[Intro]
Yeah.
(Yeah)
Control.
(Control)
That’s what they want.
(They want it)
That’s what I took back.
(Took it back)
Look.
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[Hook]
I took control, they can’t hold me,
(Can’t hold me)
Demons talk loud, but they don’t own me.
(They don’t own me)
Pain in my blood, still move coldly,
(Cold)
I walk with ghosts, but they don’t control me.
(No they don’t)
I took control, I took control,
(Control)
Lost my mind once, had to save my soul.
(Save my soul)
I took control, I took control,
(Control)
Heart went dark, but I stayed ten toes.
(Ten toes)
[Background voices — low underneath hook]
Don’t let ’em hold you…
Don’t let ’em own you…
You still breathing…
You still chosen…
[Verse 1]
I had to gain control,
(Gain control)
mind been doing flips.
(Flips)
Pain inside my chest,
heart been talking shit.
(Talkin’)
Demons in the room,
(In the room)
I don’t let ’em sit.
(Nah)
Told ’em, “Move around,”
I ain’t dying in this bitch.
(Move)
Pressure on my back,
(Pressure)
still I stand tall.
(Stand tall)
Everybody watched,
nobody made a call.
(Nobody)
Had to save myself,
(Save myself)
had to crawl through it.
(Crawl)
Had to bleed quiet,
had to war through it.
(War)
I don’t trust smiles,
(Nah)
I done seen masks.
(Seen masks)
Love came sweet,
then it cut fast.
(Cut fast)
I don’t need chains,
(No chains)
I don’t need hands.
(No hands)
I control me,
I don’t need fans.
(I control me)
Thoughts get loud,
(Loud)
but my soul louder.
(Soul louder)
Built from the dirt,
came back prouder.
(Came back)
I been in the dark,
(Dark)
still found flame.
(Flame)
Lost parts of me,
still kept name.
(Still kept name)
[Background voices — end of verse]
Still kept name…
Still kept name…
They tried to break you…
But you came back changed…
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[Reaper Hook]
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[[Verse 2]
I had to cut strings,
(Cut strings)
they was pulling too much.
(Too much)
Fake love close,
but it never felt trust.
(Never)
Everybody want control
(They want it)
when you start healing.
(Healing)
They don’t want truth,
they just want feelings.
(Just feelings)
I been too calm
(Too calm)
with a war in my eyes.
(War)
Too many nights
I was barely alive.
(Barely)
Told my old self,
(Old me)
“We gon’ make it through.”
(Make it through)
Even when nobody
came to make it true.
(Nobody came)
I don’t fold now,
(Won’t fold)
I just breathe different.
(Breathe)
Pain still there,
but I see different.
(See different)
Scars on my spirit,
(Scars)
but I move clean.
(Move clean)
Nightmares loud,
but I still dream.
(Still dream)
Control ain’t peace,
(Nah)
it’s a loaded mind.
(Loaded)
Safety off fear,
I ain’t hard to find.
(Find me)
Tell them memories
(Tell ’em)
they can’t own me.
(Can’t own me)
I walk with ghosts,
but they don’t control me.
(They don’t control me)
[Background voices — low and haunting]
They don’t control me…
They don’t control me…
I took it back…
I took it back…
[Repeat Hook]
[Outro]
Control.
(Control)
I took that back.
(Took it back)
From the pain.
(From the pain)
From the past.
(From the past)
From myself.
