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
