There′s seven of us in this room Each one learned to survive so I could stand
They wore the knives, held the dark They paid the dues I couldn′t yet afford
Tonight they want the throne Talk, argue, prove they′re worth the crown
My job is simple, let them speak Hold the table, keep the roof from crashing
I open the mic, I close the doors Watch them fight!
I ain′t asked for mercy I came with scorched marks, knuckles hungry
I′m punching hours in the dark First out the crib, window shattered on my name
Broke the silence with a fist, lit the alley with my flame
I snap on instinct, don′t measure, just swing Blink wrong and you drown in the wake of my fling
Call it reckless, nah, I call it the suit I stitch
Chest full of thunder, pocket full of switch I sold my sleep to the night
Traded peace for teeth, kept the lights on While your saints turned thief
I moved loud for the lost, I kept the air in our lungs
Every night like a blade with young hands and young lungs
Don′t test the spark, I set the block red Little pit, loud living
Quieter dead, quieter dead, quieter dead, quieter dead
I step back and watch the room Counting seams, tracking lies
People speaking colors, I hear the mask behind their eyes
I fold in the corners, I catalog the steps They take voices in the walls
Say my name, tell me where the glass breaks Dissolve for a minute, watch the world betray
This frame I taught myself to listen for the triggers
They say my name, they say my name
Cold hands, colder math, I count nights I didn′t fold
Turned every bruise into a ledger, kept my heart on hold
Streets taught the lesson, law taught the line I learned to play both ways
Silence is the currency, bullets test the praise I move like a ghost with a plan
Respect is the coin I stack Don′t speak love unless it′s measured
Don′t move soft or you get cracked
Don′t move soft or you get cracked
Crown of ash thrown in my ribs, I legislate the night
Whisper laws to the stars, watch lesser kings take flight
They baptize me and inflame, taught me geometry of pain
I constellate my rules, I number every name
Bell will break, I arbitrate the sins they hide
Call me divine or call me monster, I′s the rule of time
Quiet down, let me breathe
Quiet down, who you part of?
Quiet else we save you, we bleed
How you weary?
I let you speak but know the rule I lead
We lead
When you sleep, we fight while you bleed
I kept the light, you slept, I bled for the wake, don′t touch my blade
They crisper at the windows, I trace their letters in the glue
Numbers don′t cry, I keep the ledger clean, I buy silence cheap
I am the law, they forgot to fear, kneel or fold then disappear
A red door, clock, blue river, stop, climax, blackout, he′s mine, no I didn′t
I kept us breathing, stop talking, let′s take it
Why you move so soft, you don′t know pain, ha
I feel the edge, my hands go numb, don′t resolution
You wore the knives, you kept the nights from breaking me, I know
Little bit, you held the furnace, Chris, you countered the cracked snow, you kept the ledger
Common, you held the crown when it burned, the two to stumble in the dark
You are the static that remembers the shape of terror
Without you, I would′ve vanished in the sound
Without me, you would′ve had no roof
You keep the jobs, I keep the keys, bow, don′t break, guard, don′t rule
That is the deal
That is the deal
That is the deal
That is the deal
That is the deal
That is the deal
