00:08Everybody knows the name
00:11Everybody got a story
00:14But nobody saw the nights
00:17When I almost died, believe in mine
00:21I hear my name when the whole world sleeps
00:24Smile for the lights, got a soul underneath
00:27Build these walls but they don't feel like
00:31Crowd sings loud till I walk alone
00:34The lights go dark with the truth from me
00:37If I lose it all, it ain't on my name
00:41When the last voice fades in the sky, it's turned black
00:44I'm still that kid trying to find his way back
00:48I remember Conan's little hope, big plans
00:50Had a whole damn future in these two bad hands
00:51No guarantee waiting, no road mark clear
00:53Just a voice in my head saying, get out of here
00:55Turn pain into pages every page into proof
00:57Had to build my own ceiling just to stand in my truth
00:58They were watching the image, never asking the cost
01:00Counted every little wind, never measured what I lost
01:02I learned how to laugh when the pressure got heavy
01:03Keep my head down, keep my entrance steady
01:05Every closed door made a new route appear
01:07Every false friend made the real ones more clear
01:08I don't need you to love me, just don't rewrite my past
01:10I was building something real where you were judging the mask
01:12If the whole world leaves when the spotlight is gone
01:13I still have the same voice that I started this on
01:15And I know, I know, I can't please them all
01:18Some want the crown, some just want the fall
01:22Let the room go quiet, let the truth come through
01:25When noise disappears, I'll still be me too
01:28I hear my name when I name, when the whole world sleeps
01:32Smile for the lights, got a soul underneath
01:35Build these walls but they don't feel like home
01:38Crowd sings loud until I walk alone
01:41Let the lights go dark, but the truth remains
01:45If I lose it, I wouldn't know my name
01:48When the last boy fades and the skies turn black
01:52I'm still that kid trying to find his way back
01:55Now the room full of suits, got a pitch and a promise
01:57Every sentence sounds polished, every clause
01:59How's the topic they can offer me a ladder can't decide why I climb
02:01I can listen to the offer without selling my spine
02:02I don't hate the notiation, I just read what I sign
02:04Keep the masters, keep the vision, keep the ownership in mind
02:06If the partnership is honest, let the paperwork show it
02:07If the freedom has a price, put the whole damn quote
02:09Hold in a room and set the feed, everybody plays judge
02:11One meeting, charge the marriage, one pause to a grudge
02:13They can manufacture drama, they can package a debate
02:14But the headline ain't a heartbeat in a room, I ain't a fade
02:16I got melody for nice when the confidence cracks
02:18Got a burst full of pressure when the rhythm attacks
02:19I can make the hook stay while the hard bars bite
02:21Put the truth in the dark, let it walk in the light
02:24Just to prove I belong, I'm too busy making sure
02:25That the next wreck's strong, you can measure what I post
02:27You can question my route, but the music says the things
02:29I don't explain out loud
02:29Maybe I was scared you'd see all the doubt beneath the dream
02:33All the nights I played it strong, all the times I felt alone
02:37If tomorrow takes the lights, if the crowd forgets tonight
02:40Let this voice be what remains, not the headlines, not the names
02:44Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
02:47Not the headlines, oh, not, not the names
02:50Build a language out of pressure, put the panic in patterns
02:52Made a ladder out of losses, not a climb, doesn't matter
02:54Every critic got a verdict, every verdict got a caption
02:56But the comment isn't crap and the reaction isn't passion
02:57I was writing through the static while they typed up the narrative
02:59Turned in contradiction to a reason to be arrogant
03:01I'm cutting through the clutter with the cadence that's delivered
03:03Every syllable is evidence, it breathes in the pen
03:04They want a simple little story with a villain and a victim
03:06A convenient little label and a headline they can filter
03:08But the person in the booth isn't the person in the picture
03:09I got scars beneath the surface that no camera can deliver
03:11I can lose a negotiation, still retain a destination
03:13I can walk away from numbers that demand my limitation
03:14I can hear a thousand voices without changing my foundation
03:16I don't need a borrower thrown to validate the dedication
03:18No contract signed and pending, no applause that I depend on
03:21No identity for sale, just to keep another trend on
03:23If the door is only duping, when I leave my name, I leave my name behind
03:25I would rather build a new one with the tools that I designed
03:27And the kid behind the hell, I never asked to be a symbol
03:29He was strong
03:29He was trying
03:30He was strong
03:32He was strong
03:49He was strong
