[Intro]
Started with a half tank
Staring at an ashtray
Phone full of “you can’t”
Heart full of "just wait"

[Verse 1]
Mama said, "You think too much"
I said, "I don't think enough"
Anger in my chest back then
I was calling that tough
I was chasing quick highs
Scrolling through fake lives
Praying with my eyes closed
Running from the same signs
Kept a list of excuses
Like trophies on the wall
Blaming every small loss
So I never had to grow at all
Then I heard my own voice
Say, "This on you, kid"
If you stay the same
You gon' hate the way you live

[Chorus]
I climbed out the basement
Turned doubt into pavement
Every "you'll never make it"
Became part of the foundation
I talked to my reflection
Like, "We gon' fix this mess"
From the fear to the pressure
Every scar became a flex
I climbed out the basement

[Verse 2]
Used to flex what I bought
Now I flex what I beat
Like the nights I was shaking
But still stayed on my feet
Turned my pain into practice
Turned my hurt into reps
Now every setback say to me
"Bet you won't take the next step"
I been broke, I been bitter
I been stuck in one spot
Till I learned the hardest prison
Is the pattern of your thoughts
So I clean my mind daily
Like it's part of my fit
If the vibe don't match my vision
Then I dip, that's it (yeah)

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
They gon' say you changed
Say it like it's something bad
But staying who you were
That's what really make ‘em sad
So I outgrow old rooms
Outrun old moods
If the past call my phone
Hit decline, “who’s you?” (who’s you?)