🎤 TRENCHES TO EMPIRE
By PHR1ME
Language: English + Pidgin
Tempo: 90 BPM | Key: B Minor | Duration: ~3:30
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🎙️ INTRO (Spoken – 4 Bars)
From dirt floors to marble halls...
Na still me wey dey hustle from the gutter
No light, no hope, but see light dey now.
Welcome to the Empire... built from the trenches.
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🔁 HOOK 1 (8 Bars)
I come from trenches, now I dey build empire
Suffer no be sentence, now we dey chase fire
Small small, I dey rise like sunrise
Who go believe say we fit touch sky?
I swear I hustle pass midnight
Broke no be life, so I switch flight
Dream am, live am, na my time
From trenches to empire, I dey climb
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🔥 VERSE 1 (16 Bars)
I dey waka for sun, slippers tear, hunger dey
Mama dey pray make better show one day
Boys dey mock, say I too dey dream
But now na them dey stream my theme
E pain me but e build me
I learn how to move low key, gbemi
5 naira pure water, now na champagne
But I still dey real — I no change name
Every scar na tattoo of hustle
From molue to G-Wagon muscle
Na God plus grind wey put me here
I no forget the pain wey bring me fear
No silver spoon, just hustle and brain
Now na Empire wey dey run through my vein
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🔁 HOOK 2 (Repeat)
I come from trenches, now I dey build empire
Suffer no be sentence, now we dey chase fire
Small small, I dey rise like sunrise
Who go believe say we fit touch sky?
I swear I hustle pass midnight
Broke no be life, so I switch flight
Dream am, live am, na my time
From trenches to empire, I dey climb
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💥 VERSE 2 (16 Bars)
Empire dey rise, vision dey clearer
Enemies shock, say I don dey mirror
I dey flex but e still dey coded
'Cause trenches still dey my blood encrypted
Flights dey book, deals dey land
Still thank God as I dey expand
Give my guys tools, no be crumbs
I no fit chop alone — we dey share funds
I dey move with kings, I dey plan next phase
Legacy mindset, not just paydays
Book smart, street sharp, combo
From okada to convoy combo
The same block wey dem lock
Now dey raise men to break stock
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🎶 BRIDGE (8 Bars – Melodic)
All the pain, all the rain
No be waste, now I reign
Who dey laugh me that year?
Dem dey hail now, no fear
Every tear wey I cry
Now dey shine for the sky
Trenches birth the empire
Now I dey live my desire
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🔁 HOOK 3 (Final Chorus – Optional Repeat)
I come from trenches, now I dey build empire
Suffer no be sentence, now we dey chase fire
Small small, I dey rise like sunrise
Who go believe say we fit touch sky?
I swear I hustle pass midnight
Broke no be life, so I switch flight
Dream am, live am, na my time
From trenches to empire, I dey climb
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🧱 OUTRO (Spoken Word)
If you dey trenches now, no lose hope
Hustle with sense
Connect with purpose
One day, the empire go rise — just hold on.
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