Family Ties, Broken Lines

Verse 1

Raised under fist fights, the echo of glass,

Mama drunk on anger, every damn night wouldn’t pass.

I grew up packing boxes, nowhere felt safe,

Saw my childhood fade in a whiskey-soaked place.

You taught me to fight, showed me pain at the start,

But I took all the wounds, now I shield my own heart.

Pre-Chorus

I’m a product of rage, but I’m breaking the chain,

Sick of the legacy, sick of inherited pain.

Chorus

Family drinks to fight, I fight just to survive,

Wish I could show my kids what it means to thrive.

I’m laying down new roots, won’t pass on your stains,

I’ll bleed out the poison, break free of these chains.

Verse 2

Saw you cry with a bottle, said love ain’t enough,

Swore I’d never become you, never fall for that stuff.

Yet addiction crept in, cold hands round my neck,

But my babies need more than a scar and a check.

You handed me trauma and called it my name,

But I’m forging new love, not just playing your game.

Hook

No more living like survival’s the goal—

My babies get love, not this black shit in my soul.

Bridge

Some nights I still hear you, screaming my worth,

Your voice in my dreams, cursing me from birth.

But my kids see a fighter, not your tragic repeat,

I break every cycle with their names on my seat.

Rap Verse

I’ve walked through your hell, been pissed and betrayed,

But every new sunrise is a promise I’ve made.

Fuck passing the bottle, fuck toxic goodbyes,

I’ll show my kids morning, not bloodshot lies.

You say family’s blood, but I swear by my bones,

To give mine a legacy better than I’ve known.

Final Chorus

Family drinks to fight, I fight just to survive,

Wish I could show my kids what it means to thrive.

I’m planting hope in my heartbreak and pain—

I’m raising my babies to dance in the rain.

Outro

I broke those ties, made my own road,

Leaving your darkness, finding my code.

If I fall and I fail, at least I still tried—

To turn broken lines into wings, not just scars to hide.