What up, y′all? My name's Tom, little while back was a alcoholic

Had a mental breakdown like a year ago, came close to put me in a coffin

Damn, after the hooker I loved, after I did all the drugsAfter I finally got fired for showing up late to the job hella tired and drunk

After the Oxys I put up my nose with my boss on the oil rigs when I was young

After my ex cut her wrists, and the cops thought I stabbed her

And beat me, then put me in cuffs

After I totaled my car tryna run from the cops with a kilo of coke in the trunk

After I drank ′til I rotted my teeth out my head, got infections in all of my gums

After I couldn't get hard 'cause the vodka and porno sedated me ′til I was numb

After I couldn′t escape from the basement I rented and went to go live with my mom

After I cheated on people I needed and lied tryna hide from the guy that I was

Then I got sober, the madness was over, now I am proud of the man I've become, yeah

I′m finally someone that I know again

I started climbing out the hole I'm in

Fighting demons and I know I′ll win

It's time for me to mend these broken wings

Life has been hard, I know it gets better

This is a war that I′ll fight forever

I have my scars, I'll always remember

When I lost it all and never surrendered

What up y'all? My name′s MadChild, I′ve been off the Xanies for a while now

I was waking up feeling suicidal, but I think I'm finally starting to smile now

Man, I lived a hell of a life, I′ve been to hell and back twice

Lost ten million dollars, three different addictions, don't tell me ′bout paying the price

From penthouses with top models, hanging with strippers we'd pop bottles

To anxious and hiding alone in my room from the world, I was pissing in pop bottles

From chart-topping and being a role model, to flop records and lost follows

When I cop product, got a month′s worth; when I left the spot, cops followed

If you saw a photo, it was only face 'cause I was 85 pounds overweight

Mental breakdown, tryna catch a plane, wasn't MadChild, I was only Shane

My puppy Lola was my only gang, had to put my baby in a fucking grave

I walked away from every brick I laid so I could build a new wall to keep me safe

I′m finally someone that I know again

I started climbing out the hole I′m in

Fighting demons and I know I'll win

It′s time for me to mend these broken wings

Life has been hard, I know it gets better

This is a war that I'll fight forever

I have my scars, I′ll always remember

When I lost it all and never surrendered

When you fall down and the world's closing in

You can get up again, up again

Life has been hard, I know it gets better

This is a war that I′ll fight forever

I have my scars, I'll always remember

When I lost it all and never surrendered