Dragged Through The Dirt

They carved my name into the pavement,

Spit my story through the streets.

Turned every truth into a weapon,

Put a target at my feet.

They don't need facts, they need a villain,

Something broken they can blame.

So they built a throne of rumors

And they crowned me with the shame.

I heard the whispers.

I saw the eyes.

Watched my reputation

Slowly fucking die.

DRAG MY NAME THROUGH THE MUD!

SPIT MY REPUTATION OUT!

You can bury me beneath your lies,

But you can't erase me now!

TEAR ME DOWN!

CALL ME EVERYTHING I'M NOT!

Every scar you left behind

Is another reason I won't stop!

You took the years I spent building

And reduced them to a sentence.

Strangers judged me from a distance,

Never asking for repentance.

You don't know what I've survived,

You don't know the price I paid.

You only know the fucking story

That somebody else conveyed.

So keep talking.

Let it spread.

You can poison every word—

BUT I'M NOT DEAD.

DRAG MY NAME THROUGH THE MUD!

SPIT MY REPUTATION OUT!

You can bury me beneath your lies,

But you can't erase me now!

TEAR ME DOWN!

CALL ME EVERYTHING I'M NOT!

Every scar you left behind

Is another reason I won't stop!

You wanted me—

ON MY KNEES!

You wanted shame—

BEGGING FOR PEACE!

You wanted silence—

YOU SHOULD'VE KNOWN!

You don't get to destroy me

JUST BECAUSE YOU THREW THE STONE!

Let the rumors become legends.

Let the hatred fill the air.

I've got nothing left to prove

To people who were never there.

My name may wear your fingerprints,

My past may carry every stain—

But I know exactly who I am,

AND YOU DON'T GET TO TAKE THAT AWAY!

DRAG MY NAME THROUGH THE MUD!

WATCH THE WHOLE WORLD TURN AWAY!

You can spit your poison at me—

I'LL OUTLIVE EVERY WORD YOU SAY!

TEAR ME DOWN!

TRY TO BURY ME IN SHAME!

You can drag my name through hell—

BUT I'LL RISE UP WITH IT STILL THE SAME!

You dragged my name through the mud.

You tried to bury who I was.

But dirt washes off.

And I remember my name.