Tracks Citizen Soldier - Thank You for Hating Me (2021) - Dork
Instead of letting these experiences break his spirit, Segura wrote the track as a "reframe" of those memories. The core philosophy of the song is that —turning the "knives in his back" into lessons that made him a "lion" instead of a "sheep". A Full-Circle Moment Citizen Soldier - Thank You for Hating Me
He dealt with the personal trauma of having thousands of dollars stolen from him. Tracks Citizen Soldier - Thank You for Hating
This defiance is central to Citizen Soldier’s identity. The band was famously born in a psychiatric hospital in 2016, where Segura wrote their first lyrics on a napkin while recovering from a suicide attempt. Now a practicing clinical therapist, Segura uses songs like "Thank You for Hating Me" to provide a "group therapy dynamic" for fans battling trauma, abuse, and mental illness stigma. This defiance is central to Citizen Soldier’s identity
Critics in the industry told him he was "too chubby" to ever make it as a professional musician.
He was actually kicked out of his very first band because they didn't like his voice.
