[Intro]
Had to get lost
Just to get found
Talked to my fear
Tore that down (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Used to hide my face in the crowd
Now my name too loud in my mouth
Staring at the boy in the glass
Told him, “You can let go of the past”
Burned old dreams on the bedroom floor
Made new plans on a cracked phone screen
Every little “no” that I heard
Turned into a road back to me
[Chorus]
Mama, I made it
But not how they say it
I finally feel my own skin
I finally walk like I win
Mama, I made it
From “maybe” to “say less”
Look at your son in this light
I’m not afraid of my life
Mama, I made it
Mama, I made it
[Verse 2]
Dark thoughts tried to rent my head
Raised the price till they left instead
Turned my scars into sharp tattoos
Every bruise taught me how to move
They told me “stay in your lane”
I built a road through the rain
Every wrong turn, every fake friend
Pointed me right back in
[Chorus]
Mama, I made it
But not how they say it
I finally feel my own skin
I finally walk like I win
Mama, I made it
From “maybe” to “say less”
Look at your son in this light
I’m not afraid of my life
Mama, I made it
Mama, I made it
[Bridge]
I was running from my own reflection
Now I’m dancing in the same direction (oh)
Every flaw, every broken piece
Clicking into place in me
Hands up high for the kid I was
Hands up high for the man I love
Every step on this strange road
Spelling out the same code—
[Chorus]
Mama, I made it
But not how they say it
I finally feel my own skin
I finally walk like I win
Mama, I made it
From “maybe” to “say less”
Look at your son in this light
I’m not afraid of my life
Mama, I made it
Mama, I made it
[Outro]
I found me
I found me (yeah)
Say it till it stays, I’m
Right where I’m supposed to be