Category: Sister Pride

  • I Had To Fight

    I Had To Fight by Sayaka Cruz

    Album: Sister Pride

    Lyrics:

    [Verse 1]
    Born where the smoke rolled over Gary
    Rust on the rails, nowhere to hide
    Mama said, “Girl, you better learn something”
    Nobody’s gonna save you this time

    Secondhand clothes and empty cupboards
    Learned real young to stand up straight
    When life came knocking like a fist at the door
    I learned to hit back, I learned to fight

    [Pre-Chorus]
    I never asked for the hand I was dealt
    I just learned how to play it myself

    [Chorus]
    I had to fight
    For every damn inch of this life
    I learned to bleed, I learned to bite
    I didn’t choose the dark
    The dark taught me right
    Call me the Devil
    Call me outlaw tonight
    I didn’t get lucky
    I had to fight

    [Instrumental — bass and guitar]

    [Verse 2]
    Promises didn’t mean much
    When the people left first
    I learned how to stand
    When the whole world said fall

    I carried my scars
    Like a map on my skin
    Every time they knocked me down
    I got up again

    Some girls got diamonds
    Some girls got a chance
    I got steel in my heart
    And these boots on my feet

    [Pre-Chorus]
    You see the woman standing here tonight
    You don’t know what it took to get this right

    [Chorus]
    I had to fight
    For every damn inch of this life
    I learned to bleed, I learned to bite
    I didn’t choose the dark
    The dark taught me right
    Call me the Devil
    Call me outlaw tonight
    I didn’t get lucky
    I had to fight

    [Instrumental Break — heavy blues-rock]

    [Verse 3]
    One day I left that town behind me
    Indiana fading in the rain
    Had a suitcase, a guitar case
    And a whole lot of anger in my veins

    I didn’t know where I was going
    Didn’t care what waited down the line
    I just knew I wasn’t staying there
    And nobody was gonna change my mind

    [Chorus — building]
    I had to fight
    For every damn inch of this life
    I learned to bleed, I learned to bite
    I didn’t choose the dark
    The dark taught me right
    Call me the Devil
    Call me outlaw tonight
    I didn’t get lucky
    I had to fight

    [Bridge — stripped down]
    Don’t call me broken
    Don’t call me bad
    You weren’t there for the life I had

    Don’t tell me
    Who I should have been
    You didn’t see me
    When I couldn’t win

    I ain’t ashamed
    Of the girl I was
    She kept me alive
    When nobody else would

    And if the Devil made me what I am
    Then the Devil understood

    [Bass break]

    [Final Chorus — full band]
    I had to fight
    For every damn inch of this life
    I learned to bleed, I learned to bite
    I didn’t choose the dark
    The dark taught me right

    You can call me trouble
    You can call me dynamite
    You can call me Devil
    But don’t call me lucky tonight

    I had to fight
    Yeah, I had to fight
    Every mile
    Every scar
    Every damn night

    I had to fight.

    [Outro — vocal over slow guitar]
    Gary made me hard
    The road made me free
    Everything I am
    I fought to be

    Yeah…

    I had to fight.

  • I Chose The Road

    I Chose The Road by Sayaka Cruz

    Album: Sister Pride

    Lyrics:

    [Verse 1]
    They gave me every reason
    To stay inside the lines
    A piano in the living room
    And a future already mine
    My father wrote the songs
    My mother taught me how to play
    They had a plan for my whole life
    I had another way

    [Pre-Chorus]
    I could hear the music calling
    From somewhere I had never been
    And every time they told me “settle”
    I heard something underneath

    [Chorus]
    I chose the road
    I chose the rain
    I chose the nights
    And the beautiful pain
    I could’ve had the easy life
    I could’ve had it all
    But I’d rather chase the music
    Than never hear it call
    I didn’t run away
    I ran toward what I know
    I could’ve stayed where I belonged
    But I chose the road

    [Verse 2]
    I played the rooms they warned me about
    With the people they didn’t know
    I traded polished concert halls
    For places where the wild ones go
    I learned that perfect isn’t freedom
    And safe don’t make you whole
    Sometimes you have to lose the map
    To find where you belong

    [Pre-Chorus]
    My mother cried the first time
    She saw me on that stage
    My father just shook his head
    And said I’d outgrown my cage

    [Chorus]
    I chose the road
    I chose the rain
    I chose the nights
    And the beautiful pain
    I could’ve had the easy life
    I could’ve had it all
    But I’d rather chase the music
    Than never hear it call
    I didn’t run away
    I ran toward what I know
    I could’ve stayed where I belonged
    But I chose the road

    [Bridge — build]
    Maybe I was born too restless
    Maybe I was born too free
    Maybe all the things they gave me
    Weren’t the things I needed
    I don’t blame them for the life
    They tried so hard to give
    They taught me how to play the music
    I just chose how I would live

    [Guitar Solo]

    [Final Chorus — bigger]
    I chose the road
    I chose the rain
    I chose the fire
    And I chose the flame
    I could’ve had the easy life
    I could’ve had it all
    But I’d rather fall chasing something
    Than never move at all
    I didn’t run away
    I ran toward what I know
    I could’ve lived somebody else’s life
    But I chose the road

    [Outro]
    So if you ask me why I left
    Why I traded safe for wild
    I’ll tell you what my mother taught me
    When I was just a child…

    Music isn’t meant to keep you still.

