Prompt
Hip-Hop/Rap, South African Sample, Sub Bass, 808s, Orchestral Strings
Sound
Hip-Hop/Rap, South African choral samples, heavy 808s, orchestral strings, dark bass
Lyrics
Intro: South African Choir
Mama wami (My mother)
Ngibuya ekhaya (I'm coming home)
Ngiphumelele (I have succeeded)
Choir vocalizing
Chorus
Victory scars tell my story (yeah)
Been through war but I'm back now (back now)
Every battle made me stronger (stronger)
Got these wounds but they fade out (fade out)
Verse 1
Walking down these streets I know
Different person than before I go
People looking at me strange
Like they seeing someone else's face
Used to run from every fight
Now I'm standing tall despite
All the things they said I couldn't do
Proved them wrong, that's nothing new
Yeah, I been gone a minute
But I had to find my limits
Push past what they thought of me
Now I'm what I'm meant to be
Chorus
Victory scars tell my story (yeah)
Been through war but I'm back now (back now)
Every battle made me stronger (stronger)
Got these wounds but they fade out (fade out)
Verse 2: Rap
Look, I ain't the same kid that left this block
Had to level up, yeah I took my shot
Mama told me "son keep your head up high"
Even when them haters want to see you cry
Been through hell and back, that's no cap
Got my brothers with me, we don't need no map
They was praying on my downfall, that's a fact
But I turned those L's to lessons, came back
Every scar I got is telling stories of my past
Every win I got just proving nothing ever lasts
They can't touch me now, I'm moving different
Got that warrior blood, my spirit's lifting
See the hunger in my eyes, I'm not the same
Every move I make is putting numbers to my name
Watch me elevate, no time to hesitate
This is victory lap, watch how I celebrate
Bridge
(Coming home, coming home)
Strings swell
Changed man but still your son
Fighting battles, but I won
(Coming home, coming home)
Chorus
Victory scars tell my story (yeah)
Been through war but I'm back now (back now)
Every battle made me stronger (stronger)
Got these wounds but they fade out (fade out)
Mama wami (My mother)
Ngibuya ekhaya (I'm coming home)
Ngiphumelele (I have succeeded)
Choir vocalizing
Chorus
Victory scars tell my story (yeah)
Been through war but I'm back now (back now)
Every battle made me stronger (stronger)
Got these wounds but they fade out (fade out)
Verse 1
Walking down these streets I know
Different person than before I go
People looking at me strange
Like they seeing someone else's face
Used to run from every fight
Now I'm standing tall despite
All the things they said I couldn't do
Proved them wrong, that's nothing new
Yeah, I been gone a minute
But I had to find my limits
Push past what they thought of me
Now I'm what I'm meant to be
Chorus
Victory scars tell my story (yeah)
Been through war but I'm back now (back now)
Every battle made me stronger (stronger)
Got these wounds but they fade out (fade out)
Verse 2: Rap
Look, I ain't the same kid that left this block
Had to level up, yeah I took my shot
Mama told me "son keep your head up high"
Even when them haters want to see you cry
Been through hell and back, that's no cap
Got my brothers with me, we don't need no map
They was praying on my downfall, that's a fact
But I turned those L's to lessons, came back
Every scar I got is telling stories of my past
Every win I got just proving nothing ever lasts
They can't touch me now, I'm moving different
Got that warrior blood, my spirit's lifting
See the hunger in my eyes, I'm not the same
Every move I make is putting numbers to my name
Watch me elevate, no time to hesitate
This is victory lap, watch how I celebrate
Bridge
(Coming home, coming home)
Strings swell
Changed man but still your son
Fighting battles, but I won
(Coming home, coming home)
Chorus
Victory scars tell my story (yeah)
Been through war but I'm back now (back now)
Every battle made me stronger (stronger)
Got these wounds but they fade out (fade out)