Web of the Underdog

[Intro]
Mask on
Heart loud
Whole sky
My ground (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Swing through the block, old scars in my hoodie
Graffiti on the train say “kid, you could be”
Same kid that they laughed at, backpack heavy
Now I’m mid-air, hearing every fear echo already
Phone buzz in my pocket, mom call, can’t answer
’Cause a siren sings louder than my planner
Queens on my back, there’s a crack in the pavement
Every brick tagged with the name of who raised him
Used to miss homework, now I miss sleep
Used to fear bullies, now it’s freaks with teeth
Hang upside down from a streetlight thinking
If I fall this time, who stops the city sinking?
[Chorus]
I’m the web of the underdog
Climb when the world says “drop”
Blood on my knuckles, chalk on the sidewalk
Still I run toward the shock
If I break, I break for all of us
If I rise, I rise from all that dust
Yeah, I’m scared, but I still swing on
’Cause the web of the underdog
Gotta stay strong (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Suit ripped open, homework folded in the glove box
Mask smells like sweat, fear, and a love lost
Best friend text “where you at?” left on read
How I save every life and still lose my head
Teacher talk futures, charts, scholarships
Meanwhile I’m dodging cars thrown by a narcissist
Class ring in my pocket like a promise I owe
To the kid I was, watching heroes on a cracked window
Headphones on replay, rage in my playlist
’Cause justice in the papers never name my neighbors
I see moms on the bus with three jobs, no capes
When I web up a thief, I see more than a case
Responsibility heavy like a chain on my chest
But if I drop it on the floor, who’s left?
[Chorus]
I’m the web of the underdog
Climb when the world says “drop”
Blood on my knuckles, chalk on the sidewalk
Still I run toward the shock
If I break, I break for all of us
If I rise, I rise from all that dust
Yeah, I’m scared, but I still swing on
’Cause the web of the underdog
Gotta stay strong (oh yeah)
[Verse 3]
Pull up to the roof, air thin, mind crowded
Voices in my head and my name on a bounty
Villain on the news, whole town in a panic
They don’t see the kid with the cramps, doing math, barely managed
Eyes in the mask, red lines like a heart rate
Every danger in the distance feels like a blind date
Uncle in my thoughts, every word like a war drum
“Kid, you don’t run from the storm, you become one”
So I lace my fingers, feel silk in my veins
Every swing like I’m stitching up the pain
From the bodegas to the bridges and the projects
I’m a rumor in the wind and a promise in the process
Can’t fix every wrong, that’s the curse I face
But I’ll die trying long before I give this place
[Bridge]
[Half-time breakdown, guitars slam in]
They see a mask, I see names
They see a freak, I see flames
They see a threat, I see chains
Crack every link till they scream my name (Miles!)
Can’t hide from the weight on my spine
But I’ll bleed out bright ’til the dark goes blind (yeah)
[Verse 4]
Late night, window slide, shoes on the carpet
Mom at the table with the bills, tryna guard us
She say, “you look tired,” I say “school’s just rough”
She ain’t wrong, but that ain’t all the stuff
Mirror got a stranger in my face, two sides
One with the headphones, one who never gets to cry
Put my palm on the glass, feel the city pulse slow
I’m a glitch in the frame, but I’m learning how to grow
From the kid on the corner with a can and a dream
To the shadow on

rap, Hybrid rap-metal banger with male vocals: djent-y low-tuned guitars chugging under trap hi-hats and snarling 808s, double-kick bursts on hooks. Verses flip between tight, percussive rap and screamed lines; chorus opens into a wide, melodic shout-along gang vocal. Occasional glitchy vocal chops and siren risers for comic-book chaos energy, big cinematic impacts on section changes., metal