14 didn’t fix me

“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.