(Intro)
Yeah, yeah — lights low, bass grow
Skrrt, midnight patrol, uh
We move silent, blueprint in our soul (yeah)
808 heartbeat, watch us roll
(Verse 1)
Busted sneakers, corner prayers, city breathin' smoke and chrome
Late bus, pocket lint, mama's voice on the phone
Three AM, paper dreams folded, folded like a note
Triplet on the tongue — count the steps, never choke (count it)
Cold nights, sold fights, mold fight, we mold right
Came up from the alley where the neon eats the night
Every scar a GPS — map my rise, map my flight
From a wooden chair to chrome wheels under moonlight (skrrt)
(Pre-Chorus)
Flashing pads, hush the pads, let the sub breathe low (let it breathe)
From cracked sidewalks to the seats where the warm lights glow
Fire in the ribcage, turn the pain to tempo
Trap pads swell, then hush — we let the chorus go (yeah)
(Chorus) <-- micro-hook (4 short lines)
Rise up
No sleep
Flame up
We keep (we keep) [ad-lib: yeah!]
(Verse 2)
Cold chain, warm hands, hustle carved in callouses
Gold on my sleeve ain't luck — it's hours, losses, promises
Bought time with borrowed rhythm, paid rent in beats and curses
Turned cold coffee into coin, turned curses into verses (flip it)
Internal rhyme, double-time — step, step, step (trip)
From busted sneakers to gold on my sleeve, that's prep
Loyalty stamped on backs, silence louder than a threat
We stitch the story up in hook lines, never forget (nah)
(Pre-Chorus)
Flashing pads, hush the pads, let the sub breathe low (let it breathe)
From cracked sidewalks to the seats where the warm lights glow
Fire in the ribcage, turn the pain to tempo
Trap pads swell, then hush — we let the chorus go (let it go)
(Chorus)
Rise up
No sleep
Flame up
We keep (we keep) [ad-libs: ayy, rise]
(Bridge) <-- half-rap, half-sung, double-time, builds to drop
(Spoken-sung) They said slow down, I said go hard — double time
(Rap) Count the bends, count the dents, count the nights we survived (skrrt-skrrt)
(Rap) Triplet drip, wrist sick, wrist tick, flip the crime
(Sung) From rusted chains to private planes — we sign the lines
(Stark flip line, half-sung) We were missing — now we print the skyline (print it)
(Build) 808 slides up, hi-hat thin, tension in the spine
(Drop cue) — hold it —
(Drop / Breakdown)
Bass cut loose, instruments fall — ad-libs echo
(Hype) Hands up, chest out, city glares like gold (gold)
(Sample line, whisper) "We kept the heat"
(Chorus) — Final Variation
Rise up
No sleep
Flame up
We keep — (tag) gold on my sleeve, yeah (gold on my sleeve) [ad-libs: woo!]
(Outro)
From the alleys to the skyline, we wrote the map with scars
Trap hymn, neon hymn, keep the light where the dark are
This is our rise up, this is our fight song, loud and far
We shine through the static — keep the flame, keep the stars (keep it)
(Vocal + Production Notes — for artist)
- Vocal approach: main hook small and punchy, double stacked ad-libs on final chorus
- Flows: use triplet phrasing on verses (short, punchy bars), internal rhymes
