can't hold me down

Lyrics

Thought You Could Hold Me Down
Intro
Yeah…
You thought I’d stay buried, huh?
Nah… I came back meaner
Verse 1
Thought you could hold me down, chains on my soul
Cold nights in the dark tryna fight for control
Everybody switched sides when I needed help
Had to learn real quick how to save myself
Backstab scars still fresh in my skin
Smiles in my face while they pray I don’t win
But pressure make diamonds, pain made a beast
Now I eat every track like I ain’t had a feast
I was broke, lost, angry as hell
Fightin’ my own mind in a personal cell
Devil on my back sayin’ “Boy just quit”
But I got too much rage, I can’t die like this
Chorus
Thought you could hold me down
Now I’m standin’ tall while you watch me now
Tried to bury me deep but I clawed out the ground
Hear the whole crowd scream when the bass get loud
Thought you could break my soul
But the fire inside made my heart turn cold
Every scar, every loss made me harder to fold
Now I walk through the flames like I’m built for war
Verse 2
I remember them days nobody called my phone
Sittin’ in the dark feelin’ dead alone
Mind gone numb from the pills and smoke
Fake friends disappear when your spirit broke
Now I move different, eyes stay sharp
Still got demons tryna tear me apart
But I learned how to fight when the world turned fake
Now I trust my gut with every step I take
You ain’t never seen pain like this
Still standin’ tall with my fists all clenched
I done crawled through hell just to breathe again
Now I’m too damn strong for your games to win
Bridge
You pushed too hard
Now the monster awake
All the hate you gave
Turned into strength
Final Chorus
Thought you could hold me down
Now I’m breakin’ chains while I run this town
Middle fingers up, I ain’t backin’ down
I survived every time that I almost drowned
Thought you could silence me
Now every word hit violently
Built from pain, scars, anxiety
Still rise up — that’s the fighter in me
Outro
Yeah…
You should’ve killed the fire when you had the chance
Now it burnin’ outta control.