Lost in the Echo

Yeah, yo
You were that foundation
never gonna be another one, no.
I followed, so taken, so conditioned,
I could never let go.
Then sorrow, then sickness,
Then the shock when you flip it on me
So hollow, so vicious, so afraid
I couldn't let myself see
That I could never be held, back or up,
no, I hold myself.
Check the rep, yep, you know my mine well.
Forget the rest, let them know my hell.
There and back, yet my soul ain't sell.
Kept respect up the best they fell.
Let the rest be the tale they tell,
that I was there saying...

Test my will, test my heart,
Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up.
Y'all go hard, I go smart.
How's it working out for y'all in the back, huh?
I've seen that frustration
Big cross, they're lost but don't know
And I've come back unshaken
Let down, I've lived and let go
So you can let it be known
I don't hold back, I hold my own
I can't be mapped, I can't be cloned.
I can't sing flat, it ain't my tone
I can't fall back, I came too far
Hold myself up and love my scars
Let the bells ring wherever they are
'Cause I was there saying...