Mud to Gold

Hook

Mud on my boots but I'm stepping through gold

Took every loss now I'm watching them fold

Dirt in my palms turned diamonds in my hold

Watch me rise up while the story gets told

Mud on my boots but I'm stepping through gold

Took every loss now I'm watching them fold

Verse 1

Started with nothing not even a dream

Just a heartbeat and a cracked phone screen

Sleeping on floors where the roaches had allies

Eating off fumes while the doubters kept dialing

My hustle got loud like a war in the distance

Hunger in my veins made my prayers get insistent

They said boy slow down said you're reaching too far

I replied watch this while I grip on these stars

Pre-Chorus

Every scar I own

Every stone I've thrown

Built this castle from the bones

Of a kid who stood alone

Chorus

Mud on my boots but I'm stepping through gold

Took every loss now I'm watching them fold

Dirt in my palms turned diamonds in my hold

Watch me rise up while the story gets told

Mud on my boots but I'm stepping through gold

Took every loss now I'm watching them fold

Drum Roll

(I'm rising, I'm rising)

(I'm rising, I'm rising)

(Way up)

Verse 2

Pulled myself up from the cracks in the pavement

Made a throne out the pain that I was handed

Momma cried tears but she never stopped praying

Now them tears turn to checks that I'm laying

Every no that I heard gave me rocket fuel

Every door that they shut made me break it through

I don't chase validation I collect proof

Every hater in my past now they want the truth

Pre-Chorus

Every scar I own

Every stone I've thrown

Built this castle from the bones

Of a kid who stood alone

Chorus

Mud on my boots but I'm stepping through gold

Took every loss now I'm watching them fold

Dirt in my palms turned diamonds in my hold

Watch me rise up while the story gets told

Mud on my boots but I'm stepping through gold

Took every loss now I'm watching them fold

Hook

(I'm rising, I'm rising)

(Way up, way up)

(I'm rising, I'm rising)

(Mud on my boots but I'm stepping through gold)

Bridge

Tell my younger self don't you ever surrender

Kings get made from the ashes of embers

So go hard go fast go beyond what they measure

Your whole life is a crown in the making forever

Chorus

Mud on my boots but I'm stepping through gold

Took every loss now I'm watching them fold

Dirt in my palms turned diamonds in my hold

Watch me rise up while the story gets told