ECHOES OF THE PAST

[Intro – distant, textured,

whispered]

(echo… echo…)

Yeah…

I hear it sometimes.

Not calling me back—

Just reminding me where I came from.

I hear echoes of the past in the silence of the night

Old conversations, old fears, old fights

Old versions of me that ain’t there no more.

Tryna breathe through the weight, tryna hold onto hope

I remember them days when the pressure was loud

When I questioned my path, when I blended in crowds

But I kept one eye open, one foot in the light

Even lost, I was learning, even wrong, I was right (steady)

I don’t run from the memories

I let ’em talk, then I release

What was heavy don’t hold me

It just show me who I used to be

Echoes of the past, but they don’t control me. Echoes of the past.

I hear ’em whisper, but they don’t own me. Echoes of that past.

Every scar tell a story .Echoes of that past.

I ain’t stuck in the dark,

Echoes of the past, I let ’em pass through me

Echoes of that past.

I’m not who I used to be.

echoes of the past (past ,past, past.)

I remember trust breaking right in my hands

Smiles with intentions I couldn’t understand

I remember nights praying something would change

When faith felt small, but it called me by name .

I seen love leave, I seen friends fold

I seen truth get quiet when lies got bold

But every loss carved strength in my frame

Pain didn’t end me—it just taught me my name OA- behind my eys now i am (aligned)

I forgive who I was back then

I forgive what I didn’t know

If I never walked through that fire

I’d never move this slow

Echoes of the past, but they don’t control me. Echoes of the past.

I hear ’em whisper, but they don’t own me. Echoes of that past.

Every scar tell a story .Echoes of that past.

I ain’t stuck in the dark,

Echoes of the past, I let ’em pass through me

Echoes of that past.

I’m not who I used to be.

echoes of the past (past ,past, past.)

I don’t erase the past

I integrate it

Every version of me

Helped create this

I don’t hate the scars

I translate ’em

That’s how pain turn wisdom

When you face it

(echo…echo..echo...steady…)

Echoes of the past, but they don’t control me. Echoes of the past.

I hear ’em whisper, but they don’t own me. Echoes of that past.

Every scar tell a story .Echoes of that past.

I ain’t stuck in the dark,

Echoes of the past, I let ’em pass through me

Echoes of that past.

I’m not who I used to be.

echoes of the past (past ,past, past.)

(echo… echo…echo..)

Lessons remembered.

Lessons learned.

Lessons, lessons, lessons

I own that ..