Built From Bad Days

I learned young how to bite my tongue

Let the world say what it's gonna say

Watched promises turn into dust

When the lights went out folks walked away

I've slept with doubts like an old best friend

Woke up tired but I still showed face

Every wrong turn every dead end sign

Just another brick in the frame

Yeah I've been bent I've been broke

Had my back against the wall

But the weight of it all didn't crush me

It taught me how to crawl then stand tall

I wasn't born this strong I was built

From bad days hard nights and lessons that hurt

Every scar wrote my name in the dirt

I didn't get lucky didn't get dealt silk

I wasn't born this strong I was built

I've trusted hearts that were halfway gone

Called it love called it fate

I've paid full price for half truth smiles

And learned too late what pride can take

There's rust on my edges smoke in my lungs

A little gravel left in my voice

But I earned every inch of the man I am

Every step was a choice

Yeah the fire burned the pressure stayed

Till it showed me what I'm worth

You don't get this kind of backbone free

You gotta bleed a little first

I wasn't born this strong I was built

From bad days hard nights and lessons that hurt

Every scar wrote my name in the dirt

I didn't get lucky didn't get dealt silk

I wasn't born this strong I was built

I didn't come from silver lines

Or a life that cut me slack

Every time the world tried breaking me

I broke right back

Yeah I broke right back

I wasn't born this strong I was built

From bad days hard nights and lessons that hurt

Every scar wrote my name in the dirt

If I'm standing here it's proof itself

I wasn't born this strong I was built

Yeah built from bad days

Still here still breathing still built