days I break, then I build again
Still got rage in the cage, but I hold that pen
And I bleed that page ‘til the dark turns friend (woah)
[Chorus]
I was a product of my environment
Now I’m the author of my life again
Took all the dirt they tried to bury me in
Turned that grave into a garden, yeah I rise again
I was a product of my environment
But I don’t fit inside that box they in
See these scars? That’s where the light got in
I’m not my past, I’m not my past, I’m not my past again
[Bridge]
Yeah, I came from the storm, but I’m not just rain
Came from the fire, but I’m not just flame
I came from the block, but I’m not just blame
I came from the hurt, now I walk out changed (walk out changed)
[Chorus]
I was a product of my environment
Now I’m the author of my life again
Took all the dirt they tried to bury me in
Turned that grave into a garden, yeah I rise again
I was a product of my environment
But I don’t fit inside that box they in
See these scars? That’s where the light got in
I’m not my past, I’m not my past, I’m not my past again (yeah)