

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Used to color in the lines Tiny hands, bright eyes, bedtime Then you slammed the door on that kid Said “shut up, toughen up, keep it hid” You turned “I love you” into landmines Every hug had a hook inside You were laughing while I bled You wrote your gospel in my head [Chorus] Why I gotta be nice to the world? What has it ever done for me? I wasn’t born with the blade in my hand You hammered it in till it cut me free If I’m a monster now It’s ’cause you fed the dark in me I wasn’t born evil, I was corrupted By the ones who said they’d never leave [Verse 2] You call it “character,” I call it scars You call it “lessons,” I call it bars You decorated all my doubts Made a home inside my mouth “Smile, be grateful, don’t complain” While you baptized me in shame Now you flinch at what you made Like I crawled here from the grave [Chorus] Why I gotta be nice to the world? What has it ever done for me? I wasn’t born with the blade in my hand You hammered it in till it cut me free If I’m a monster now It’s ’cause you fed the dark in me I wasn’t born evil, I was corrupted By the ones who said they’d never leave [Bridge] What’s the purpose of the pain? Did it save me, did it stain? Did it make me strong or did it make me strange? (yeah) Every bruise you ever gave Got engraved into my veins Now you beg me to behave When I’m just saying what you say [Chorus] Why I gotta be nice to the world? What has it ever done for me? I wasn’t born with the blade in my hand You hammered it in till it cut me free If I’m a monster now It’s ’cause you fed the dark in me I wasn’t born evil, I was corrupted Now you’re terrified Of what you turned me into, me
Tags
rap, Aggressive rap/rock hybrid with male vocals; jagged distorted guitars locking to a hard halftime trap groove, 808-weighted low end and sharp live snare. Verses spit in a clenched-teeth pocket, intimate then explosive; choruses kick into wide, shouted gang vocals over octave guitars and sub drops. Bridge strips to voice, bass drone, and toms, then slams back with layered screams and feedback tail., male vocals, raw, world, rock, electric
2:40
No
3/16/2026