From The Ashes Up

[Verse 1]
I built this empire from the rubble of my failures
I constructed this success from lessons learned through disasters
Of collapse, of watching everything fall down around me
I rose when I should have stayed on the ground permanently
According to everyone who watched me crash and burn repeatedly
But I got back up, I kept building, I kept moving strategically
Toward a vision that only I could see through all the smoke
From fires that were meant to kill me but instead they woke
Me up to who I really am beneath the fear and doubt
[Pre-Hook]
When you've been reduced to nothing, when you've lost it all before
You learn to build from scratch, you learn what you've got at your core
When everything external burns away, what's left is true
You build from ashes up, that's what survivors do
[Hook]
I'm building from the ashes up, constructing something new
From remnants of my past that taught me what I had to do
To become unbreakable, to rise above the pain and loss
I'm building from the ashes up, I've learned to be the boss
Of my own reconstruction, of my own rebirth into power
[Verse 2]
Every time I thought I'd hit my lowest point, life showed
Me there was further down to go, there was more weight to load
Onto shoulders already breaking under pressure and despair
But I discovered something hidden in that scorched earth bare
Of hope, of comfort, of anything familiar left to hold
I found a strength I never knew I had, a force so bold
That it refused to quit no matter how hot flames would get
I started placing bets on my ability to rise complete
[Verse 3]
When everything you built burns down, you learn what really matters
When your entire life shatters into pieces, into tatters
Of what you thought would last forever, what you thought was solid ground
You discover who you are when there's nothing left around
To define you, to identify you, to tell you who you're meant to be
I found myself in ashes, I found clarity to see
What I'm made of underneath the surface level stuff
I'm tough enough to start over, to begin again from zero
[Bridge]
There's a power in destruction that prepares you for creation
There's a wisdom in the burning that becomes your foundation
For whatever you build next, for whoever you become
After walking through the fire and refusing to succumb
To staying down, to giving up, to accepting defeat as final
My resurrection's spiral upward toward heights I couldn't reach
Before I burned it all, standing ten feet tall now
[Verse 4]
Now I'm constructing something better than what was destroyed
Now I'm creating something stronger, something I've deployed
With wisdom earned through burning, through collapsing, through defeat
My victory's complete not in spite of crashing but because
Of what I learned through watching everything go up in flames
My masterpiece is being forged through fire, through disaster
[Verse 5]
So when you see me now and wonder how I got here standing strong
Just know I crawled through ashes, just know it took me long
To get here, just know I burned completely more than once before
I've settled every score with life, with fate, with circumstances
That tried to end my story, claiming all my glory earned
Through surviving fires hot enough to melt most people down
Wearing my crown of someone who refused to stay defeated
[Verse 6]
If you're standing in your own ashes right now wondering what's next
If everything you built just burned and you feel perplexed
About where to start, about whether you can do this one more time
Just know that's how you climb to heights you couldn't reach before
Your world burned to the ground, phoenix energy is what you've found
When everything combusts, when nothing's left but you alone
Reclaiming your throne with power that only comes from loss
You get to choose what rises from the ashes of your past
[Hook]
I'm building from the ashes up, constructing something new
From remnants of my past that taught me what I had to do
To become unbreakable, to rise above the pain and loss
I'm building from the ashes up, I've learned to be the boss
Of my own reconstruction, of my own rebirth into power
[Outro]
So here's to everyone rebuilding after total devastation
Here's to everyone who's using ashes as their foundation
For something better, something stronger than before they burned
With everything you've learned through fire, through destruction
Through watching it all fall, you're standing tall once more