Came From That

This one for everybody they said wasn't gon' be nothin'
We still here
Still breathin'
Still swingin'

I came from broke came from pain came from stress
Where you gotta fight just to catch your breath
Mama cried when the lights got cut
I was 12 with a blade tryna feel tough

Fake friends dipped when the tank went dry
I was knee-deep in the mud still reachin' for sky
Ain't no silver spoon just ramen and rage
Now I turn my trauma into bars on stage

I came from that
No cap no act just pain in stacks
Had to grind where the light don't last
Now I ride with ghosts I ain't bringin' back

I came from that
Hard nights no rest just dreamin' black
Turned loss into love then I turned to rap
You ain't gotta like me but respect the path

From hand-me-downs to runnin' it up
From fights in the yard to tyin' it up
Learned more in a week than school taught in years
Built my throne from struggle not peer reviews

Told myself I'd never quit
Even when my soul felt counterfeit
Now my name hold weight like bench sets
They see my scars and call 'em skillsets

I ain't perfect... but I ain't folded
They gave me hell I molded gold in it
I ain't change - I just got colder
Still that kid from the mud... just older

I came from that
Where the weak don't last and the strong get cracked
Where the pain don't fade but the grind fights back
Now I ride with flames on a rusted track

I came from that
No fame just faith in a pitch-black map
Took hits took Ls took heat took flak
But I'm still gon' rise - 'cause I came from that

For every youngin' with dirt on their name and fire in their chest...
This is proof:
You can come from that... and still make it
Phantom out