Built From the Dirt

Intro

Yeah

Mm-hmm

Nobody handed me nothing

Nobody

Chorus

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Built it from the dirt with my own two hands

Still standing when they said I'd never make it

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Post-Chorus

Never back down

Never back down

Nah nah never back down

Never back down

Verse 1

I was sleeping on a couch counting pennies in my palm

Told myself one day I'd be calm

Mama worked the doubles I was watching from the stairs

Now I'm putting diamonds on her arms

They laughed at my vision called it foolish and small

I kept grinding kept building kept stacking it all

Never needed permission to want something more

I just opened the door

Chorus

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Built it from the dirt with my own two hands

Still standing when they said I'd never make it

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Post-Chorus

Never back down

Never back down

Nah nah never back down

Never back down

Verse 2

Funny how the same ones who doubted me now call

Asking for a favor like I owe them a shot

I remember every name every cold shoulder

I remember every night I was told I would not

I believe in the dream when the dream didn't pay

I believe in the dream when the rent was still late

Ten years of no sleep for a minute of this

And I'd do it all again

Chorus

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Built it from the dirt with my own two hands

Still standing when they said I'd never make it

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Bridge

I don't bend

I don't break

I don't fold

I don't shake

Watch me climb

Watch me rise

Watch me take

What is mine

Chorus

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Built it from the dirt with my own two hands

Still standing when they said I'd never make it

Self-made from the bottom I owe nobody a thing

Post-Chorus

Never back down

Never back down

Nah nah never back down

Never back down