TAE Vero - Scars make me whole

Intro (2 bars, spoken tone)

(set the scene, low-intensity, leave space)

Bar 1: “Drafts in my phone, words I never send —” (pause on snare)

Bar 2: “Rain hits the street, silence feels like a friend.” (drag last word, space for beat)

📝 Verse 1 (8 bars, 7–9 syllables per bar, mid-paced, introspective)

(low to mid intensity, internal rhymes, leave pauses for breath)

“Screen light flickers, I scroll through ghosts”

“Drafts unsent, yeah they hurt me the most”

“Concrete cracks, little roots still fight”

“Every scar on my skin holds the night”

“Streetlights blur in the glass, I fade”

“Bus seat empty, I hide in shade”

“Voice in my ear from a voicemail call”

“Your echo haunts every step I fall”

(let beat ride 2 bars before hook to breathe)

🔥 Hook (8 bars, anthem style, 12–14 syllables stretched, layered doubles)

(delivered louder, layer last words, anthem feel)

“Through the cracks we breathe, we break, we grow / grow

“I sing louder now — the world will know / know

“From silence to roar, I stand, I flow / flow

“This is my rise, my fight, my soul / soul

“Every scar I wear still makes me whole / whole

“From the dirt I rise, I took that role / role

“You can chain my hands, but not my goals / goals

“I was quiet once, now hear me bold / bold

📝 Verse 2 (8 bars, more aggressive, tighter delivery, 8–9 syllables per bar)

(confidence kicks in, project voice, internal rhymes punch harder)

“You tried to break me, I built my core”

“Sharp words cut, but I heal, restore”

“Concrete jungle, I crack the floor”

“Roots grew deep where the storm would pour”

“No disguise, I’m the fire inside”

“Every step leaves a mark, my stride”

“From the ashes I rose, no shame”

“Say my story, the world knows my name”

📝 Verse 3 (8 bars, more open, uplifting, slightly spoken-word feel)

(wider breaths, let beat breathe, clarity over speed)

“That same crack became a flower stem”

“Life finds ways, and I honor them”

“Scars don’t fade, but they shine as proof”

“Pain turns art, I’m the living truth”

“Every shadow’s just a frame for light”

“Every wrong wrote a song for right”

“Every fall taught me how to stand”

“Now I rise, with the mic in hand”

🔥 Hook (repeat, louder — ad-libs, echoes)

(final round, make it BIG — crowd/anthem feel)

Repeat same 8 bars hook.

Layer vocals, add echoes (“grow… grow… grow…”)

Ad-libs: “Yeah,” “louder,” “stand tall,” “rise up”

🎤 Outro (spoken, 2 bars)

(fade intensity, leave space for beat to ride out)

Bar 1: “Cracks in the street — roots still rise.”

Bar 2: “So do I.”