I've been down

Intro chorus I've been down, Lower than the ground. 8 3+5 But now I am rebuilding. 7 Higher than the ceiling. 6 Bridge. So I gotta fight. 5 when I'm on the mic. 5 I gotta do it right. 6 This is what it's like. 5 Pause.1 count. ... Verse 1. I've had a wall. 4 Around my soul. 4 It's been my shield. 4 From long ago. 4 It needs to yield. 4 To let it go. 4 So here I go. 4 Pause 2 count to express, i must confess 7 3+4 Through nervousness. 4 I was depressed, i was a wreck. 8 4+4 I've tried my best, to right this mess. 8 4+4 Pause 2 count. Chorus 2 I've been down. Lower than the ground. 8 3+5 But now I am rebuilding. 7 Higher than the ceiling. repeate. Verse 2. Take the frustration, make it inspiration. 11 5+6 Through my dedication. 6 A great destination, if I can explain it. 12 6+6 I want my rap, to be like that. 8 4+4 a fire in the darkness. 6 A fire to start this. 6 change my pain, into gain. 6 3+3 Bridge. yesterday. 3 has gone away. 4 but scars remain. 4 and so I say. 4 Pause 2 count. Verse 3 I can't lay down, and die. 6 4+2 I gotta try, I gotta fight. 8 4+4 I gotta give it, all my might. 7 5+3 when I'm on the mic. 6 Pause 1 count. Other wise, why even try. 7 3+4 Cause when I die, I leave behind. 8 4+4 A rhyme that's mine. Or so I try 8 4+4 Pause 2 count. Outro verse. I'm getting better slowly. 6 can't you hear me flowing. 6 i have got it going now. 7 you can't slow me down. 5 So look out, cause im inbound. 7 3+4 And I ain't backing down. 6 Pause 2 count. Outro chorus. I've been down. Lower than the ground. 8 3+5 But now I am rebuilding. 7 Higher than the ceiling. 6 Repeat again. ... 1234 To open up, this is tough. 7 4+3 Cause my past, has been rough. 6 3+4 frustrated, that I have to do this on my own. 13 4+9 Debated if I'd rather be alone.10 3+7 decided that, no I really don't. 9 4×5 Confided that, in my rap. 7 4+3 ... yet when I try, to let my mind. 8 4+4 explain itself, it closes shut. 8 4+4 To protect its self. 5 that doesn't help.4 It makes it hard, to open up. 8 4+4 Pause ... suppose i try. 4 to write a rhyme. 4 that's on my mind.4 would I lie, about my life?. 7 3+4 By saying things. I know aren't right? 8 4+4 On the mic. 3 ... Would I give in. 4 and try to fit in. 5 and loose my mission. 5 Of expression. 4 To competition. 5 And trying to win. 5 ... no one wants to say. 5 I don't know the way. 5 They say that . 3 I can't rap. 3 but screw that. 3 let's unpack. 3 that they saaay. 3 you're born with it. 4 it's a giiift. 3 you can't develop it. 6 its bullcraaap. 3 you're so full of it. 5 ... I say back. 3 I'm learning to rap. 5 that's a fact. 3 I make an impact. 5 I made this track. 4 Straight from scratch. 3 ... I try to find, connection. 7 4+3 I go against, convention. 7 4+3 so its hard, to fit in. 6 3+3 But I've learned my lesson. 6 That I don't have to fit in. 7 ... Also I should mention. 6 I try to be unique. 6 4+2 When I'm on, a beat. 5 3+2 that is what, I seek. 5 3+2 Emotional release. 6 ... For those that doubted me. 6 And said I can't succeed. 6 you've empowered me. 5 To be the real me. 6 Now i shall never cease. 6 until I can release. 6 my inner master peice. 6 End