[Intro – Male, spoken-sing, raw]

Hardcore… hardcore…

Born in the dirt, raised in the storm,

Every step a war I never chose.

But I'm still standing, still bleeding, still breathing.

Yeah…

[Verse 1 – Male, rhythmic, autotuned]

Woke up with nothing, slept on concrete floors,

Every door I knocked on, they slammed it in my face.

Learned to fight with my hands, to survive with my scars,

Every loss was a lesson, every fall left a trace.

They said "Give up, you're not built for this life,"

I said "Watch me rise from the blade of the knife."

Walked through fire, swallowed the smoke,

Turned every no into a reason to choke –

On my pride, on my doubt, on the voice in my head,

This life is the only language I've bled.

[Chorus – Female, explosive, soaring, voice cracking, without repeating "hardcore" every line]

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LET IT GO,

THE PRESSURE BUILT THIS IRON SOUL.

EVERY SCAR IS A STORY TOLD,

I BREAK THE GROUND WITH MY BARE HOLD.

THE PAIN IS REAL, BUT I WON'T FOLD,

I CARRY THE WEIGHT TILL I GROW OLD.

THIS IS MY PATH, THIS IS MY ROAD,

HARDCORE – I'LL NEVER LOSE THIS CODE!

[Verse 2 – Male, intense, half-screamed]

I buried my brothers, I lost my best friends,

Every grave is a reminder that this life never ends.

I climb every mountain, I swim every sea,

This blood keeps pumping through me.

My hands are calloused, my heart is stone,

But I still feel the warmth when I'm fighting alone.

They ask "Why so hard?" I say "It's all I know,

The softness would kill me, the struggle makes me grow."

I don't need a crown, I don't need a throne,

This path is the only one I've ever known.

[Bridge – Male spoken, female whisper rising]

(Male) Hardcore…

(Female, low) Hardcore…

(Together, building) I WILL NEVER BREAK!

[Final Chorus – Female, maximum tear, beat rupture]

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LET IT GO,

THE PRESSURE BUILT THIS IRON SOUL.

EVERY SCAR IS A STORY TOLD,

I BREAK THE GROUND WITH MY BARE HOLD.

THE PAIN IS REAL, BUT I WON'T FOLD,

I CARRY THE WEIGHT TILL I GROW OLD.

THIS IS MY PATH, THIS IS MY ROAD,

HARDCORE – I'LL NEVER LOSE THIS CODE!

[Outro – Male whispered, fading]

Hardcore…

I never gave up…

Never will…

Hardcore.