Happiness is for the weak

Verse 1
I grew up chewing glass, smiling through the blood,
They said “be happy,” I said “fuck that, I’m good.”
Every fake-ass grin felt like a loaded lie,
I learned real quick how to live without the why.

I don’t pray for peace, I make deals with pain,
Let it carve my name in my fucking veins.
If joy’s a shortcut, I took the long way home,
Built a throne out of nights I spent alone.

Pre-Chorus
Every scar’s a story I didn’t get to pick,
Every lesson learned came fast and hit like shit.

Chorus
They say happiness is for the weak, pain is for the strong,
So I swallowed every scream and kept marching on.
I didn’t beg, I didn’t break, I proved them wrong,
If happiness is for the weak,
Then pain made me strong.

Verse 2
I watched them numb themselves just to fucking cope,
Calling distraction “love” and calling bullshit “hope.”
I stayed awake with the weight of my head,
Learning how to breathe with ghosts in my bed.

I don’t want sunshine wrapped in fake advice,
I want truth even when it cuts like a knife.
I earned my backbone the hard-ass way,
Through nights that didn’t end, through shit I can’t say.

Pre-Chorus
Let them float where it’s shallow and safe,
I learned how to stand in the darkest place.

Chorus
They say happiness is for the weak, pain is for the strong,
So I turned every loss into a war drum song.
I bled my soul just to keep moving on,
If happiness is for the weak,
Then pain made me strong.

Bridge
Don’t confuse my silence for being okay,
I just got tired of begging the world to stay.
Strength isn’t pretty, it’s brutal and earned,
It’s everything I lost and everything I learned.

Maybe one day I’ll loosen my grip,
Let myself feel more than this clenched-fist shit.
But if happiness shows up soft and slow,
It better know what it took to get close.

Final Chorus
They say happiness is for the weak, pain is for the strong,
I wore my damage like a motherfucking badge all along.
Still standing here when I shouldn’t belong,
If happiness is for the weak,
Then pain—
Yeah, pain made me strong.

Outro
I didn’t choose the dark, but I made it mine.

Male, rap