I made it out alive

(Spoken Intro – soft, like a memory)

(quiet, shaky voice)

“I was eight…

I’m sorry, Daddy…

I didn’t mean to make you mad…”

(soft pause, faint room tone… then music fades in)

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(Verse 1)

I was eight years old, standing in the door

Didn’t understand what anger was for

Plastic bottle, heavy in his hand

Changed the way I’d see this land

Mama saw it, her heart broke wide

Fire in her eyes she couldn’t hide

That moment carved into my soul

A little kid losing control

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(Pre-Chorus)

I grew up fast, I had to learn

How to carry pain that burns

Kept it quiet, held it deep

Cried in silence, couldn’t sleep

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(Chorus)

But I made it out alive, yeah I’m still here

Through every wound, through every fear

They tried to break me, tried to decide

But they don’t know the strength inside

Yeah, I bend, yeah, I fall apart

But I rebuild my shattered heart

Look at me now, I survived

I made it out… I’m still alive

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(Verse 2)

School halls echo with their words

Every laugh, yeah, it still hurt

Pointed fingers, cruel and loud

Tried to bury me in a crowd

They saw my eye but not my soul

Didn’t see what made me whole

Said things that cut me way too deep

But I refused to stay beneath

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(Pre-Chorus)

There were nights I lost my way

Dark thoughts telling me not to stay

But something in me wouldn’t fade

A quiet voice that always stayed

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(Chorus)

Yeah, I made it out alive, I didn’t break

Even when my heart would shake

They tried to tell me I was done

But I kept fighting, I kept on

Yeah, I bend, yeah, I break sometimes

But I don’t stay down in those lines

Look at me now, I survived

I made it out… I’m still alive

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(Bridge)

Now I got a home, I got a life

Got real love, not built on strife

Got a family that sees me clear

Not my past, just who I am here

And I’m proud of where I stand today

Every scar I made my way

The past don’t get to own my name

I walked through hell, I rose from flames

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(Final Chorus)

Yeah, I made it out alive, and I’m proud now

I don’t need to hide my crown

Every piece of me survived

Every broken part revived

Yeah, I bend, yeah, I break, it’s true

But I found strength I never knew

Look at me now, I survived

I made it out… I’m still alive

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(Outro – soft, peaceful)

That little kid still lives in me…

But they don’t have to be scared anymore