(Hook)
I came from the dirt, now I'm up in the lights
Feet on the pavement, head in the heights
City don’t sleep, neither do I
Turnin’ my grind into reasons to fly
Yeah, came in the storm, now I’m calm in the fire
Heart full of hunger, soul full of wire
Concrete roots, but I’m reaching the sky
Brooklyn my echo, I’m built to survive
(Verse 1)
Took the A train, soul full of dreams
Bag full of nothin’ but plots and some schemes
Dropped in the jungle, survived off belief
Now they look twice every time that I speak
Pressure made diamonds, I cut through the stone
Did it alone, now I’m takin’ the throne
Eyes on the target, my mind in the zone
Talk with my walk, yeah the city my tone
Lions and wolves, I done danced with 'em both
Ran with the shadows, I ain't need a coat
Weathered the weather, the sleet and the smoke
Now I got heaters in every quote
Momma said hustle, I turned it to gospel
Speak to the pain like I’m readin’ a novel
Pavement prophet, young street apostle
Came from the bottom, now look at this castle
(Hook)
I came from the dirt, now I'm up in the lights
Feet on the pavement, head in the heights
City don’t sleep, neither do I
Turnin’ my grind into reasons to fly
Yeah, came in the storm, now I’m calm in the fire
Heart full of hunger, soul full of wire
Concrete roots, but I’m reaching the sky
Brooklyn my echo, I’m built to survive
(Verse 2)
Voice got the echo of trains underground
Soul got the rhythm of cities that pound
Every mistake was a jewel that I found
Every “you can’t” just a part of my sound
Now I’m in rooms where I’m settin’ the tone
Did it with scars they ain't even known
Flex ain’t a muscle, it’s how you come home
Still got that borough blood deep in my bones
No silver spoons, just forks in the road
Took every one that would challenge the soul
Now I’m in lanes where the stories unfold
And every new verse is a bar full of gold
Mirrors don’t lie, I stare at the truth
Made from the chaos, the struggle, the proof
City of dreams? Yeah, I brought the booth
Now they repeatin' my name on the roof
(Hook)
I came from the dirt, now I'm up in the lights
Feet on the pavement, head in the heights
City don’t sleep, neither do I
Turnin’ my grind into reasons to fly
Yeah, came in the storm, now I’m calm in the fire
Heart full of hunger, soul full of wire
Concrete roots, but I’m reaching the sky
Brooklyn my echo, I’m built to survive
(Outro)
Wrote this in motion, no time for still
If you want truth, come walk where it's real
Step on my path, you gon’ feel what I feel
Brooklyn raised me — I bend but don’t kneel
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