Forged My Own Path

Verse

I don’t come loud, I come weighted with proof

Tempered in silence, sharpened in truth

Nobody handed me peace, I earned my nerve

Stayed clean in the storm, yeah it still hurt

Watched hunger turn loyalty paper-thin

Seen love get nervous when I wouldn’t bend

I ain’t bitter, I’m awake — big difference there

I don’t speak from the wound, I speak once it’s repaired

Paid dues nobody circled or saved

Held my ground when it was easier to cave

I don’t flex what I lost, I flex what remained

Still myself after pressure tried teachin’ me change

I don’t move off impulse, I move off discernment

If I stayed it was faith, if I left it was alignment

I don’t need to be liked, I need rest at night

I don’t ask for permission — I decide what’s right

Chorus

I don’t borrow fire, I don’t fake my flame

If I stand in the heat, I withstand the pain

I don’t fold under pressure, I stay in my lane

Forged my own path — ain’t a thing been the same

Verse

I been tested by lack, by love, by God

By prayers unanswered, by goin’ it raw

By choosing my soul over being chosen

By walkin’ away when the terms were broken

I don’t dress up pain just to sound legit

I lived it long enough to get quiet with it

I don’t need a crown, I don’t kneel for clout

I know who I am when nobody’s around

I don’t chase revenge, I let truth collect

Every lie collapses if you give it a sec

I don’t need last words, I don’t need closure

I move like I already saw the exposure

Bridge

I didn’t harden — I clarified

I didn’t break — I fortified

I didn’t beg — I recognized

I didn’t fold — I outlasted

Chorus

I don’t borrow fire, I don’t fake my flame

If I stand in the heat, I withstand the pain

I don’t fold under pressure, I stay in my lane

Forged my own path — ain’t a thing been the same

Outro

Yeah. Still here. Still me.