B.O.T.D. (EXODUS)

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EXODUS CodiakTHCreatoR [INTRO] (Yeah...) (Cold nights...) (Heavy lessons...) (Still here.) I was forged where the pressure lives, where the weak fold and the record skips. Now I walk through the smoke like a prophecy, every scar got a story attached to it. --- [VERSE 1] Walked through the fire / with ash in my lungs, (Still) found a heartbeat / inside of the drums. Built from the pieces / they thought they erased, turned every loss / into fuel for the chase. Never had luck / I negotiated fate, stood in the storm / while they watched me break. Funny thing is / when the pressure arrived, that's when the ghost of the old me died. I buried the fear / where the doubt used to grow, planted a vision / then watched it explode. Hands full of dirt / but my eyes on the stars, carrying worlds / in the weight of my scars. They saw the damage / I saw the design, they saw the ending / I saw the climb. Every closed door / became something to kick, every "no" / became part of the script. (Pause) I wasn't rescued / I rebuilt. Wasn't handed power / I revealed it. --- [HOOK] This is the EXODUS — (rise) watch how I step through the flame. Left my old shadow / buried in yesterday, I came back different / remember the name. This is the EXODUS — (breathe) nothing can chain what survives. I turned my pain into purpose, turned my wounds into light. I crossed that line / and I don't look back, built my foundation / on top of the cracks. If they ask how a legend is born from the dust... Tell 'em I walked through the fire and became what was left. --- [VERSE 2] Time tried to break me / I broke the clock, stood at the bottom / then climbed to the top. Mind like a weapon / but heart like a shield, learned every battle / was teaching me skill. I don't chase moments / I create them, don't wait for doors / I reshape them. The same hands that carried the weight of the world, built a future where my dreams unfurl. Pressure made diamonds / I became the proof, stood in the rain / now I'm bringing the roof. They counted me out / with a smile on their face, now they study the steps / that I took through the maze. I am the echo / after the sound, I am the king / when the crown isn't found. I am the proof / that the fallen can rise, reborn from the ashes / with fire in my eyes. (Double-time section) No fear in the mirror, I stare at the storm and I make it remember, the coldest December, the darkest endeavor, the moments that broke me just made me forever. I carried the weight and I never surrendered, the pain was the teacher, the scars were the mentor. The past was a prison, I shattered the center, escaped from the ashes as something much better. --- [BRIDGE] If destiny hides, I'll find it. If the mountain's high, I'll climb it. If the world goes dark, I'll light it. I didn't survive just to exist... I survived to become. --- [FINAL HOOK] This is the EXODUS — open the gates, let me through. Everything I lost made room for the truth. This is the EXODUS — watch what the future becomes. The child of the struggle is carrying the sun. No more running, no more chains, no more living inside yesterday's name. I walked through the fire, I survived the flood... Now the ashes know exactly who I was.

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