Breath of the Cipher

[Intro]
Circle tight
Concrete cold
One deep breath
Let it take hold (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Step in the ring, bare soul, no charm
Ink in my veins, whole book in my arms
Every bar like scripture carved in a storm
Every scar on my skin, proof I was formed
I don’t chase crowns, I inherit duty
Turn doubt into dusk, then to morning beauty
Eyes on the sky but my feet in the clay
I’m a poem that learned how to walk away
I’ve knelt in the dark with my lungs on fire
Heard silence speak louder than a thousand choirs
Now I walk through the noise, hear the quiet inside
Every line like a tide that refuses to hide
[Chorus]
This that breath of the cipher
That flame you can’t cipher
From dust to the riser
All in me, I’m higher (yeah yeah)
Hands up, feel that thunder
We rise from the under
One voice, one hunger
All in me, no sunder
[Verse 2]
I don’t rap for a trend, I rap for a tremor
For the ones in the back who remember December
Cold nights, warm hope in a borrowed coat
Little light in a throat that was built to choke
Now the words run wild, untamed, unbent
Every “can’t” that they gave me became cement
I built steps out of all that doubt I was fed
Now my footprint’s a verse they recite in their head
I see fear in their eyes, so I speak to the fear
Say, “You can sit in the crowd, but you’re not driving here”
Let the breath in my chest turn the dust to gold
Let the All in the room write what can’t be told (yeah)
[Chorus]
This that breath of the cipher
That flame you can’t cipher
From dust to the riser
All in me, I’m higher (higher)
Hands up, feel that thunder
We rise from the under
One voice, one hunger
All in me, no sunder (all in me)
[Bridge]
Pass that mic like a mantle
Each spark lights a candle
Many tongues, one channel
One fire, can’t handle (woo)
From the first to the final
We the verse, we the vinyl
Every heart is a spiral
Spelling out the same title
[Chorus]
This that breath of the cipher
That flame you can’t cipher
From dust to the riser
All in me, I’m higher (I’m higher)
Hands up, feel that thunder
We rise from the under
One voice, one hunger
All in me, no sunder

rap, Dark, meditative boom-bap with heavy swing drums, subby bass, and ghostly choirs swelling in the background; male vocals, commanding and grounded. Verses stay sparse to spotlight cadence and wordplay, then the hook widens with stacked chants and a rising organ pad. Occasional tape-stop drops and filtered drum breaks for cypher energy, ending on a hard, cold cut.