you used to know me i was one of you

i thought drugs were cool too

but then i lost my will to live

the drugs kept asking me to give

i had nothing, broke in all

no friends to catch me when i fall

hours left and i've done nothing

looking back i wish i've done something

my life was bleak ruled by the high

its never to late to not want to die

i left my family screamin' my name

from then on nothin' was ever the same

i had no dream, it withered away

didn't want to fight for it so it didn't stay

i didn't understand, didn't know what's right

or that my health would be taken that night

the high, the buzz just was enough

it made me weak where i was once tough

i had a great hand but i decided to bet

from then on my future seemed set

what's left of my life was worth not a lot

so i just continued on, left my soul to rot

and when i reached the age of 21

i got in a crash and i was done

done with the drugs, the weed, and smoke

so from the distorted dream i awoke

I stood up upon my OWN 2 feet

finally glad that my heart could still beat

my body laid tattered, my mind a mess

but i was just glad i survived all the stress

i fixed my wrongs and i threw them away

and there in the trash they all do still lay

i picked up a hobby instead of the high

i helped my brain overcome the drugs cry

my hobby turned out to be such art

but i had a rough ugly start

i would have soon died if i didn't quit

and i don't regret it not one bit

i was tortured at first and it was hard

but I was the holder of my final card

they called to me loudly day and night

but i held strong with all of my might 

now i walk proud of my terrible past

i am finally free of my demons at last

i fought and i won now i am alright

and i am thankful i did live that night

although my life isn't what it could

at least i am better then where i once stood

though your life appears black and dead

look to the future and what lies ahead