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Still Becoming
- [INTRO]
- Yeah…
- Sometimes you gotta lose your way before you finally understand who you are.
- Sometimes the darkest nights are exactly where you learn to recognize the stars.
- Sometimes the road gets lonely, and you wonder if you're walking it alone.
- But sometimes getting lost is the only way you find your way back home.
- [VERSE 1]
- I was sixteen with a head full of dreams and a heart that wanted to fly,
- Running from the shadows of the girl I'd been, while asking myself why.
- Everybody told me, “You got time, someday you're gonna be fine,”
- But nobody ever warned me how quickly the years disappear with time.
- I watched some people leave, watched some promises slowly fall apart,
- Learned that “forever” isn't always something you can keep in your heart.
- I carried every goodbye like a heavy stone underneath my chest,
- Thinking if I held onto the pain, somehow I'd still have what was left.
- [VERSE 2]
- Mama said, “Don't let the world make you cold, no matter what you go through,”
- But the world can feel so heavy when you're just trying to make it through.
- I smiled for all the pictures when deep inside I wanted to cry,
- Said, “I'm doing okay,” while there was a thunderstorm behind my eyes.
- There were nights I questioned every road I'd ever chosen to take,
- Wondered if the girl I dreamed I'd be was slowly starting to break.
- But the girl with all that fire didn't disappear beneath the fear,
- She just learned that being brave sometimes means admitting you're scared.
- [RAP 1]
- Look,
- I got scars that I don't show, got battles buried deep beneath the ground,
- Got a thousand little reasons I could've disappeared, but I'm still around.
- I learned that pain ain't a prison, it's a teacher giving lessons through the test,
- And sometimes what is strong enough to break you shows you what is in your chest.
- I don't need to have the answers, I just need to keep moving at my pace,
- Even when I'm taking baby steps, I'm still becoming someone every day.
- I used to think I had to prove that I deserved to stand inside the light,
- Now I know the sun doesn't ask permission when it rises every morning bright.
- [VERSE 3]
- I remember sitting alone beside my bedroom door late at night,
- Thinking I'd been left behind while everyone else was taking flight.
- But growth doesn't always make a sound when something beautiful begins,
- Sometimes it's simply choosing not to give up and starting over again.
- So I forgave the younger girl I was for everything she couldn't know,
- For every door she couldn't open and every place she couldn't go.
- She was only trying to survive with every little thing she had back then,
- And I'm proud of her for making it this far, and choosing to begin again.
- [BRIDGE]
- Maybe I'm not broken, maybe I'm just bent from everything I've been through,
- Maybe every wrong turn was taking me somewhere I was meant to move.
- Maybe all these pieces don't have to fit perfectly together today,
- Maybe being unfinished is just another beautiful word for change.
- And if tomorrow finds me still searching for the answers I can't see,
- I'll remember there's no deadline on becoming the woman I'm meant to be.
- I don't have to rush the journey just because the world keeps moving on,
- I can take my time becoming the girl I always knew was there all along.
- [RAP 2]
- I used to count my failures like they owed me something in return,
- Every loss became a label, every setback gave me something else to learn.
- Now I look at every chapter like a lesson hidden underneath the pain,
- Every tear became a river that carried me through storms and into change.
- I ain't running from my history, every chapter's written in my name,
- Every bruise became a brushstroke, every loss became a part of what I became.
- And I'm done comparing journeys, 'cause everybody's got their own road,
- You can carry your own mountain and still find ways to lighten up the load.
- So here's to all the girls who are barely hanging on tonight,
- Who wake up every morning wondering if they'll ever get things right.
- You don't have to see the whole road, you just have to take another step,
- Sometimes surviving one more day is how you build tomorrow's strength.
- [VERSE 4]
- I found hope in little things I used to pass without a second glance,
- A stranger's kindness, an old song, one unexpected second chance.
- A sunrise through my window, coffee cooling slowly in my hands,
- Proof that life keeps giving something beautiful, even when you don't understand.
- I stopped waiting for the moment when everything would finally make sense,
- Stopped treating every mistake like it was evidence against myself.
- There's beauty in the middle, where the story still isn't completely clear,
- Where you're not who you used to be, but you're not quite who you'll be yet either.
- [RAP 3]
- Yeah,
- I'm still becoming, still learning, still standing right here,
- Still turning all my doubt into something honest and sincere.
- Still carrying the people that I lost along the way,
- Still grateful for the ones who chose to love me and decided to stay.
- If I fall, let me fall forward, and if I cry, let the tears finally cleanse,
- If I lose, let me learn something, and if I love, let it mean something in the end.
- I don't need to be fearless, I just need to keep believing I can be,
- Because every version of this girl has been leading her back to me.
- [VERSE 5]
- Now I see my younger self in every nervous girl who feels out of place,
- Every girl who's hiding all her worries behind a carefully practiced face.
- And I'd tell her, “You're not late, you're not too far gone to start again,
- The fact that you're still standing means you've already survived everything.”
- [VERSE 6]
- So I'll walk into tomorrow with my head held high and my heart wide open,
- Not because I know the answers, but because I know I'll keep going.
- I've got dreams I haven't touched and roads I've never traveled down,
- And a thousand different versions of the woman I can become from here somehow.
- Maybe I'll stumble, maybe I'll change my mind along the way,
- Maybe I'll lose some things I thought would always choose to stay.
- But whatever comes, I'll meet it with an honest heart and open eyes,
- Because becoming isn't finding someone else—it's finally realizing I'm already mine.
- [FINAL CHORUS]
- I'm still becoming, still finding my way through everything I can't explain,
- Still learning how to carry all the memories, the love, the loss, and pain.
- I'm still becoming, and I'm finally learning that that's enough for me,
- I don't need to know the ending just to believe in everything I'll be.
- I've been lost, I've been broken, I've been scared, and I've been free,
- I've been every kind of girl I needed at the time just to survive and breathe.
- And every version of myself was bringing me closer to the truth,
- That I don't have to find somebody else when I can finally choose myself too.
- I'm still becoming… yeah, I'm still becoming every single day,
- And for the first time in my life, I don't need to rush the way.
- I'm still becoming… and maybe that's the beauty I've been waiting to see,
- I don't have to become somebody perfect—I'm becoming me.
- [OUTRO]
- So if you're somewhere in the middle, don't be frightened by the unknown,
- Some flowers take the longest time to bloom when they're growing on their own.
- You are not your worst day, and you are not everything that you have lost,
- You are every time you chose to keep on going, no matter what it cost.
- And maybe that's the meaning, maybe that's the mystery we never get to see,
- We spend our whole lives changing while becoming who we're meant to be.
- So take your time, beautiful girl, there's nowhere you have to rush to,
- You're still becoming—and the woman you're becoming is already inside you.
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