[Intro]
Yeah
They call me Icon
Say the names you fear
I crossed ’em off
[Verse 1]
Stronger than that boy in the cape, I bench-press planets for warm-ups
Faster than the kid in the red, I lap his thunder, his storm runs
I don’t need a league or a flag, I step in solo, they team up
Whole squad shaking they heads, “We should’ve stayed at the tree trunk”
I ain’t from Metropolis, I’m from blocks where the shots ring
Where mamas pray hard and the cops swing
Turn that pain into power, every siren in my bloodstream
Now I’m folding steel in my palm like a crushed dream
Batman in the shadows?
He hiding from mine
Scan a god’s brain?
I rewire his mind
Aquatic king, think he safe in the tide?
I split seas, walk through, leave oceans dry
[Chorus]
I’m Icon, say my name with your chest now
Whole Justice League take a rest now (rest now)
They try to fly where I step, get pressed down
I’m Icon, I’m the one they address now
Icon
Icon
I’m the headline, they the guest now
[Verse 2]
Ring on the finger of fear, I snap it like cheap glass
Martian try to phase through, I trap him where heat blast
Wonder with a blade on her hip, I bend steel into sand
Lasso round my wrist, it write truth that you can’t stand
I ain’t ask for the power, it chose me
Every limit that they spoke, it exposed me
Black skin, gold soul, they opposed me
Now they writein’ up accords just to hold me
Flash on the dash, but he blink and I’m past him
I jog through time, he sprint for fragments
I walk in calm, they talk about tactics
I breathe once, every blueprint fractured
Tell the boy in blue, stand back
I don’t break, I snap stats
You call that hope? That’s half asked
I carry whole worlds in a backpack
[Chorus]
I’m Icon, say my name with your chest now
Whole Justice League take a rest now (rest now)
They try to fly where I step, get pressed down
I’m Icon, I’m the one they address now
Icon
Icon
I’m the headline, they the guest now
[Bridge]
Who gon’ save the saviors?
Who gon’ check the kings?
Who gon’ lift the hood up
Give the block its wings?
It’s me
Mask off, same face that you crossed in the street
Chain broke, every shackle that they sold on my seed
Now the “gods” need grace when they talk to a G
[Chorus]
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