Lyrics: Owen Cutts/Victor Ray/Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah/Louis Ezeoke
Music: Owen Cutts/Victor Ray/Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah/Louis Ezeoke
I never needed
I never needed you
Oh let alone anyone
We can leave this dead and gone
I never needed
I never needed you
Oh let alone anyone
We can leave this dead and gone
Grew up in a city known for cheaper alcohol
Where the dreamers go to wipe their mind of every single thought
Where the clouds are grey enough to block out every star
Until the thought of ever reaching them is lost, no
The only to see them was to run far away
Only way to touch them was to work every day
But the, the thought of failure plagues my heart and my head
And I can't get this weight up off my chest, no, no
Sticks and stones can't break my bones
No, words won't bring me down
Mama told me: "stand up tall
Don't let them take your crown"
Even when you touch the sky
They'll say you're on the ground
Sticks and stones can't break my bones
No, words won't bring me down
And they ain't break my bones
But we can do damage with a stick, no stones
In this whip full of chrome
I'm a prick, I know
In this mad city, gotta be a psycho just to call it my home
Why you think we fly more?
If you don't see the tears, that just means he cried more
In here, you stay for life, or sacrifice your mind for
That military mindset
He don't wanna die yet
He did it for survival
Sticks and stones can't break my bones
No, words won't bring me down
Mama told me: "stand up tall
Don't let them take your crown"
Even when you touch the sky
They'll say you're on the ground
Sticks and stones can't break my bones
No, words won't bring me down
My only thoughts walking through all the pissed-stained staircases
Was "Do it on your own — less people to catch a case with"
The ones that play the bravest needed a mask to feel like jason
These days I'm less involved, but been adjacent to the stainless
I've been around the world and I, I, I
Still can't find no peace in my mi-ind
Even with knife in my back I left behind
I was juuging off the super cell, but can't rewind time don't pull up
Bad man ah go forward with the sticks and stones
These days I'm done talking to 'em
Talk or I can show 'em how to walk
And hope they follow movement
Made it look too easy
Now they thinking that there's nothing to it
Sticks and stones can't break my bones
No, words won't bring me down
Mama told me: "stand up tall
Don't let them take your crown"
Even when you touch the sky
They'll say you're on the ground
Sticks and stones can't break my bones
No, words won't bring me down
I wanna use the gifts I'm given
I'm spending days and nights and weeks up in the kitchen
Not just tryna make living
I've been tryna make a difference
I'll make a change and some change on the side
So my family can never want for nothing
I've been suffering
I've been thriving and I've been in between
I've been on the road to riches since I was like 17
Pocket full of dreams of stadiums singing back at me
In reality it's just faces passing on the street
I'm trying desperately to make them stop and notice me
Maybe that will stop these doubts from creeping in and choking me
Hopefully
Look
The biggest battle is the one against myself
The enemy of my potential and my mental health
But I'll never let that voice under my skin
I'll never let him in
I'll never let him in
I'll never let him win
So I'll remember from whence I came
I used to find a comfort in these whispers
But I'm glad that I can finally say
I never needed
I never needed you
Oh let alone anyone
We can leave this dead and gone
I never needed
I never needed you
Oh let alone anyone
We can leave this dead and gone