Made it out but I carry every street that I'm fromSome that started with me didn't get to see it comePour a little out for the dreams that didn't landBuilt a door out the trenches, hold it open where I standThe bottom taught me everything the top would never knowKept the lesson, lost the chip, let the bitterness goMade it outCounted every cost it tookFound myself in every page of the harder part of the bookMade it out, but I never play it shookThe trenches made the man, so I never hide the startThe cracks they tried to break me through is where I keep my heartI think about the corner and the cold and the fearThink about the version of me that would not believe I'm hereFor every kid still stuck in it, still grinding through the nightI am the proof the exit's real, just keep your eyes on the lightIt's not about the money when it's all said and doneIt's the peace, it's the freedom, it's the war that I wonMade it outCounted every cost it tookFound myself in every page of the harder part of the bookMade it out, but I never play it shookI still drive past the old place when I need to find my whyPark across the street a minute, let the memory go byThe window where I used to dream about a different lifeThe hallway where I promised that I'd make it out the strifeAnd I keep that promise with me every single time I rise'Cause the kid that made that promise still is living in my eyesAnd I made it out, but out was never just for meHold the door, call the others, that's the whole point of freeSend the ladder back down to the floor I climbed beforeThe realest kind of winning is the winning you can pourSo when they write the story, let em get the ending rightHe didn't just escape it, he came back and brought the lightHe held the door, he sent the ladder, he remembered where he's fromHe made it out and reached back in for everyone to comeThat's the legacy, that's the meaning, that's the win behind the winMade it out, then opened up the door and let em inMade it outCounted every cost it tookFound myself in every page of the harder part of the bookMade it out, but I never play it shook*4–5 min build 2026-06-21. ⚠ EXPLICIT (come-up/money/loyalty; metaphorical opps; no slurs/targeting/how-to). Keep everySection tag; [Extend] if a take wraps early. Plain versions in `DISTROKID-LYRICS.md`.*
