Intro
Four a.m., the block still breathing slow
(Yeah)
Counting scars till sunrise, watch the numbers grow
Verse
Cracked knuckles on a cold steel gate
Fifth winter sleeping on a paper plate
Momma said the wolves come dressed like friends
I learned that lesson twice before the ending
Bodega light flickering like my odds
Kept a broken watch just to count the cost
Every scar a receipt for a lesson learned
Every block I walked was a bridge I burned
Wrote my name in ash where the trust ran out
Turned the doubt to fuel, let the engine shout
Empty pockets talking louder than my pride
Stitched my armor thick from the wounds inside
Never had a map, only had a pulse
Chased the sunrise like it owed me results
Now the scars line up like a constellation
Proof I built a throne out of hesitation
Chorus
Counting scars till sunrise, watch the numbers grow
Every mark's a mile marker, every step I know
Ain't no crown without the callus, ain't no light without the fight
Counting scars till sunrise, I'll be gone by morning light
Verse
Used to pray for shortcuts, found the long way home
Turned the static in my chest into a metronome
Every setback taught my hands to grip tighter
Every empty fridge made my vision brighter
Walked through fire wearing shoes with holes
Came out smelling like the gold I stole from cold
Counted debts like scripture, read 'em every night
Turned my liabilities into satellites
Now they asking how I flipped the script so fast
Tell 'em I just outlasted every hour that passed
Scar tissue thick where the softness used to live
Built a fortress out the things I couldn't forgive
Momma's kitchen table, that's where I learned math
Subtracting doubt, adding up the aftermath
Every bruise a syllable in a story still being told
I ain't chasing shadows, I'm becoming gold
Chorus
Counting scars till sunrise, watch the numbers grow
Every mark's a mile marker, every step I know
Ain't no crown without the callus, ain't no light without the fight
Counting scars till sunrise, I'll be gone by morning light
Bridge
Somewhere between the ache and the amen
I found the version of me that could win
Not the scars that broke me, the ones that woke me
Every wound just a witness, never spoke me
I'm not counting losses, I'm counting proof
Every callus on my palm is a receipt of truth
Outro
Sunrise coming, and I'm still standing tall
Every scar's a lesson, I remember them all
Counting scars till sunrise, that's the only way I know
Watch me turn the wreckage into gold
