(spoken intro)
Ain’t nothin change
without real change homie
already dead ya know
Cadaver
[Verse 1]
you won’t know how to grow till you on ya own 2 feet,
deep in ya flow and stayin outta the street
not like ya rewound or turned and retreat
you jus finding whats found, while I’m seated ready to eat
Didn’t come this far, not to make it our time
Cant numb at the bar, or ignore the signs,
to part from rules an draw outside the lines
stop feeding these pearls to the likes of swine
leave em to catch up like their name is heinz
[Pre-Hook]
look at the moon tell me what it is you see
come this june who you gonna turn out to be
a man, a myth or is it something more
will you quit fronting or walk through the door
[Hook]
already dead so I ain’t got no fear
already bled for everything I hold dear
cadaver walking but my vision clear
I died to who I was to get here
I died to who I was to get here
[Verse 2]
cause the door don’t wait and the clock don’t lie
every excuse you make is another alibi
been talking bout tomorrow since the last july
either spread ya wings or watch the eagles fly
got scars on ya hands from the seeds you sowed
been carrying weight on a crooked road
but the load gets light when you share the code
with the ones who built, not the ones you owed
ain’t chasing validation or a name in lights
been navigating darkness just to earn my sight
some people pray for blessings I was born to fight
you sleep on what you could be every single night
[Pre-Hook]
look at the moon tell me what it is you see
come this june who you gonna turn out to be
a man, a myth or is it something more
will you quit fronting or walk through the door
[Hook]
already dead so I ain’t got no fear
already bled for everything I hold dear
cadaver walking but my vision clear
I died to who I was to get here
I died to who I was to get here
[Bridge]
(slower, deliberate)
the grave don’t care bout the life you planned
the wave don’t stop for a steady hand
so stand in it, breathe it, let it understand
you ain’t just passing through — this is your land
been baptized in failure, resurrected twice
paid the cost of living, had to pay it twice
everything they told you was a compromise
open up ya chest and let the dead man rise
[Hook]
already dead so I ain’t got no fear
already bled for everything I hold dear
cadaver walking but my vision clear
I died to who I was to get here
I died to who I was to get here
[Outro — spoken, fading]
this ain’t about arriving…
this about knowing you already left
the version of you that was scared…
that man’s gone
Cadaver…
already dead…
so what you got to lose, homie
walk through
Nexus
