Zelinae — The Woman I Had to Become (Official Music Video) 🕊️

Sometimes you have to let go of who you were to become who you are meant to be. This is my story. 🕊️ 🎵 Stream now: Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/track/7BpdHe... Apple Music →   / the-woman-i-had-to-become   🔔 Subscribe to Zelinae for more Afro-Soul:    / @zelinaeofficial   ───────────────────────────── 🖤 Lyrics: I used to pray for things to go back To the girl I was before the cracks But she couldn't carry what was coming So I let her go I walked through rooms that felt like graves Smiled at people through the haze Nobody saw the war inside The woman learning how to rise I cut away what wasn't mine The fear, the guilt, the compromise And in the silence that remained I heard my own name It wasn't easy, it wasn't clean The breaking down, the in-between But every scar became a door To something I was made for This is the woman I had to become Forged in the fire, not broken, not done She carries her pain like a crown on her head Alive in the places they thought she was dead This is the woman — worn, whole, and free God had to break me to show me to me I stopped apologizing for my space Stopped shrinking down to fit their grace I learned that love that asks you small Was never really love at all The nights I cried without a reason Were just the turning of a season And every ending that I mourned Was just the woman being born It wasn't easy, it wasn't clean The breaking down, the in-between But every scar became a door To something I was made for This is the woman I had to become Forged in the fire, not broken, not done She carries her pain like a crown on her head Alive in the places they thought she was dead This is the woman — worn, whole, and free God had to break me to show me to me I don't look like what I've been through I don't sound like all the pain I knew Something ancient lives inside this skin She was always there — she just broke free from within Rise, rise, rise Even the broken things rise Rise, rise, rise Even the broken things rise I am not who I was And I am not yet who I'll be But I am finally, finally Finally free ───────────────────────────── 🖤 Something is coming on June 13th. "Becoming this woman wasn't easy... I have so much I wish I could tell the girl I used to be. More on this soon." ───────────────────────────── 🖤 Follow Zelinae: YouTube →    / @zelinaeofficial   ───────────────────────────── #Zelinae #TheWomanIHadToBecome #AfroSoul #NewMusic #OfficialVideo #HealingJourney #SoulMusic2026 #CinematicRnB #HealingMusic #BlackWomen #Empowerment #SelfDiscovery