Stormborn

I was born in a thunderclap, raised in the shadow of pain, Mama said the hard times build a man the world can’t tame. I’ve been broken into pieces, stitched myself up in the dark, Every scar across my skin is a damn badge of who I am. I’ve buried friends too early, loved a woman who walked away, Learned the only thing you own in life is what you fight to save. I’ve stood face-to-face with trouble, stared the devil in the grin— And said, “If you want me dead, boy, you better swing again.” I’m cut from storms and iron, fire forged into a man. If life knocks me down, I stand—hell, that’s my brand. ’Cause I’m stormborn, wild-blood, hell-raised and free, Ain’t a soul on this earth gonna tread on me. Let the skies crack open, let the cold rain fall— I’ve walked through worse and I’m still standin’ tall. If you talk behind my back, better say it to my face— You can kiss my damn ass if you don’t like my ways. I’m stormborn—lightning in my chest, fire in my bones. I’ll die with my boots on before I bow to a throne. I’ve felt the world turn on me, watched my brothers fade to ghosts, Seen preachers talk salvation while they sin more than most. I’ve been rich enough for whiskey, poor enough to starve, But no matter where I stood, I kept truth inside my heart. I learned freedom ain’t a gift—it’s a wound you choose to bear, A war you fight each sunrise just to breathe your own damn air. I don’t fear the storm ahead; hell, storms made me what I am— A testament to every time the world said I can’t… and I said I damn well can. I ain’t afraid of dying—Death already tried once. But I rose from that dirt like a wolf from the dust. So if the storm is coming? Good. Tell it I’m home. I’m stormborn, fire-hearted, rooted like stone, A man built by battles most never will know. Let the whole damn sky split open tonight— I’ve lived through darkness that would swallow your light. If you judge how I live, you can walk on by— ’Cause I won’t change for no coward’s pride. I’m stormborn—thunder in my blood, rage in my bones, And I’ll die on my feet before I ever bow low.