Lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah…
It’s for the ones who had nothin' but made somethin’.
From the gutter, now we risin’.
Lemme talk to ‘em…

[Verse 1]
Came up from the bottom, out the mud with no warnin’
Where the sun don’t shine and the nights feel mournin’
Mama workin’ doubles, ramen boilin’ in the pot
We was dreamin’ 'bout a life way bigger than the block

Eviction on the door, cold winters on the floor
Every hustle had a risk, every corner had a war
Had to watch for the ops, and the boys with the badge
One mistake in the hood, and your name on a tag

They said I’d never make it, said I’d die in these streets
But I flipped pain to power, now I rap to these beats
I’m a product of the grind, scars deep in my soul
But I walk with my head high, never lettin’ go

[Chorus]
From the pavement, from the dirt
Every rhyme is from the hurt
Turn my struggle into worth
Now I shine, I know my worth
From the pain, from the heat
Now I’m standin’ on my feet
Ain’t no love, but I’m elite
Made it out — that’s no defeat

[Verse 2]
I done seen my homies fall, I done cried in the dark
Still I carry all they names like tattoos on my heart
Every block got a tale, every soul got a fight
But we push through the storm till we see that light

Ain’t no fairy tale life, just the real and the raw
But I’m speakin’ for the youth who got dreams in the draw
If you feel like you trapped, let my words be the key
If I made it from the trenches, then you can break free

Told the devil he can't have me, I belong to the King
Even through all my sins, He still gave me my wings
Now I spit for the lost, for the kids with no voice
We don’t choose where we born, but we live by choice

[Chorus]
From the pavement, from the dirt
Every rhyme is from the hurt
Turn my struggle into worth
Now I shine, I know my worth
From the pain, from the heat
Now I’m standin’ on my feet
Ain’t no love, but I’m elite
Made it out — that’s no defeat

[Outro]
Yeah, we rose from the ashes
Tears, blood, and the crashes
Still breathin’, still fightin’
Still climbin’, still writin’
This the hood — unfiltered, uncut
But the heart never quits, and the soul don’t shut.