AGAINST ALL ODDS

Lyrics

INTRO
They counted me out before I learned to count my scars
Told me the road was too long, so I walked it anyway
I wasn't born with a map
I was born with a reason

VERSE 1
I came from streets where a dream was a luxury,
where every little hope had a price attached to me.
I learned to work before I learned to rest,
put the weight of the world on a young man's chest.
I watched my mother sacrifice pieces of her life,
watched my family turn struggle into survival overnight.
I worked with my hands when I was barely a man,
learned the value of a coin and the strength of a plan.
I carried boxes, carried dreams, carried every mistake,
and every road I walked was another chance to escape.
From Morocco's streets to the lights of another land,
I kept my future hidden deep inside my hands.
But every closed door left another door in my mind.
They saw where I started and decided where I'd end,
but they never understood how stubborn I could get.

PRE-CHORUS
When the whole world says no,
when the night gets heavy,
when your heart says stop
but your soul says keep ready,
there's a voice in the darkness
that nobody else can hear:
"You didn't come this far
just to disappear."

CHORUS
Against all odds, I'm still standing,
against every door that was slammed in my face.
Against every night that tried to bury me,
I kept putting one foot in front of the other anyway.
Against all odds, hear my heartbeat,
I survived every war they thought would finish me.
They can take what I had, they can question my name,
but they can't take the fire that carried me through the pain.
Against all odds, I remain.

VERSE 2
I've been the dreamer, the rebel, the realist inside,
three different voices fighting for a place to survive.
I've worn a smile while a storm lived under my skin,
looked into the mirror asking which one of me would win.
I chased explanations for the things I couldn't name,
built walls around my heart and called those walls strength.
But life has a way of stripping every mask away,
until all you're left with is the truth you couldn't say.
And my truth has a heartbeat, two little angels bright,
two daughters who can turn my darkest room into light.
A wife who became home even when home was far away,
a love that makes the distance hurt more every day.
But love kept pulling me back when I was losing my way,
and faith reminded me tomorrow is another day.
I don't need a perfect life, I need a life that's true,
and if I have to rebuild, I'll build it for them too.

PRE-CHORUS
When your faith gets tested,
when your strength runs thin,
when the world sees a failure
but you know who you've been,
look beyond the darkness,
look beyond the fear:
sometimes the smallest light
is proof that hope is still here.

CHORUS
Against all odds, I'm still standing,
against every storm that was meant to drown me.
Against every voice that said I'd never make it,
I turned every "never" into something I could be.
Against all odds, hear my heartbeat,
I survived every war they thought would finish me.
They can take what I had, they can question my name,
but they can't take the fire that carried me through the pain.
Against all odds, I remain.

BRIDGE
I was broken, but not finished.
I was lost, but not erased.
Every tear became a river.
Every scar became my strength.
If the world won't make a way,
I'll walk through what remains.
I have fallen seven times,
and I rose eight.
Let the choir tell the story.
Let the drums shake the gates.
I am still here.
I am still here.

VERSE 4
So this is for the boy who worked when he should have played,
for the mother who gave everything and never asked to be repaid.
For every father missing home but fighting through the fear,
for every tired soul still searching for a reason to stay here.
Don't believe the voice that tells you that you're done,
sometimes the longest night is only waiting for the sun.
I've stood at the edge and still found a way out,
lost pieces of myself, but never lost my route.
I don't need revenge, I don't need to prove them wrong,
I want peace in my chest and the courage to move on.
Let them count my failures, let them measure my scars,
I'll count every time I stood beneath impossible stars.
I came too far to surrender now,
too much love behind me,
too much life ahead of me,
too much truth inside me to bow.

FINAL CHORUS
Against all odds, I'm still standing,
against every storm that was meant to drown me.
Against every voice that said I'd never make it,
I turned every "never" into something I could be.
Against all odds, I'm still breathing,
still believing there's a reason I'm here.
I lost pieces of myself,
but I found something stronger:
a soul that refuses to disappear.
Against all odds, I remain.
Against all pain, I remain.
Against everything that tried to break me,
I became.
Against all odds.
OUTRO
They thought surviving was victory.
They were wrong.
Surviving was only the beginning.
And as long as I am still here,
the story is not over.
Still here. Still fighting. Story is not over