(Intro – Harmonized Voices)
You don’t have to hit someone to hurt ‘em.
Sometimes it’s the words that leave the bruises.
Sometimes it’s home that feels like a battlefield.
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(Verse 1 -Rap Style)
You said I should be grateful,
But all I felt was small.
Every compliment came twisted,
Every love had a wall.
You called it “tough love,”
But it broke me apart,
You built my cage out of your fears,
Then called it my heart.
I learned to smile when I was dying inside,
Hide my truth, swallow my pride.
Every dream I had, you’d tear in two,
Guess you didn’t like the mirror staring back at you.
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(Pre-Chorus -Harmonized voices)
You said “You’ll thank me someday,”
But I’m still cleaning up the pain.
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(Chorus -Big beat drop rap style)
I was raised by storms, not by grace,
Taught to fear my own damn face.
You called it love, but it felt like control,
You built me up just to break my soul.
Now I’m learning who I am without your voice,
Finally realizing I still got a choice.
You can’t haunt me like before —
I was raised by storms, but I’m not yours anymore.
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(Verse 2)
You said emotions made me weak,
So I learned how not to speak.
You turned silence into armor,
And shame into belief.
Every word was a test I failed,
Every tear another tale.
You taught me guilt like it was prayer,
But I’m not kneeling there.
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(Pre-Chorus)
You made love sound like debt,
But I don’t owe you my regret.
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(Chorus)
I was raised by storms, not by grace,
Taught to fear my own damn face.
You called it love, but it felt like control,
You built me up just to break my soul.
Now I’m learning who I am without your voice,
Finally realizing I still got a choice.
You can’t haunt me like before —
I was raised by storms, but I’m not yours anymore.
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(Bridge)
All those nights I begged to be seen,
You were too busy building your dream.
But I found peace in the quiet screams,
And turned my pain into gasoline.
Now I’m burning down the lies you made,
I’m stepping out of your shade.
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(Final Chorus)
I was raised by storms, but I survived,
Took every scar and came alive.
You tried to break me, but I broke free,
You don’t get to define me.
Now I’m stronger than your chains before,
I was raised by storms —
But I’m not yours anymore.
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(Outro – Spoken softly)
You said I’d never make it without you.
But look at me now.
I’m breathing.
And that’s something you never taught me how to do.
