(Daniel "Cloud" Campos, Sofia Boutella, Leroy "Hypnosis" Barnes)

I have a tale to tell...

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I was three feet from the floor
Gasping for air
Trying to release my father's hands from my throat
I looked into his eyes and wondered
If my feet would ever touch the floor again

Have you ever been hit so hard
That it sends your body flying across the room?
We all fall to the floor at some point
It's how you pick yourself up
That's the real challenge
Isn't it?

I've always lived in my own world
And I dance to escape my troubles
I've learned that there's light
Even in the darkest places

I can't blame my father for anything
You can't rely on other people to make you happy
But I know deep down inside... he loved me.

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There was a time I suffered so much
I wanted to get it out of me

I would cut my arms
Not to kill myself
I don't want to die
I know I am lucky to be on this Earth

I did it so the physical pain
Would calm the pain that was eating me inside

...Nothing was erased.

I leave with my past tucked away
Deep inside of me

It comes out as an explosion and...
It invades me

I believe we are messengers on Earth
I believe in angels
I am blessed by God
To tell myself I suffered that much
To become who I am today

***

Now, you have to realize,
Not only do I have a family,
But now I have a whole hood
And that's power

But I ain't no grimey-a__ n____
I was never out to kill anybody
Especially when I made that decision to Gang-Bang
I just wanted to fit in

But one day, I was forced to do something
That made me open my eyes
And I realized that this s___ ain't no game

One of the homies got popped
And I was pressured into doing my first drive-by

It was kinda f___ed up
The way they tried to set me up

Me and my bro,
We was headed back to the Eight Block
Some homies rolled up
And they asked us to go somewhere

We pulled up to the corner
Then he placed a chunky-a__ gun in my ride
He said, "You know what to do with it,
It's time to get it poppin' for the hood"

But I wasn't out to kill anybody...

***

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