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Hatebreed

This I Earned

Release date: 27th November 2020

From Weight of the False Self
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About This Track

"This I Earned" is a track by Hatebreed, from the album Weight of the False Self, released 27th November 2020. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Hatebreed

Hatebreed

Lyrics

This I Earned

[Verse 1]

Fiction you made up to believe

Lives on a screen, but it's not reality

Actions that you didn’t take

Is why you're concerned with the ones that I make

Now you've noticed your day slipping fast

Was it well spent or were you stepping back?

You counted all my blessings as you went

Leaving your mark of discontent

[Chorus]

This I earned

I wasn’t born with it

I bled for this

Be bound to your word

When you live by it

You prove your worth

This I earned

It wasn't handed to me

I did what I had to

Be bound to your word

It's not what you deserve

You get what you earn

[Verse 2]

Don't indulge in delusions to satisfy

I don't escape today with dreams gone by

Perfection of the present doesn't exist

The future's at stake; it isn't granted

[Bridge]

For this, I bled

For this, I bled

My blood I shed for this

You want a future worth fighting for?

With skin in the game

Be bound to your word

Everything is at stake

My blood

My blood I shed for this

My blood

My blood I shed for this

[Verse 3]

You think this was handed to me?

Some offering taken at birth

I’ve withstood every hardship

To prove myself of worth

[Chorus]

This I earned

I wasn’t born with it

I bled for this

Be bound to your word

When you live by it

You prove your worth

This I earned

It wasn't handed to me

I did what I had to

Be bound to your word

It’s not what you deserve

You get what you earn

[Outro]

Earned in blood

A life that's well deserved

Take what's due

Once you prove your worth

Earn it

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Chris Beattie, Jasta, Matt Byrne
    Lyricist
    Jasta
    Composer
    Chris Beattie, Jasta, Matt Byrne
    Producer
    Chris “Zeuss” Harris
    Drums
    Matt Byrne
    Guitar
    Frank Novinec, Wayne Lozinak
    Vocals
    Jasta
    Additional Production
    Nick Bellmore
    Background Vocals
    Chris “Zeuss” Harris, Chris Taylor Beaudette, Nick Bellmore, Wayne Lozinak
    Bass Guitar
    Chris Beattie
    Mastering Engineer
    Chris “Zeuss” Harris
    Mixing Engineer
    Chris “Zeuss” Harris
    Recording Engineer
    Chris “Zeuss” Harris, Nick Bellmore
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