Lost in the Echo

In these promises broken deep below,

Each word gets lost in the echo,

So one last lie I can see through,

This time I finally let you go...

Yeah, yo

You were that foundation

never gonna be another one, no.

I followed, so taken, so conditioned,

I could never let go.

Then sorrow, then sickness,

Then the shock when you flip it on me

So hollow, so vicious, so afraid

I couldn't let myself see

That I could never be held, back or up,

no, I hold myself.

Check the rep, yep, you know my mine well.

Forget the rest, let them know my hell.

There and back, yet my soul ain't sell.

Kept respect up the best they fell.

Let the rest be the tale they tell,

that I was there saying...

Yeah, yo

You were that foundation

never gonna be another one, no.

I followed, so taken, so conditioned,

I could never let go.

Then sorrow, then sickness,

Then the shock when you flip it on me

So hollow, so vicious, so afraid

I couldn't let myself see

That I could never be held, back or up,

no, I hold myself.

Check the rep, yep, you know my mine well.

Forget the rest, let them know my hell.

There and back, yet my soul ain't sell.

Kept respect up the best they fell.

Let the rest be the tale they tell,

that I was there saying...

Test my will, test my heart,

Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up.

Y'all go hard, I go smart.

How's it working out for y'all in the back, huh?

I've seen that frustration

Big cross, they're lost but don't know

And I've come back unshaken

Let down, I've lived and let go

So you can let it be known

I don't hold back, I hold my own

I can't be mapped, I can't be cloned.

I can't sing flat, it ain't my tone

I can't fall back, I came too far

Hold myself up and love my scars

Let the bells ring wherever they are

'Cause I was there saying...

No, you can tell 'em all now.

I don't back up, I don't back down.

I don't fold up and I don't bow.

I don't row over, don't know how.

I don't care where the enemies are.

I can't be stopped, all I know, go hard.

Won't forget how I got this far

For every time saying...