One Way Ticket

No other way but go, forward is all I know
I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket
And I ain't turning back now
Whatever it takes I'll go
 this path is all I know
I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket
And I ain't turning back now
No, no, no turning back now no, no

First month of '82, South Side Manila
Born from brokenness, surrounded by quitters
Grew up picking pieces of my broken self
Finding peace
'cause I feel like there's nothing left
1st class pain, 2nd hand love
3rd world dreams but I knew it's not enough
So I crawled through the rubble
Made friends with struggle
Embraced the pain but my hope never crumbled
I was hard pressed on all sides never crushed
Yeah, the pressure is real but I never rushed
Persecuted and abandoned but
My vision expanded stayed through the pain
'cause that's what my heart demanded
Now my grass is greener
Sky's bluer than blue
My vision is clearer, everything is brand new
Though life was never kind
I grew in the grind i first won in my mind
Then the rest was redefined

No other way but go, forward is all I know
I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket
And I ain't turning back now
Whatever it takes I'll go
This path is all I know
I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket
And I ain't turning back now
No, no, no turning back now
No, no, no turning back now
No, no, no turning back now no, no

I don't know what's next or whatever is after
But I'm not skipping pages to
Reach the next chapter
If I lose, if I fall, let it be
If that's what it takes for me
To find the better me
'Cause I ain't got nothing to return to
No one to turn to
And if I turn back I might turn to
The very thing I fear, back to square one
Where nightmares are clear
Days when I had none
So I will find strength, whatever it takes
No matter how hard, I promise to never break
I live in the now, because tomorrows at stake
I ain't sleepin' on my dreams
Gotta stay awake
I will take the road less travelled
Gonna fight my way through the battle
Faith light my way through what's after
I got one life to live, make it matter

No other way but go, forward is all I know
I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket
And I ain't turning back now
Whatever it takes I'll go
This path is all I know
I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket
And I ain't turning back now
No, no, no turning back now
No, no, no turning back now
No, no, no turning back now no, no

I'm gonna dance through the rain
I'm gonna smile through the pain
Not going back to where I came
So whatever it takes, whatever it takes
I'm gonna make it through this fight
And I'll be breaking through the night
Go brave through this life

No other way but go, forward is all I know
I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket
And I ain't turning back now
Whatever it takes I'll go
This path is all I know
I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket
And I ain't turning back now no, no
No turning back now no, no
No turning back now
No, no, no turning back now no, no