[Intro]
He always told me,
“Cream will rise.”
[Verse 1]
He poured the good stuff in a crystal glass,
Left me the drip and expected me to ask.
Called me hungry, called me low,
Like he owned the ladder from top to floor.
[Pre-Chorus]
But the table turned when the room went still,
Funny how a throne can wobble on a hill.
[Chorus]
The cream will always rise to the top,
And you’ll always be the bottom feeder.
Karma’s a bite, and it tastes real sweet,
Look at me now—what a view from the peak.
The cream will always rise to the top,
No more crumbs for the old gatekeeper.
Karma’s a bite, and it looks pretty good up here,
While you’re staring through the bottom of the glass.
[Verse 2]
You kept score with a silver spoon,
Took the credit and left me the room.
Now your polished little story has a crack,
And every step you faked is coming back.
[Pre-Chorus]
I didn’t climb by pushing you down,
I just stopped wearing your hand-me-down crown.
[Chorus]
The cream will always rise to the top,
And you’ll always be the bottom feeder.
Karma’s a bite, and it tastes real sweet,
Look at me now—what a view from the peak.
The cream will always rise to the top,
No more crumbs for the old gatekeeper.
Karma’s a bite, and it looks pretty good up here,
While you’re staring through the bottom of the glass.
[Bridge]
Keep your lesson, keep your throne,
Keep the kingdom you built alone.
I’ve got clean hands, a clear-eyed grin,
And the kind of height you can’t counterfeit.
[Breakdown]
Rise, rise—watch it separate.
Sink, sink—now you know your place.
Rise, rise—I don’t need your pass.
Karma looks better from the upper glass.
[Final Chorus]
The cream will always rise to the top,
And you’ll always be the bottom feeder.
Karma’s a bite, and it tastes real sweet,
Look at me now—what a view from the peak.
The cream will always rise to the top,
No more crumbs for the old gatekeeper.
Karma’s a bite, and it looks pretty good up here,
Pretty good up here.
[Outro]
He always told me, “Cream will rise.”
Guess he was right this time.