[verse 1]

Back row shadow kid, scribbling monsters in class

Teachers calling my name, I’d just stare through the glass

Didn’t talk much, tongue tied, mind running laps

They laughed at my silence, I laughed at the trap

Clothes too cheap, shoes beat, lunch got jokes

Every hallway felt like a cage of quotes

I learned quick how to eat shit and grin

Let the hate pile up, let it harden my skin

They mistook calm for weak, that was their flaw

I was watching patterns, learning the law

Every insult logged, every shove remembered

I stayed weird on purpose, never surrendered

Didn’t give a fuck if I fit their mold

I was built for pressure before I got old

[pre Chorus]

Look at me now, still standing odd

Pressure made teeth, now I bite back hard

Laugh while you can, bell about to ring

Every quiet kid got a violent spring

[Chorus]

I’m weird, yeah, wired a different way

Pain in my pocket, I cash it one day

Don’t poke the quiet, don’t test that nerve

This is payback timing, well-deserved

[verse 2]

Grew up quick when the switch finally flipped

Same dudes talking slick got their lips split

Not proud of the rage but I’m done being prey

Every scar was a lesson I replay

Catch me after school where the buses sleep

Concrete confessions when fists start to speak

You pushed me daily, thought I wouldn’t snap

Now your courage gone, folded in half

I was tired of names, tired of games

Tired of teachers saying boys will be the same

Knuckles wrote essays you never would read

Karma clock ticking, I planted the seed

You learned respect when the crowd went mute

Eyes full of fear, truth in the proof

I walked away calm, blood on my sleeve

Revenge ain’t joy, it’s just closure achieved

[pre Chorus]

Look at me now, still standing odd

Pressure made teeth, now I bite back hard

Laugh while you can, bell about to ring

Every quiet kid got a violent spring

[Chorus]

I’m weird, yeah, wired a different way

Pain in my pocket, I cash it one day

Don’t poke the quiet, don’t test that nerve

This is payback timing, well-deserved

[verse 3]

Cut class, ducked bells, woods behind the track

Stole beers from my uncle, never put ’em back

Pine trees listening to the cans hiss

Teenage freedom tasted like this

Skipped algebra for a stolen buzz

Life felt loud, didn’t care what was

Threw house parties when mom’s overseas

UK to Cali, whole crib was keys

Music too loud, neighbors complained

Girls in my room, cheap cologne and rain

We danced on sins we didn’t regret

Living too fast, no future set

Rumors grew legs, my name got buzz

Weird kid glow-up, who he was

Laughing at rules, drunk on youth

Burning memories into truth

[pre Chorus]

Look at me now, still standing odd

Pressure made teeth, now I bite back hard

Laugh while you can, bell about to ring

Every quiet kid got a violent spring

[Chorus]

I’m weird, yeah, wired a different way

Pain in my pocket, I cash it one day

Don’t poke the quiet, don’t test that nerve

This is payback timing, well-deserved

[verse 4]

Years rolled by, parties turned selective

Learned what was real, what was just perspective

Met women who saw past the myth

Past the scars and the violent shifts

Some just wanted chaos and nights

Some wanted stars and messy fights

I loved a few wrong, learned fast

Let the broken go, buried the past

Confidence grew where anger was

Learned how to trust, learned how to pause

I wasn’t mute, just chose my sound

Built my spine while they clowned around

Took a weird kid heart, cleaned it up

Poured discipline in a chipped cup

Still got fire, just better aimed

Still remember halls where they knew my name

Now I pick peace over proving points

Pick long talks over barroom joints

Found one who laughed at my old stories

Didn’t flinch at my former glories

Settled down without settling less

Built a life that I actually respect

From locker room jokes to a calm home

Still weird as hell, but I finally own

[pre Chorus]

Look at me now, still standing odd

Pressure made teeth, now I bite back hard

Laugh while you can, bell about to ring

Every quiet kid got a violent spring

[Chorus]

I’m weird, yeah, wired a different way

Pain in my pocket, I cash it one day

Don’t poke the quiet, don’t test that nerve

This is payback timing, well-deserved

[outro]

If you feel strange now, hold that line

Weird turns sharp if you give it time

Don’t beg the crowd to understand

Make your past bow to who you planned