I grew up in a city known for cheaper alcohol
Where the dreamers go to wipe the mind of every single thought
Where the clowns are glee enough to block out every star
Until the thought of ever reaching them is lost,
no
The only way to see them was to run far away
Only way to touch them was to work every day
But the,
the thorn of failure plagues my heart and my head
And I can't get this weight up off my chest,
no,
no
Sticks and stones can't break my bones
No words won't bring me down
Mama told me stand up tall
Don't let them take your crown Even when you touch the sky
They'll say you're underground Sticks and stones can't break my bones
No words won't bring me down
And they ain't break my bones,
no We can do damage with a stick,
no
Stone in this whip full of chrome I'm a *,
I know
In this mad city,
you gotta be a psycho Just to call it my home
Why you think we fly, mo?
If you don't see the tears,
that just mean he cry more
And here you stay for life,
who you sacrifice your mouth for?
A military man said he don't wanna die Yet he did it for survival
Sticks and stones can't break my bones No words won't bring me down
Mama told me stand up tall Don't let them take your crown
Even when you touch the sky They'll say you're underground
Sticks and stones can't break my bones No words won't bring me down
My only thoughts walking through the piss
-stained staircases Was do it on your own,
less people to catch a case with The ones that played the bravest
needed a master filled like Jason Dees Days I'm less involved but
being adjacent to the stainless knife Being around the world and I,
I,
I Still can't find no peace in my,
my mind Even with the knife in my back,
I left behind I was jogging off the supercell
but can't rewind Time don't pull up,
bad man,
I go forward with the Sticks and stones
These days I'm done talking to them
Talker,
I can show them how to walk and hop,
they follow movement
Made it look too easy,
now they thinking that there's nothing to it
Sticks and stones can't break my bones No words won't bring me down
Mama told me stand up tall Don't let them take your crown
Even when you touch the sky They'll say you're underground
Sticks and stones can't break my bones No words won't bring me down
I wanna use the gifts I'm given I'm
spending days and nights and weeks up in
the kitchen Not just trying to make a living,
I've been
trying to make a difference I'll make a change and some change on the
side So my family can never want for nothing
I've been suffering,
I've been thriving and I've been in between
I've been on the road to riches since I was like 17
Pocket full of dreams of stadiums singing back at me
In reality,
it's just faces passing on this street
I'm trying desperately to make them stop and notice me
Maybe that will stop these doubts from creeping in and choking me
Hopefully,
look,
the biggest battle is the one against myself The end of me,
of my potential and my mental health
But I'll never let that voice under my skin I'll never let them in,
I'll never let them in,
I'll never let them win
So I'll remember from whence I came I used to find a comfort
in these whispers but I'm glad that I can finally say
I never needed,
I never needed you Oh, let alone anyone
We can leave this thing gone
I never needed,
I never needed you
Oh, let alone anyone
We can leave this thing gone