The Map Was Me

[Verse 1]
Spent months collecting frameworks, borrowing coordinates
Following the formulas, chasing what was corporate-built
Bought the books, watched the blueprints, studied every sage
Thought the answer lived inside somebody else's page
Trusted all the north stars, borrowed every guide
Navigated blind by somebody else's pride
Kept adjusting to their systems, to their grids, to their advice
Never stopped to question why I kept on paying twice
'Cause I was using foreign maps to navigate terrain
That only I had walked through, only I could name
[Chorus]
I was searching for direction, thought the north star lived outside
Spent so long following the maps of other people's lives
All the places I had wandered, every road I couldn't see
The whole time I was lost — the map was me
Yeah, the map was me
The map was me
Every dot I walked through drew the path I was meant to be
The map was me
[Verse 2]
See a map is static — someone else already walked that ground
But your experience moves with you, turns as you turn around
My history is calibrated, tuned to where I'm meant to go
No one else can read the terrain that only my journey knows
I got context in my marrow, got the lessons in my bones
Every pivot recalibrated, every wrong turn led me home
Tried to rent a destination — that was never gonna work
You can't outsource the direction that was forged inside the hurt
Now I trust the pull I feel when something's off or something's right
That's not instinct — that's the pattern, doing what it does at night
[Chorus]
I was searching for direction, thought the north star lived outside
Spent so long following the maps of other people's lives
All the places I had wandered, every road I couldn't see
The whole time I was lost — the map was me
Yeah, the map was me
The map was me
Every dot I walked through drew the path I was meant to be
The map was me
[Bridge]
Stop handing strangers the authority to tell you where to go
The golden truth was always this — your past already knows
Every scattered dot behind you forms a constellation clear
The map was never somewhere else — it's been assembled here
You don't need another framework, you don't need another sage
Your story's been the guide through every single stage
[Outro]
The map was me — every scar a new direction
The map was me — every loss a new correction
The map was me — watch the pieces find their place
The map was me — I was never truly lost in space
Yeah… the map was me
Always was