  • I Left Gary

    I Left Gary by Sayaka Cruz

    Album: Sister Pride

    Lyrics:

    Verse 1
    I was fifteen with a beat-up guitar
    A couple of clothes and a dream too far
    Gary was cold and Gary was mean
    So I caught that train to chase my dream

    Pre-Chorus
    Didn’t have a plan
    Didn’t need one
    Just a ticket out
    And a place to run

    Chorus
    I left Gary
    I left it behind
    Took my guitar and my bad attitude
    And left that town behind
    I left Gary
    Didn’t say goodbye
    If they wanted me to stay
    They should’ve given me a reason why

    Verse 2
    Chicago taught me how to survive
    Played my guitar, stayed alive
    Found a bass by a dumpster one night
    Beat-up and ugly, but it felt right

    Pre-Chorus
    Didn’t have much
    But I had a sound
    Sometimes you find
    What you’re looking for on the ground

    Chorus
    I left Gary
    I left it behind
    Took my guitar and my bad attitude
    And left that town behind
    I left Gary
    Didn’t say goodbye
    If they wanted me to stay
    They should’ve given me a reason why

    Bridge
    No money
    No plan
    Guitar in my hand
    Bass by my side
    And nowhere to hide
    Then the Misfits came through
    And they knew what to do
    They bought me a Fender
    And gave me something new

    Verse 3
    Then I found a Harley, beat-up and loud
    Didn’t look like much, but I liked it proud
    Chicago behind me, Miami ahead
    With my bass on my back and the road in my head

    Final Chorus
    I left Gary
    Yeah, I left that town
    Took a train to Chicago
    Then I rode southbound
    I left Gary
    And I’m still alive
    Got a Harley, got a Fender
    And one hell of a ride

    Outro
    I left Gary.
    That’s all you need to know.

  • Worth The Wait

    Worth The wait by Sayaka Cruz

    Album: Sister Pride

    Lyrics:

    [Verse 1]
    I wasn’t born with a silver spoon
    Didn’t have a dream that came true too soon
    Just a kid with a song in my head
    And a cheap old guitar book beside my bed

    I wanted six strings and an old amp loud
    Something that would make me stand out from the crowd
    Dad said, “Save your money, then we’ll see”
    So I started saving every dime I could keep

    [Chorus]
    I worked for it
    I saved for it
    Every dollar, every day
    I wanted it
    I waited for it
    I wouldn’t let it slip away
    Maybe I wasn’t born a star
    Maybe I wasn’t born that wild
    But I knew what I wanted
    And I chased it like a child

    [Verse 2]
    I put my money in a little jar
    Every week I saved what I could
    Ten dollars here, fifteen there
    Just like my daddy said I should

    Months went by and I kept saving
    Never once gave up the dream
    Then one day I had three hundred
    And that guitar was on sale cheap

    [Chorus]
    I worked for it
    I saved for it
    Every dollar, every day
    I wanted it
    I waited for it
    I wouldn’t let it slip away
    Maybe I wasn’t born a star
    Maybe I wasn’t born that wild
    But I knew what I wanted
    And I chased it like a child

    [Bridge]
    I didn’t know where that guitar would lead
    Didn’t know I’d ever play a stage
    I just knew when I held it in my hands
    Something inside me came awake

    [Final Chorus]
    I worked for it
    I saved for it
    And when I finally got my chance
    I held that guitar
    Like it belonged to me
    And I never looked back again

    I wasn’t born a legend
    I was just a middle-class kid
    With a dream in her heart
    And a little bit of grit

    [Outro]
    Sometimes you don’t need everything
    Sometimes you just need one thing
    Bad enough to work for it.

  • Sister Pride

    Sister Pride by Sayaka Cruz

    Album: Sister Pride

    Lyrics:

    [Verse 1]
    We didn’t come from the same place
    Didn’t walk the same road
    Three different stories
    Three different loads
    But somewhere along the way
    The lines all crossed
    We found something worth keeping
    In everything we’d lost

    [Pre-Chorus]
    When the world gets heavy
    When the night gets long
    I know who’s beside me
    I know where I belong

    [Chorus]
    We are Outlaws, sister pride
    Three wild hearts, side by side
    Through the thick and through the thin
    If one falls down, we all jump in
    Ain’t blood that makes a family
    It’s the ones who never leave your side
    We are Outlaws, sister pride
    Soulmates for this crazy ride

    [Verse 2]
    One had a road already waiting
    One had nothing but a dream
    One had to fight for every breath
    Before she ever joined the team
    We brought our scars and our stories
    We brought the things we couldn’t hide
    Somehow all those broken pieces
    Fit together side by side

    [Chorus]
    We are Outlaws, sister pride
    Three wild hearts, side by side
    Through the thick and through the thin
    If one falls down, we all jump in
    Ain’t blood that makes a family
    It’s the ones who never leave your side
    We are Outlaws, sister pride
    Soulmates for this crazy ride

    [Bridge]
    When the road gets rough
    We’ll ride it anyway
    When the money runs out
    We’ll laugh another day
    When somebody comes knocking
    Trying to tear us apart
    They better bring the whole damn world
    ‘Cause they’ve got three outlaw hearts

    [Final Chorus]
    We are Outlaws, sister pride
    Three wild hearts, side by side
    Through the fire, through the rain
    Through the glory and the pain
    Ain’t blood that makes a family
    It’s the ones who never leave your side
    We are Outlaws, sister pride
    Soulmates for this crazy ride

    [Outro]
    Sayaka, Lara, Camilla…
    Three roads.
    One ride.
    Sister pride.