Donna Theresa - Stars and Scars Lyrics

From the streets of Columbia to the lights of New York
I was searching for myself in a world that felt so torn
Mama's love was tough, like a hammer to my soul
But I kept on pushing through, trying to find my role

Adolescence is a time of pain and growth
Learning lessons, some I never wanted to know
But I kept on fighting, kept on finding my way
Through the darkness and the light, I refused to stay

Both scars and stars, but duality saved me and helped
Me to look above the trees, not in the grave where they wanted to bury me
Samirah and Mufeed, a world I didn't understand
Craig's attack was a nightmare, but mama had a different take

I found my strength in the kindness of a few
Cousin Gladys and Lawson too, Justine the good human man
And the engineer on the NY subway too
Showed me love that was simple and true

I went to see my daddy, hoping for a dream
But the truth he told me, tore me at the seam
My sisters they were hurting, by the one I thought I knew
He shattered my illusions and my dream fell through

How could I help my sisters when I was but a child too
I was shaping, I was changing with each passing day
The scars and the trauma, they would not go away
Both scars and stars, but duality saved me and helped

Me to look above the trees, not in the grave where they wanted to bury me
Samirah and Mufeed, a world I didn't understand
Craig's attack was a nightmare, but Mama had a different take
I went to see my daddy, hoping for a dream

But the truth he told me, tore me at the seam
My sisters they were hurting, by the one I thought I knew
He shattered my illusions and my dream fell through
How could I help my sisters when I was but a child, too

I was shaping, I was changing with each passing day
The scars and the trauma, they would not go away
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