Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah
They thought the storms would break me
They thought my pain would silence me
But see what they didn't know
Was God built me for this
Heh
[Verse 1]
Came from the bottom with nobody holding my hand
Just a little girl trying to understand
Mama gone, daddy left
All I had was my fight and my breath
They threw me in homes, told me I was broken
But I found strength in words unspoken
Every tear, every night on my knees
Built a woman the devil couldn't defeat
[Chorus]
I made it anyway, yeah
I rose from pain
Turned every loss to a household name
They counted me out, I counted my wins
Now I'm the storm they can't stand in
They said I'd fall, but I still stand tall
Ain't no shame, I survived it all
They threw me to the wolves, but look what God made
I made it anyway
[Verse 2]
They saw a foster kid, I saw a fighter
They saw a victim, I saw a writer
Wrote my story in the dark with no help
Now the same words heal somebody else
They tried to kill my peace, tried to break my name
But pain taught me how to play the game
Every "no" turned into fuel for my flame
Now they all whisper when they say my name
[Chorus]
And I made it anyway, yeah
I rose from pain
Turned every loss to a household name
They counted me out, I counted my wins
Now I'm the storm they can't stand in
They said I'd fall, but I still stand tall
Ain't no shame, I survived it all
They threw me to the wolves, but look what God made
I made it anyway
[Bridge]
They don't know the nights I slept hungry
The days I felt unlovable, unwanted
But I kept going
'Cause quitting never fed my kids
I turned trauma into a testimony
And pain into purpose
Ain't who they said I'd be
I'm everything they said I couldn't
[Chorus]
And I made it anyway
I made it anyway
Through the rain, through the hate, through the pain I stayed
Took every "no", every tear, every scar they gave
Now I'm blessed
I survived it all
They threw me to the wolves, but look what God made
I made it anyway
[Outro]
Yeah
Took the long way to find me
But I'm here now
And I made it anyway