[Verse 1] Started with pockets full of holes Cold floor, thin clothes Mama counted rent in the dark I learned hope from a stove glow Small room, big dreams Big plans on a cheap pad They said I was built for the bottom I said watch me make that Missed meals, long nights Still I kept my face up Every scar on my hands Was a map from the break-up [Pre-Chorus] I was down, now I’m climbing Stone by stone I was lost, now I’m finding My own road They can laugh while I’m working I don’t fold What was nothing in my palm Turns gold [Chorus] From dust to crown I rose, I rose From dust to crown Watch me, watch me go Nothing to something I made my own From dust to crown I rose, I rose [Verse 2] Late bus, cracked screen Still I answered every call Sweat on the notebook Put my whole life on the wall Used the pain for the fuel Used the doubt for the drive Every no that I swallowed Kept my yes alive Now my name on the door That I once couldn’t reach Same hands that were empty Now they build what I preach [Pre-Chorus] I was down, now I’m climbing Stone by stone I was lost, now I’m finding My own road They can laugh while I’m working I don’t fold What was nothing in my palm Turns gold [Chorus] From dust to crown I rose, I rose From dust to crown Watch me, watch me go Nothing to something I made my own From dust to crown I rose, I rose [Bridge] When the lights cut off I still burned When they shut that gate I still turned Not a handout king I earned my seat From the ash in my chest To the beat of my feet [Final Chorus] From dust to crown I rose, I rose From dust to crown Watch me, watch me go Nothing to something I made my own From dust to crown I rose, I rose