Waiting on My Fortune

I’ve been waiting on my fortune to come in

Counting years like scars on skin

I paid the price by hiding pain

Smiled in storms, stood in rain

They never saw what I carried inside

Just saw me walking, never how I survived

I’m waiting on my fortune to come in

I bled in silence, learned to stand again

Lost my way, but not my name

Paid my dues by hiding pain

If it comes tomorrow or never shows

I held myself to higher roads

Thirty years of searching rooms with no doors

Knocking on fate, sleeping on floors

I lost some people I thought would stay

Watched good intentions fade away

But every loss taught me how to see

What’s worth holding, what to leave

I’m waiting on my fortune to come in

I bled in silence, learned to stand again

Lost my way, but not my name

Paid my dues by hiding pain

If it comes tomorrow or never shows

I held myself to higher roads

I’ve won small battles no one clapped for

Just staying clean, staying honest, wanting more

Some days the mirror was my only friend

Asking myself if I’d break or bend

I chose the hard truth over comfort and lies

That’s how you live when you hold your own line

I don’t beg luck, I don’t chase grace

I stand tall in my own space

If the world never calls my name

I still walk straight, I still stay sane

Fortune ain’t gold, it’s how I stand

When everything slips through my hands

I’ve carried losses like bricks in my chest

Still showed up, still gave my best

I learned that winning ain’t always loud

Sometimes it’s just not backing down

Keeping your word when no one’s around

That’s how a man keeps solid ground

I’m waiting on my fortune to come in

I bled in silence, learned to stand again

Lost my way, but not my name

Paid my dues by hiding pain

If it comes tomorrow or never shows

I held myself to higher roads

I watched shortcuts take people I knew

Watched fast money leave nothing true

I stayed patient, stayed exact

Held myself to higher facts

No applause, no easy win

Just discipline under the skin

I’m waiting on my fortune to come in

I bled in silence, learned to stand again

Lost my way, but not my name

Paid my dues by hiding pain

If it comes tomorrow or never shows

I held myself to higher roads

Now I feel it — something’s close

Not luck, not chance, just earned hope

Every step I didn’t quit

Every time I swallowed it

I didn’t fold, I didn’t run

I stayed when staying wasn’t fun

If this is all I ever gain

A clear mind and a backbone straight

Then I’m richer than I ever knew

I kept my soul, I stayed true

Fortune or not, I paid my way

And I can look myself in the face

I learned the hard way

That time doesn’t owe you a thing

You earn your place

By how you stand when everything leans

So if the door opens, I’ll walk in calm

No revenge wish, no clenched palms

I don’t need the world to explain

Why it took so long, why the pain.

I know who I am, I know what I gave

That’s the real win I carried the whole way

If my fortune comes, I’ll shake its hand

If it doesn’t, I still stand as a man