Concrete Crown

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[Intro]

Yeah...

They prayed I'd stay down...

Now every scar got a story...

Every loss built the glory...

[Verse 1]

Empty pockets, heavy chest, still I walked like I was rich.

Had my back against the wall, now that wall became the switch.

Every "no" became ignition, every scar became a stitch.

Built a throne from broken pieces, now they wonder what I did.

Lost friends when I had nothing, funny how they know my name.

Everybody loves the sunshine, nobody survived the rain.

Every night I fought myself, every morning took the pain.

Now my heartbeat sound like victory echoing inside my veins.

I don't flex because I'm perfect, I flex 'cause I survived.

I was learning how to drown while pretending I could fly.

Every failure wrote a chapter, every tear became a guide.

Now the devil knows my face 'cause I looked him in the eyes.

[Bridge]

If tomorrow never comes...

Tell my people I was trying.

If I fall another time...

Watch me turn it into climbing.

[Verse 2]

Pressure made a different monster, I don't scare the way I used.

I can feel the weight of mountains, still got something left to prove.

Every lesson cost me blood, every blessing changed my view.

Now I'm aiming at forever, I got nothing left to lose.

I don't chase another person, I compete against my past.

Every version that I buried made the newest one more fast.

If they close another door, I'ma build another path.

You can never stop a fire born from everything that cracked.

When they ask me how I did it, tell 'em I refused to quit.

Every time the world went silent, I was talking to my grit.

Now my future sounds expensive, but my soul don't have a price.

I was forged inside the darkness, now I'm lighting up the night.

[Outro]

From the ashes...

To the gold...

This was never luck...

This was survival.