“Fourteen Years Didn’t Fix Me”
One-Line Hook (repeated)
Fourteen years didn’t fix me — I just learned how to stay.
Verse 1
Second seven hit different
’Cause I knew exactly how it ends
Same doors, same numbers
Same prayers I don’t send
I moved drugs, I carried metal
I won’t dress it up as fate
I chose fast money over sleep
Now I wake up scanning faces
Hook
Fourteen years didn’t fix me — I just learned how to stay.
Verse 2
First night out, I felt blank
Not scared, not relieved
Just standing in the open
Waiting for orders I didn’t receive
PO checks boxes, I comply
Parole watches me breathe
My body’s free on paper
My head’s still doing time, quietly
Hook
Fourteen years didn’t fix me — I just learned how to stay.
Bridge
I don’t miss jail
I miss knowing the rules
Out here everything moves
And that’s dangerous too
I live small on purpose
I call boring “safe”
I’m not healed — I’m managed
One decision away
Final Hook (half-time, almost spoken)
Fourteen years didn’t fix me — I just learned how to stay.
Outro
Second chance feels fragile.
I don’t drop it.
I don’t hold it tight either.