[Intro]
They want me gone by dawn
Jokes on them
I’m still drawn
To every line, every sin (yeah)
[Verse 1]
World built like a cage, but I slip through the bars
Had to learn how to aim in a room full of scars
Every handshake cold, every favor got strings
Every promise got teeth, every smile got stings
Saw my brother take a fall for a dollar and a chain
Saw the reaper at the door, had to walk through the rain
Put a target on my back, still I move like a ghost
Every loss, every L, turned it into a oath
Told mom, “I’ll be back,” when the nights turned red
Turned hunger into hustle, turned hate into bread
They pray on my name, but I pray on my knees
If I’m running from death, then I’m running with speed (skrrt)
[Chorus]
I was built to break, but I broke the system
Dodging every grave that they wrote me in ’em
They want me gone, want me buried alive
I evade that fate every time I survive
Whole world set up just to hold me down
I turned every brick to a throne, to a crown
If they bet on my fall, that’s a bad design
I escape that plot every time I’m alive (I’m alive)
[Verse 2]
They said, “Pick a side,” but the sides all fake
Put poison in the deal, put a knife in the shake
Every corner got a story I don’t wanna repeat
So I carry all the names that got lost on the street
Sleep light, one eye on the smoke in the air
Got my back to the wall, but I’m right with the prayer
If the devil want dues, he can stand in the line
I’ve been dodging his calls, I decline every time
Turned fear to a map, every trap, I’ve seen it
Every rumor on my name? I outlived the meaning
If they cap my dreams, I just rip that page
Make a new blueprint from the cracks and rage (yeah)
[Chorus]
I was built to break, but I broke the system
Dodging every grave that they wrote me in ’em
They want me gone, want me buried alive
I evade that fate every time I survive
Whole world set up just to hold me down
I turned every brick to a throne, to a crown
If they bet on my fall, that’s a bad design
I escape that plot every time I’m alive (I’m alive)
[Bridge]
How many times did I dance with the edge?
How many nights did I sleep with a pledge?
If I wake, I grind, if I fall, I climb
If they steal my light, I still shine in the blind (shine)
[Chorus]
I was built to break, but I broke the system
Dodging every grave that they wrote me in ’em
They want me gone, want me buried alive
I evade that fate every time I survive
Whole world set up just to hold me down
I turned every brick to a throne, to a crown
If they bet on my fall, that’s a bad design
I escape that plot every time I’m alive (I’m alive)