[Verse 1]
You don’t know me really, you know what I let show,
Reflections in the glass but the depth stay below,
You seen me in a flash? In a crowd? In a shadow?
Felt familiar, like a memory you can’t quite hold.
Have you seen me somewhere before?
Déjà vu when I pace near the door,
Every smile got a lock and a code,
Every laugh got a crack in the floor.
They assume I was handed a throne,
Silver spoon? Nah, must’ve been laced with venom,
Every bite left a mark on my bones,
Now poison is my currency, I spend it.
I was paid in lies and pain, overdraft in my name,
Still I pulled myself up again, no advance, no acclaim,
Throw my hat in the ring, let it land with a clang,
You don’t know a thing—remember that name.
[Chorus]
Welcome back, let me show you part three,
The deeper, secret part of me,
Why do I keep locked up inside my head?
Secrets that could make you hide, make you scared, make you dead.
C’mon then, let’s go through that door,
You won’t come back for more
Of what’s in store,
Let me show you my lore,
What came before,
When you deal with me.
[Verse 2]
You don’t know me really, you know the disguise,
Know the version that survived, not the one that still cries,
I been stitched up by moments they don’t televise,
Where the truth sat heavy and the hope went quiet.
They ask why my tone sound sharp and cold,
‘Cause I learned real quick what pressure molds,
I don’t vent, I compress, let it harden my soul,
Every flaw get refined till it start to glow.
Poison in the bloodstream, I metabolize,
Turn toxins to torque when I pedal the climb,
They crumble from stress, I weaponize time,
Every setback just fed me another design.
You thought I’d fold when the lights went dim,
I wrote blueprints in the dark, then I built from them,
Still throwing my hat in the ring again,
You don’t know a thing—but you will by then.
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Wait—this ain’t a story for comfort,
This ain’t a ride you control with a button,
Every truth here been buried for function,
I survived by keeping it shut and tucked in.
You wanna know? Then brace for the weight,
Some doors only open one way,
Once you see it, it don’t fade,
You don’t walk out the same.
[Verse 3]
Now we deeper than surface impressions,
Past the masks and the curated sections,
Every lesson was learned under pressure,
Every wound left a mark in the message.
Have you seen me somewhere before?
In your doubts when they whisper at night,
In that voice saying “run” from the fight,
I’m the one that stayed and survived.
Silver spoon myths shatter quick,
I was fed contradiction and static,
Paid in lies, paid in pain, bad credit,
Still rose up, that’s compound interest.
I don’t beg for belief, I ring bells,
Throw my hat in the ring myself,
You don’t know me really—oh well,
That’s the danger of dealing with me.
[Chorus]
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