Yeah, I came up the hard way

I came up out of the slums with a dent in my name.
Hands full of ashes, but I still playing with flame.
Bite down hard when the danger comes close.
Got scars on my body like a map to the ghosts.

Kick down this door that they closed;
Change your fucked-up false name.
If you want to gain, you must first lose,
And turn that fear into fuel—the untamed.

Do you feel that grind in your throat?
Can you feel the tightening of the rope?
Take a breath, make a dash;
Let this rope turn into damn ash.

Say it loud, say it proud; I won’t break.
Ropes break, world shakes.
We were made unbent for freedom.
Ropes break, world shakes.
Hands up, sing it back, let it shake the place.
I came up hard, I came up back.
Ropes break, world shakes.
Yeah, I came up the hard way.
Yeah, I came up the hard way!
Yeah, I came up the hard way.

Cold room, hot blood; I’m a live wire.
Every lie they threw at me lit a bigger fire.
I hacked through this steel wall with my song.
If I fall once, I come back twice as strong.

No pretty talk; I've got iron in my breath.
Every step I take sounds like a threat.
When the world gets loud, I get louder still.
I've got power in my lungs and a nail-hard will.

Do you feel that grind in your throat?
Can you feel the tightening of the rope?
Take a breath, make a dash;
Let this rope turn into damn ash.

Say it loud, say it proud; I won’t break.
Ropes break, world shakes.
We were made unbent for freedom.
Ropes break, world shakes.
Hands up, sing it back, let it shake the place.
I came up hard, I came up back.
Ropes break, world shakes.
Yeah, I came up the hard way.
Yeah, I came up the hard way!
Yeah, I came up the hard way.

Yeah, I came up the hard way.
Yeah, I came up the hard way.

Say it again; say it again.
I was built for the wreck,
for the roar, for the end.
Say it again; say it again.
I break ropes with my teeth;
I don't back down, I don't bend.

Do you feel that grind in your throat?
Can you feel the tightening of the rope?
Take a breath, make a dash;
Let this rope turn into damn ash.

Say it loud, say it proud; I won’t break.
Ropes break, world shakes.
We were made unbent for freedom.
Ropes break, world shakes.
Hands up, sing it back, let it shake the place.
I came up hard, I came up back.
Ropes break, world shakes.
Yeah, I came up the hard way.
Yeah, I came up the hard way!
Yeah, I came up the hard way...

Yeah, I came up the hard way...