Dear Life Songtext
von China Styles

Dear life
You tried it
But, baby
You ain′t break me
So here's your letter
Signed, sealed, survived

Page one, yeah, you started off cool
Took my innocence, flipped through rules
Said, "Stay quiet," I screamed instead
Laid in silence, but arose from dread

You dressed pain in pretty clothes
Made me doubt what my mama knows
But I learned how to sew my skin
And I wear my flaws like a wind

Ooh, page two


You gave me storms, but I learned to dance in that thorn
Thunder in my bones, rain in my walk
But now my heels gon′ slip on chalk
You watch me fold, now watch me float
I turned your chains to a mink coat
I don't beg, I bliss, I don't cry, I climb
And I keep receipts line by line

Page three

I met my shadow, learned to name me
Let a echo face my past
Held a hand, told that girl we rise and stand (life)
You tried to shrink my space
But I lit sage and reclaimed grace
My power ain′t loud, it′s layered deep
Grown from soil with secret sleep

You taught me pain, I taught it art
Drew constellations for broken parts
I'm not soft, I′m structured fire
Got trauma's number and a new empire


Page four, let′s call it peace
Not because the war has ceased
Because I found a beat in the bruise
And made healing a daily muse
I forgive the mirrors that lied to me
I forgive the dreams that died in me
I built a new house from my hurt
And wore joy like vintage dirt

Now I speak with soul unchained
And move a truth unashamed
You didn't end me like you spark
A phoenix with a poet′s heart

I wrote you a four-page letter
And I'm still in it with fire and grace
Every tear will turn me better
You gon' feel every line I phrase

Dear life, you ain′t breaking me down
I built a throne on your battleground
I wrote you a four-page letter
And I signed it with my crown

I wrote you a four-page letter
And I′m out it from the edge of pain
Every bruise made me better
Every hour just changed my name

Dear life, you ain't take me out
You just cleared the fear and doubt
I wrote you a four-page letter
And I sealed it with my shout

Signed
The black girl who lived
The woman who healed
The goddess you grew
P.S. I ain′t never coming back small
I expanded
I ascended
And I ain't sending no more warnings
I′m writing the next chapter