[Verse 1]

(Peering back at me through some)

Shattered glass on a patch of grass near the pavement

A portrait of basically more shit

Than any poor kid should be faced with

Or have to mask going ape shit with a fake grin and a tank filled

With laughing gas pumping through his veins

Just to sooth the pain of never knowing who to blame

The damage they'd never know, from tears I never showed

But for every one that ever flowed, an extra dose of Depakote

By now those years are played out like a syndicated episode

Inside my head

Still, I never managed to let 'em go

[Hook: Andrew Galucki]

Is it too late to fight?

Did I give up the right?

Am I too late to fight?

Is it over? (over)

I held it all inside my head, thought I was doing fine

Never said what I should've said, not one damn time

If they knew who I was today, yeah they'd be walking away

The only thing left to say: this time I'm hittin' back

[Verse 2]

Bawl so hard, motherfuckers wanna fight me

Tell me why don't they like me

I brush shit off, try to do the right thing like Spike Lee

Yet they continue to strike

No trench coat, just a clenched throat

They sent notes to try and spite me

And I tried fitting in, shirts all fitted Nike, so let's switch roles

Can you please remind me what your job is?

Tell me what they pay you for

While you tape record, trying to rap my head 'round

How they hate me more than the day before

Yesterday when you said if I just came forward

All'd be well, but they brought me hell

Now I'm even more acquainted with the concrete smell

Of the hallway floor when they fought me more

And ignorance is blinding

See, my teacher she's incapable of opening her eyelids

To witness this shy kid in need of some guidance

Inside is confusion, self-hatred, defiance

State of mind divided like a country united

Stripped of my youth and inflicted with violence

While the rest of my class just sits there in silence

Keep a tally in my notes, hit twenty I might just

Take it upon myself to ensure I am lifeless

If this is what life is, anything but priceless

I can't afford to keep going on like this

So load up your weapons, your missile devices

Cause I don't wanna survive this

Defective product of my environment

Yeah, I don't want to survive this

I don't know, why am I like this?

[Hook: Andrew Galucki]

Is it too late to fight?

Did I give up the right?

Am I too late to fight?

Is it over? (over)

I held it all inside my head, thought I was doing fine

Never said what I should've said, not one damn time

If they knew who I was today, yeah they'd be walking away

The only thing left to say: this time I'm hittin' back

[Verse 3]

Raised to ignore the taunts and gossip but (I'm hittin' back)

Outside sweating, they're diggin' a grave

I'm driven with angst

Another soul convinced she was just in the way

Too sick of the pain

Sick of feeling ashamed

Sick of other kids always seem to mean what they say

Overridden with hate

For some photos in her phone that she didn't erase

And she couldn't escape her own social feed

Words chipping away

At her self-worth 'til she started feeling the same

Mind reeling, her brain

Fixed on fiction mistakes like an intricate stain

Never finished sixth grade because she couldn't sustain

Another difficult day living, instead she became victim

And just in time for Thanksgiving

It's a fucking travesty tragedies keep happening so rapidly

The impact that this has on me is surpassing capacity

What do I have to be? A fucking ambassador?

Cause school officials won't act until after a massacre?

Actin' taciturn even after the ashes burn

Makes it hard to face the music when your back is turned

And I will not just sit back like a passenger

And let a repeat of the past occur, I'm taking on a different path

So if I ever see some young punk fucking someone up, I'm hittin' back

[Hook]

Is it too late to fight?

Did I give up the right?

Am I too late to fight?

Is it over? (over)

I held it all inside my head, thought I was doing fine

Never said what I should've said, not one damn time

If they knew who I was today, yeah they'd be walking away

The only thing left to say: this time I'm hittin' back

Yeah, I held it all inside my head

Thought I was doing fine

Never said what I should've said, not one damn time

If they knew who I was today, yeah they'd be walking away

The only thing left to say: this time I'm hittin' back