Blackwater Brand

Marked by the Mud, Saved by the Light You don’t choose the brand — the field brands you. And when you fall in Blackwater — it either takes you or teaches you. This is a swampstep blues confession, about coming through addiction, facing death, and being branded by the choice to live through Light — not illusion. Lyrics: [Verse 1 – Where the Water Got Me] Blackwater deep — and I dove in blind Chased the numb just to leave my mind Tried to vanish in that southern pitch Chained to the fix, couldn’t feel no switch I seen ghosts in the creek-bed sigh I realized All The Dope in the world couldn’t quiet the fire But the river watched — never closed her eye And whispered low, “You ready to die?” ⸻ [Hook – The Brand Is the Breakthrough] Blackwater don’t forget a name Mine burned loud in driftwood flame Didn’t choose the pain — but I chose the fight And what broke me down became my light The brand ain’t badge — it’s blood and breath Marked by grace in the face of death Now I Am clean — I’m clear, I’m true I Am Blackwater branded. what’s real in you? ⸻ [Verse 2 – Heroin and the Hollow] I seen veins bloom like broken stars Felt my soul hang behind jail bars Tried to rise but I’d fall right back ’Cause the now was gone, and the past attacked But one day deep in the swampy steam I breathed real slow — and caught a dream It wasn’t loud, it didn’t preach It just said: “You’re the Light that you seek.” ⸻ [Bridge – Inner I Awakening] I felt the now like fire through skin No drug, no sin — just breath within And all that hell I thought I chose Became the dirt from which I rose So I walked the edge, I faced the flood And came back clean and full of love ⸻ [Final Hook – Branded by Life] Blackwater don’t wash you fake It floods you ’til your will don’t break It don’t save saints — it trains the damned I ain’t who I was — I am who I Am I chose life when the light broke in I JUS B now — not bound by sin My story’s inked in mud and flame Blackwater Brand — remember the name. Inner I Inner Flame 🔥