BLVCK

Roll call—

I’m talking to whoever is out there

Stand tall—

Weather the storms with no gear,

I’m impatient, means I can’t wait for you here

To make your mind up

You playing games?

I’m about to hang the line up

How far would I go?

I won’t stop until I see a couple mill-in my Wells Fargo

Mind gone—

Tryna keep it calm but my heart been long-gone

Time zone—

Different city weekly, still feelin’ alone

Cold sheets—

Messages you type but don’t send

Got me questioning if closure ever come through a lens

I been focused—plotting plays in the silence,

Made peace with the pressure, turned trauma into science

Look—

Ain’t no trophies for survival, but I need my due

If I bleed, I bloom—ain’t no in-between truth

You either with me or in my way, that’s the motto I’m on

So if I ghost for a minute—that means leave me alone.

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Black is raw, black is revived,

Black is pain, as black is the spine—

Of the world they built off our grind

Black by popular demand, I’m just takin’ my time

I’ve been aging well—ain’t no crack in my smile

Pressure made the diamond, now I’m stylin’ in trial

Every wrinkle got a story, every scar got a shine

They ain’t break me—they refined me, now I’m next in the line

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Black is raw, black is revived

Built from the struggle but I still shine

Took some losses, paid with time

Still came out gold—watch how I climb

No handouts, had to get mine

They ain’t break me, just realigned

I’ve been patient, now it’s my time

Ain’t no crack in my smile, I’m fine

(Yeah…)

Black by popular demand—understand that

They can’t copy what I am—gotta stand back

Been through fire, now I’m branded like handbag

Ain’t no gimmicks—this is legacy and flashbacks

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I used to fold under pressure—now I press through the pain

Used to chase love, but now I’m chasin’ my name

Ain’t no shame in my past, I just walk with the flame

Every step got a lesson, every scar got a name

Look here—

I ain’t a geek, I’m just built like a bookworm

Soul of a griot, the hood never changed me

Still that same me—

Just a little more healed, a little more chill

Still the type to cut a deal and pay your light bill

Still the type to hold a scripture like a bible verse

But pray for my enemies—I done seen it all get worse

It’s love if it’s real, it’s gone if it’s forced

So I cut ties clean—ain’t no need for remorse

I got dreams stretchin’ further than the blocks I was birthed in

Now I’m writin’ lyrics with the verses I’m immersed in

Elevated—

From the trauma to the booth

I ain’t lookin’ for a throne, just a chair with a-view

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Black is raw, black is revived

Built from the struggle but I still shine

Took some losses, paid with time

Still came out gold—watch how I climb

No handouts, had to get mine

They ain’t break me, just realigned

I’ve been patient, now it’s my time

Ain’t no crack in my smile, I’m fine

(Yeah…)

Black by popular demand—understand that

They can’t copy what I am—gotta stand back

Been through fire, now I’m branded like a handbag

BLACK IS REVIVED!