Look at me mama, I'm flying, at heights but I'm frightened

Scared of the dark, it's the black in my heart

And I'm stuck in a crawl

Avoiding my demons, they dancing in halls

Where all of my doubts like the shadows, they brawl

No laughing echoes, just silence that falls

The weight of the world I just feel it so near

Whispers of failure that ring in my ear

Hard to believe all the lies that I made

Tryna believe that I'm more that I am

Lacking when trying to act like I said

Addicted to doing whatever I can't

A guy told me "Yaung you gon make it

Ain't no one like you, ain't no one is this lit"

Smiling but every part of me didn't believe it

Probably cause every part of me know that I don't fit

People around me got wealth in their hands

Looking at me like I'm part of the gang

Dripping persona like clay in the gram

Hardening shapes that fall off with a splash

Find it concerning I'm putting it all on my back

Offload by sweeping some under the mat

Can't cover a mountain but we finna stack

Providing some therapy, I need some back

Look in the mirror I see what I been

Trying to be while I'm wearing my sins

Channeling change, but no telling when

Wake up tomorrow, repeat it again

I built a castle with words that I speak

But walls crumble easy when mind's feeling weak

Thought I was sharp, but I'm dulling my teeth

On truths that I swallow, too bitter to breathe

Running through fire to melt through the cold

Like ice in the summer, my purpose unfolds

In puddles I'm sinking, reflections I scold

For thinking I'm silver when I'm really gold

A mask made of iron; a soul made of glass

Cracked on the surface, revealing my past

Trying to grow but I'm moving too fast

In gardens of pain where the memories last

Reaching for stars with my feet in cement

Climbing a ladder that's twisted and bent

Pages I turned were never quite sent

Letters addressing the things I resent

Chasing my future, while dragging my past

Running in circles, how long will it last

Every misstep, I just laugh through the cracks

Trying to heal while the scars just stack

Look at me mama, I'm trying, still I'm trying

Staring at lightning and hoping it's guiding

Afraid of the thunder, the noise be inside me

Scared of the silence that stop me from flying

I've got a million regrets but I'm holding my ground

Turning my flaws into jewels that fit in my crown

A fool in the making, just making it count

But look at me, mama, I'm pushing through pain

Trying to find peace in the sound of the rain

Watching the water wash off all the stains

Knowing that growth can come with the chains

Look at me mama, I'm rising, despite all the heights

But even when hope look like fog in the night

I'll carry the torch and I'll fight for the light

The bird in a storm, believing in flight