Hard Times Made Me Iron

I grew up where the storms hit hardest, Where men don’t cry — they grind their teeth. Where every dream you dare to chase Gets buried six damn miles beneath.

But pressure makes a man remember That fire shapes the strongest steel.

Hard times made me iron, They couldn’t bend the bones in me. I walked through hell without a warning, Left my shadow in the company. If you think I’m breakin’, brother — Come and see what I’ve survived. Hard times made me iron, And iron never dies.

I watched good men fall like embers, Burnin’ out before they spoke. But I learned to breathe through poison nights, And rise up through the smoke.

If pain’s a god, then I’ve outlived it — I’ve turned ashes into pride.

Hard times made me iron, Heat and heartbreak forged my spine. Took the weight of a thousand choices, Turned ‘em into a battle cry. If the past comes back to haunt me — Let it look me in the eyes. Hard times made me iron, And iron never dies.

Ohh… I stood in the fire 'til the flames stepped back… Ohh… Carried storms on my shoulders like a pack… And every scar that tried to break me Turned to armor that remade me.

Hard times made me iron, Hammered my heart till it rang true. If the world wants to take me under, It’ll have to bring a stronger truth. I ain’t bowed, I ain’t broken — I’m the man the dark designed. Hard times made me iron, And iron never dies.

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