Stand Alone And Be Your Own

[Intro]
Static in my skull
City on my phone
All these borrowed voices
I just wanna go
[Verse 1]
Rapper 1:
Everybody talk tough, copy-paste courage
Filter on fear, but the cracks keep surging
Scrolling for a soul that I might call mine
But the more I imitate, man, I flatline
Rapper 2:
They said “fall in line, boy, pick your side”
Choose a little prefab, live that lie
I burned that script, let the mask get thrown
If I’m dying on a hill, it’ll be my own (yeah)
[Chorus]
Stand alone
And be your own
No crown, no throne
Just blood and bone
I won’t break
To fit your mold
Stand alone
And be your own (be your own, hey!)
[Verse 2]
Rapper 1:
Boot prints deep where I learned my lessons
Walked through the blame, came back with blessings
Every scar on my skin is a signed confession
Saying “I was here, I survived the pressure”
Rapper 2:
All that noise in my head like a cult in session
Telling me sit down, skip the questions
Now I cut that cord, let the storm get shown
I’d rather be strange than a perfect clone (woah)
[Chorus]
Stand alone
And be your own
No crown, no throne
Just blood and bone
I won’t break
To fit your mold
Stand alone
And be your own
[Bridge]
[Beat strips back, distant guitars and echoing vocal]
If I lose that crowd
I might find my pulse
If I walk alone
I might save my soul
[Chorus]
Stand alone
And be your own
Heart loud, mind grown
I claim my zone
I won’t bend
For what you own
Stand alone
And be your own (be your own)

rap, Hybrid nu-metal / rap-rock with trancey pads and techno percussion, dual male vocals trading verses; distorted guitars lock with a swung hip-hop groove, 808-weighted low end and glitchy synth arps in the hook, ambient intro that swells into a mosh-ready chorus, call-and-response ad-libs and stacked gang vocals on the title line, metal, nu metal, hip hop, rock, techno, trance, ambient