(Intro) [Production: heavy 808s, crisp 1/32 hi-hat rolls with triplet fills, pitched snare, dark pad bed, sparse melodic plucks]
808s hit hard, the grind don't stop — night rollers in my rearview. (ad-lib: "yeah")
Streets whisper stories, I rise to the top. (ad-lib: "ha")
(Verse 1)
You laugh at my rise, but you don’t know the weight,
Built my own throne, yeah I carried the fate.
Stronger than you ever thought I could be,
Did what you couldn’t — now you watching me.
Laugh now, go ahead, play your part,
When I win big, that’s when you fall apart.
[Keep these lines exact — layered lead + doubled vox, subtle pitch-stack on the 2nd repeat]
(Pre-Chorus) [short, tight — sits on strong downbeats]
Cold nights, cold pockets — I flipped that script. (ad-lib: "flip it")
From pennies to the plug, now they call when I pick. (half-time feel)
(Chorus) [full energy — vocal doubles, stacked harmonies, ad-libs: "ha", "yeah"]
You laugh at my rise, but you don’t know the weight,
Built my own throne, yeah I carried the fate.
Stronger than you ever thought I could be,
Did what you couldn’t — now you watching me.
Laugh now, go ahead, play your part,
When I win big, that’s when you fall apart.
(Verse 2) [trap cadence, punchy internal rhymes]
From Mason to Third I moved like quiet storms, contracts on the table, now it's record forms.
Foreign plates, tinted glass, parking in the private lane, (ad-lib: "skrrt")
Chain iced, reflection cold, every glance measure the pain.
Rubber bands clap like applause when I count the nights I couldn't, (ad-lib: "count 'em")
Old crew swapped faces, snake eyes in the hood, but I stayed solid.
Moved my moms to a suite with the view of the skyline, (punchline)
Block used to own my time — now my name own the prime. (ad-lib: "prime")
(Pre-Chorus) [short — tighten to punch the hook]
They bet on my fall, but I'm cashin' the proof.
Quiet on the wire, loud in my moves. (push into chorus)
(Chorus) [same exact six lines, layered — add ad-libs and callouts]
You laugh at my rise, but you don’t know the weight,
Built my own throne, yeah I carried the fate.
Stronger than you ever thought I could be,
Did what you couldn’t — now you watching me.
Laugh now, go ahead, play your part,
When I win big, that’s when you fall apart.
[Add doubles, triplet ad-libs over last two lines: "ha, yeah, ha"]
(Bridge) [vulnerable then flip — sparse beat, vocals intimate]
Counted dimes in the daylight, prayed for a safe night, mama locked the door tight.
No handouts, just lessons from the curb and scars turned to stripes.
Now I buy the block where I used to stand, catch me on the rooftop with the blueprint plans.
Turned every loss to leverage — now the city know the brand. (ad-lib: "brand")
(Chorus Variation) [half-time into double-time switch — final half accelerates; stacked ad-libs]
You laugh at my rise, but you don’t know the weight,
Built my own throne, yeah I carried the fate.
Stronger than you ever thought I could be,
Did what you couldn’t — now you watching me
