I Am What They Made Me (Official Lyric Video)

Lyrics by Ronnie OBriant

Born in the fire, raised in the dust
Every promise broken, every hand I couldn’t trust
Carved out in shadows, scarred in the rain
I wear the weight of every sin, every chain

You think you see the man I chose to be
But I’m the wreckage of their cruelty

I am what they made me,
The anger, the scars, the dark they gave me
I tried to break free, but I can’t escape me
I am, I am, what they made me

Taught me to silence the voice in my head
Taught me survival’s the same thing as dread
I learned to bite down, I learned not to cry
But every wound’s still bleeding deep inside

Don’t call it strength, don’t call it pride
It’s just the pieces of a life denied

I am what they made me,
The anger, the scars, the dark they gave me
I tried to break free, but I can’t escape me
I am, I am, what they made me

I never asked for this hollow crown
Never asked to be broken down
But every ghost, every lie, every scream
Built this monster wearing me

I am what they made me,
The anger, the scars, the dark they gave me
I tried to break free, but I can’t escape me
I am, I am, what they made me

So don’t call me savior, don’t call me brave
I’m just the product of what they gave
Love, hate, pain it’s all the same
I am what they made me.