Legado

I grew up on cracked tile floors
Mama worked the night shift, still she locked the door
Cold cereal, late bus rides
Big dreams hidden deep inside my eyes
I watched the rain run down the windowpane
Took every bruise and carried all the pain
Even when the world said: Stay down low
I kept my name alive inside my soul

Then I heard that voice inside of me
Saying: Don't you give up now
Every scar's a receipt
For how far you'll make it somehow

I rise, I rise
Out of the dark
I rise, I rise
With a steady heart
(Steady heart)
If everything shakes
I still won't break
I rise, I rise
Watch me make my way

A friend traded dreams for streets and gold
I had to learn what I could truly hold
Some days I was almost gone
Then all that pain became a song
I packed my pride inside a paper bag
Left all my fear behind the past
Now I walk like I already know the road
'Cause I built it brick by brick, now let it show

Then I heard that voice inside of me
Saying: Don't you give up now
Every scar's a receipt
For how far you'll make it now

I rise, I rise
Out of the dark
I rise, I rise
With a steady heart
(Steady heart)
If everything shakes
I still won't break
I rise, I rise
Watch me make my way

When the walls closed in
I found room within
When they called me less
I learned to multiply
(Learned to multiply)
I was made of smoke
Now I move like fire
One more breath, one more step
And I speak my name

I rise, I rise
Out of the darkness
I rise, I rise
With a steady heart
(Steady heart)
Even if everything trembles
I still won't break
I rise, I rise
Watch me make my way

Watch me make my way
Watch me make my way
I rise, I rise