Signed and Sealed

I’m here.

I actually made it through the door.

It’s different when the light hits.

(Yeah)

Staring at a different ceiling tonight

Not the one where the shadows used to fight

Got a letter on the table, ink still wet

The first "yes" I’ve heard since the sun went set

My hands are still shaking, but for something new

Not from the hunger or the "what do I do?"

I walked in that lobby like I said I would

Stood on the spot where the villain once stood

But I didn’t see a ghost, I didn’t see a lie

I saw a man who refused to let his dreams die.

I was thinking 'bout ending it all

But look at the ink on the line

I was feeling so worthless and small

But now I’m reclaiming my time

I turned all that pain into power

I bloomed in my darkest hour

I was thinking 'bout ending it all

But today I’ma live for me, live for me (yeah).

The uniform fits a little tight on the chest

But it feels like a shield, it feels like a rest

First paycheck coming, and I already know

It’s more than just money, it’s room to grow

I called up my mama, heard her voice on the line

She said, "I told you, baby, you’d eventually shine"

I’m still the same person who was down in the dirt

But I’m learning the value of all of that hurt

I’m not "dead weight" in the breakroom mirror

The vision of who I am is finally clearer.

I used to scroll through the "no's" and the "nothings"

Now I’m the one who is finally becoming

The silence I built from is starting to speak

And the voice that it’s using is no longer weak.

I was thinking 'bout ending it all

But look at the ink on the line

I was feeling so worthless and small

But now I’m reclaiming my time

I turned all that pain into power

I bloomed in my darkest hour

I was thinking 'bout ending it all

But today I’ma live for me, live for me (hey).

Clock in

Clock out

No fear

No doubt

I’m not a resume, I’m a soul

I’m not a vacancy, I’m whole

I’m still here, still breathing

I’m still here, succeeding

The "termination talk" is dead and gone

I’m the architect of my own dawn.

I know there are others still staring at walls

Thinking the world doesn't hear when they call

I wish I could tell 'em, "Just hold on a beat"

There’s a different path for your tired feet

I pour my kindness into every new face

Because I remember the coldness of that space

I’m a survivor, and I’m a provider

And the fire inside me is only getting wider.

I was thinking 'bout ending it all

But look at the ink on the line

I was feeling so worthless and small

But now I’m reclaiming my time

I turned all that pain into power

I bloomed in my darkest hour

I was thinking 'bout ending it all

But today I’ma live for me, live for me (yeah, yeah).

Signed.

Sealed.

Delivered.

I’m not expired.

I’m just getting started.

(Yeah)

Fight for you.

Always fight for you.

Stay.

Just stay.