[Intro]
Read the page when the room goes still
Every choice leaves a mark by will
No borrowed crown, no alibi
Truth stands plain beneath the sky
[Verse 1]
I seen a thousand names on the walls of the proud
But the dust takes every signature out
Gold in the pocket, a mask on the face
Still every secret gets measured in place
You can build your house where the hungry can't reach
Put a polished little sermon behind every speech
But the record remembers the hands that you hid
And the doors you kept locked when you knew what they did
No courtroom theater, no deal at the gate
No last-minute bargain with the hands of fate
The page turns slow, and the silence gets wide
What you called a life is revealed from inside
[Chorus]
If your name ain't written, where will you stand?
No smoke in the distance, no shield in your hands
The book opens clean, and the verdict is plain
What we bury in darkness comes back with a name
[Verse 2]
I don't rap for the thrill of a sentence pronounced
I rap for the heart that keeps taking account
For the ones who still tremble and choose to repair
When nobody claps and nobody's there
Mercy is offered, but pride shuts the door
We keep feeding the fire we were warned about before
Every idol turns brittle, every false god falls
When the final truth answers the oldest calls
So examine the ink, not the shine on the skin
Not the crowd at your table, not the trophies you win
Let the weight of the warning cut clean through the noise
There is still a road for a changed voice
[Chorus]
If your name ain't written, where will you stand?
No smoke in the distance, no shield in your hands
The book opens clean, and the verdict is plain
What we bury in darkness comes back with a name
[Bridge]
The lake waits beyond every lie we defend
But the page is still open; the story can bend
Turn back from the hunger that hardens the soul
Let the truth write a different role
[Verse 3]
Revelation speaks with a blade made of light
Not to flatter the living, but to set wrongs right
The dead and the powerful answer alike
No one outruns the edge of the night
I carry that warning like stone in my coat
Every breath is a witness, every word is a note
If the world calls it weakness to kneel and confess
I would rather lose status than purchase distress
When the record is opened, let compassion be seen
In the way that I lived, in the places between
Not a name made famous, not a legacy sold
Just a heart made honest before it grows cold
[Final Chorus]
If your name ain't written, where will you stand?
No smoke in the distance, no shield in your hands
The book opens clean, and the verdict is plain
What we bury in darkness comes back with a name
[Outro]
The page turns once
The room goes still
Choose what you carry
Choose what you will