Opening The Book - JohnnieB

Lyrics

( Johnnie B On The Beat ) This is for the pages that fucking made me For the early breath, the hard start, and the nights that shaped me Premature birth, came in the world lookin’ fragile, shit but that never broke me Life hit first, but I bit back, and the pressure only woke me I was rebuilt by the hurt, but the hurt never fucking owned me Came from a room full of doubt, but the fire in my chest still chose me Just a little dribbler, but the goal got bigger, and the soul stayed oh so holy That’s why this song come straight from the center, right where the scars left still know me Yeah, I took the hard road, yeah, I played that role, and the weight got fucking heavy But I turned that load to a code I know, and the now my pen got ready They said I might not make it, shit I kept takin’ that air so steady Born too soon, but I was born to dare, lookd like the truth stayed in me Yeah, they said I looked too fragile, but I pushed through pain, and never let it fully control me I was built to scream my story through the dark till the light could hold me see I’m Not some ruined child, I’m a wild-born life with a voice that just rolled deep Opening the book on the whole damn past, now the whole worlds gonna know me I’m opening the book now look what I wrote every page got fire every line got smoke I forgive but don’t forget that’s the code I know opening the book let the whole truth show I’m opening the book now look who I am got dark in my past got light in my hands I forgive don’t forget still move how I can opening the book now they all understand it Looking like a rough start, but I turned that rough start into a strong one Came from a strange little frame, but I still made pain into a long run Wired a little different, but the difference became what the fucking songs from Every flaw they pointed at became the place that the dope ass bars come from Made to dis this system, this bitch can never define me They can label all day, but a label ain’t deep enough to truly confine me Trying to make me the fucking freak, the weak, the odd one out, but shit, that’s behind me Now I critique every lie they preach, and I let the truth get fucking grimy Born with a defect? Maybe born with a lens that just see through bullshit cleaner Maybe born with a mind that can hold more hurt and still dream just a little meaner Maybe born with a soul that can turn one wound to a whole damn arena Every day of the week they tried to make me feel smaller, but I came back infinitely bigger So I’m not no victim vegetable, I’m a survivor with vision and fucking scripture I’m not what broke in the cradle, I’m what rose from the break they poked and made richer Opening the book means every page got proof I can outgrow the fucking picture And every line I write say the same damn thing — I was built to deliver I’m opening the book now look what I wrote every page got fire every line got smoke I forgive but don’t forget that’s the code I know opening the book let the whole truth show I’m opening the book now look who I am got dark in my past got light in my hands I forgive don’t forget still move how I can opening the book now they all understand My Purpose was born in a hurry, and the word got carried to early That’s why I came out fightin’ for breath with a soul that still move damn sturdy Even the doctors might’ve looked shook, but the spirit in me stood worthy Came in half-alive, half-dead, but the truth in me still burned fucking clearly Yeah, I was born with some sickness around me, some darkness around me Some fear in the room, some pressure in the blood, some pain all the fuck around me But I’m too stubborn to die in the shadow of what tried to drown me Had to share this message, so the fire in my chest stayed loud and fucking found me I was born so sick of all the curses they put on the start of my life That I learned how to turn every ache to a page and every scar to a damn light My mother’s womb may have felt like a war, but I still walked out with a fight And I still got grace in my hands, even after all of that dark that was in the night Wanted gone before I could speak, but I lived and I learned and I wrote it Wanted silence out of my mouth, shit I broke that hush and I showed it Opening the book on the whole damn truth, now every old wound knows it JohnnieB came through the hurt still whole — and this my proof, my turn bitch I told it I’m opening the book now look what I wrote every page got fire every line got smoke I forgive but don’t forget that’s the code I know opening the book let the whole truth show I’m opening the book now look who I am got dark in my past got light in my hands I forgive don’t forget still move how I can opening the book now they all understand