Ashes to Apex

[Verse]
I was dust in the gutter
The street was my name
Chained to the grind
No spark
Just the flame
They said I was nothing
A shadow
A phase
But shadows grow long when they stand in the blaze

Fists like thunder
Voice like a drum
Rising from the pit where the cold eats the numb
I spit out the gravel
The dirt
The shame
Carved my name in the concrete
Redefined the game

[Prechorus]
They can’t stop what’s burning deep
No cage can hold the beast I keep

[Chorus]
From ashes to apex
I rise
I rise
Smoke in my lungs
Fire in my eyes
They said I’d stay down
I broke the disguise
From ashes to apex
I rise
I rise

[Verse 2]
I walked with the broken
My feet kissed the cracks
The world tried to bury me
I broke through the black
Every scar’s a story
Every bruise is a map
To the top of the mountain where I’ll never look back

The mirror was cracked
But I saw the truth
A king in the rubble
A phoenix uncouth
Tore down the walls
Lit the fuse to ignite
Now the skyline’s my anthem
My voice is the fight