[Intro - Dark / Emotional]
Yeah...
Sometimes the person you thought would save you
Was the lesson you had to survive.
Sometimes the scars don't make somebody better...
Sometimes they learn how to use them as a weapon.
[Verse 1 - HARD RAP]
Sometimes you can't trust a bitch,
'Cause the devil wore a face you thought you knew.
Used every scar like a get-out-of-jail card,
Hurt everybody else, then blamed it all on you.
Hiding in the dark from the shit they did,
Then stepping into daylight wearing a mask so slick.
Pointing every finger, making everybody look guilty,
While avoiding their reflection 'cause the truth hits filthy.
They couldn't face the person staring back in the glass,
So they made everybody else pay for their past.
Beat you down just to feel themselves rise,
Put tears in your eyes, then called you the problem with pride.
Victim every minute, twenty-four-seven,
Acting like their pain gave them a permanent exemption.
Never took accountability, never owned their mistakes,
Just changed the whole story every time the truth came awake.
They'll tell you their scars explain everything they do,
But pain ain't permission to destroy somebody too.
We all got demons, we all got shit we regret,
But healing means facing it, not using it as a threat.
[Pre-Chorus - Melodic]
So don't let somebody else's darkness
Convince you that your light ain't real.
You can love somebody deeply
And still walk away so you can heal.
[Chorus - BIG R&B HOOK]
You're still here, you're still here,
After all those nights you thought you'd disappear.
You're still here, you're still here,
God was holding you when nobody else was near.
Let 'em go, let 'em go,
What ain't meant to stay was never yours to hold.
Your heart broke, but your soul still sings,
You lost their love, but you didn't lose everything.
You got faith, you got hope, you got another day,
You got light in you that the dark can't take away.
Lift your head, baby, wipe those tears,
You survived the night... and you're still here.
God trumps everything.
God trumps everything.
[Verse 2 - HARDER / RAP]
Now I'm done carrying blame that was never mine,
Done losing my peace just to keep yours alive.
You can rewrite history, you can twist every fact,
But the truth don't disappear just because you won't look back.
You made me feel worthless so you could feel whole,
Tore pieces out of me just to patch up your soul.
Every argument turned into another courtroom,
You were judge and jury before I could speak the truth.
Every wound became a weapon, every tear became proof,
Every time you got exposed, you changed the excuse.
"Look what I've been through" became your favorite defense,
But trauma ain't a license to destroy someone's sense.
You wore the victim crown like it came with the throne,
Made everybody feel guilty so you'd never stand alone.
And I kept taking the blame just to keep the peace,
Didn't realize your chaos was feeding off me.
But here's the part you never thought I'd say:
I don't hate you. I just won't let you hurt me again.
That's the difference between revenge and release,
I'm handing you your demons while I walk toward peace.
[Bridge - Emotional / Half-Sung]
Maybe I wasn't perfect...
Maybe I made mistakes...
Maybe there are things
I'll carry for the rest of my days.
But I won't let my worst moments
Become the definition of me.
God knows what's inside my heart.
God knows what nobody sees.
So judge me if you want to...
I don't need your approval.
I know who I am now.
And I'm finally choosing me.
[Final Rap - BUILDING]
I almost lost myself trying to save somebody else,
Put their broken pieces on the shelf above my own health.
Forgot that love ain't supposed to make you disappear,
Ain't supposed to keep you living every day in fear.
So here's to every night I thought I wouldn't survive,
Every time I wanted to quit but somehow stayed alive.
Every tear, every scar, every battle, every fall,
God was there when I thought nobody cared at all.
And maybe this heartbreak wasn't punishment,
Maybe God was pulling me out of something permanent.
Maybe that door had to close so another could open,
Maybe all this pain was the future unfolding.
I'm not bitter, I'm awake.
I'm not broken, I'm rebuilt.
I'm not carrying your demons.
I'm not drowning in your guilt.
You can keep your mask.
You can keep your lies.
You can keep playing victim
Underneath those pretty eyes.
I'm choosing peace.
I'm choosing faith.
I'm choosing life.
I'm choosing grace.
[Final Chorus - HUGE]
You're still here, you're still here,
After all those nights you thought you'd disappear.
You're still here, you're still here,
God was holding you when nobody else was near.
Let 'em go, let 'em go,
What ain't meant to stay was never yours to hold.
Your heart broke, but your soul still sings,
You lost that love, but you didn't lose everything.
You got faith, you got hope, you got another day,
You got light in you that the dark can't take away.
Lift your head, baby, wipe those tears,
