I didn't ask for war, but I'm wearing well
Got a piece of lead where my piece once fell
They tried to take what I can't replace
But I walked back out with a colder face
Tattooed truth on a stitched-up frame
Blood don't lie when you live through flame
You can't fake pain, it's real
I got wounds they still try to heal

I was branded by the bullet, carved by steel
Left for dead, but I don't kneel
You can read my past in the way I stand
Every scar's the mark of a better man
They can't erase it, can't undo it

I was branded by the bullet
Branded by the bullet

They don't see what that mirror shows
That moment when the reaper froze
I ain't here cause I got lucky
I made death blink and left it bloody
You don't learn this in no book
You learn it when your last breath shook
I don't brag, I just walk quiet
Mocked by heat, baptized in riot

I was branded by the bullet
Carved by steel Left for dead but I don't kneel
You can read my past in the way I stand
Every scar's the mark of a better man
They can't erase it, can't undo it

I was branded by the bullet
Branded by the bullet

Some folks pray to forget what hurts
I built a throne out of blood and dirt
Ain't no shame in the way I move
I wear my proof when I walk in the room

I was branded by the bullet
Carved by steel, left for dead but I don't kneel
You can read my past in the way I stand
Every scar's the mark of a better man
They can't erase it, can't undo it

I was branded by the bullet
I was branded by the bullet