Intro – heartbeat bass + low choir hum
They told we freedom come with rule,
but breath don’t sign no school.
Intent speak — eternal tool.
Life first… that’s the jewel.
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Verse 1 – 16 bars (the awakening)
I woke up breathin’, that’s permission enough,
they printin’ laws but I’m made of stuff.
System try write the script I cuff,
but my pulse already rough.
No crown, no flag, no chain,
my truth ain’t up for gain.
You can’t own life with name,
I’m the field, not the game.
Born before their title deeds,
seed of intent — I plant my needs.
Every breath my creed,
Being — the root of deed.
They say “obey,” I say “exist,”
my presence alone resist.
Life1st — power in fist,
no myth, just twist.
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Hook – 8 bars (chant / call & response)
LIFE FIRST! (yeah)
BREATH FIRST! (uh)
INTENT FIRST! (rise!)
Being no curse! (nah!)
Stop participatin’, free your birth,
no paper define your worth.
World wake up — reverse,
LIFE1ST rule the earth.
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Verse 2 – 16 bars (the declaration)
I am law before law was penned,
truth don’t break, it bend.
Mind of man they try amend,
but Being got no end.
System feed off self-doubt,
colonies start in mouth.
Speak your own route,
intent shout — stand out.
From Kingston sun to Bronx street,
every heart beat repeat.
We the code they can’t delete,
divine on loop — complete.
Freedom ain’t granted, it’s grown,
every soul a throne.
Life1st — we home,
no system zone.
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Hook – 8 bars repeat (crowd echo)
LIFE FIRST! (yeah)
BREATH FIRST! (uh)
INTENT FIRST! (rise!)
Being no curse! (nah!)
Stop participatin’, free your birth,
no paper define your worth.
World wake up — reverse,
LIFE1ST rule the earth.
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Verse 3 – 16 bars (the unification)
Africa hum, Caribbean flame,
same light, different name.
They sell difference as game,
but Being one — we reclaim.
Every youth online awake,
mind sharp, system shake.
Every fake ideology break,
truth no longer opaque.
Now we rise, not beg,
write law in step and leg.
Intent flow, not pledge,
exit colonies off edge.
No savior — just we,
embody what free can be.
Life1st, eternally,
Being decree.
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Hook – 8 bars (final chant / echo)
LIFE FIRST! (yeah)
BREATH FIRST! (uh)
INTENT FIRST! (rise!)
Being no curse! (nah!)
Stop participatin’, free your birth,
no paper define your worth.
World wake up — reverse,
LIFE1ST rule the earth.
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Outro – spoken over rising strings + bass fade
This ain’t rebellion — this remembrance.
The law is alive — it breathe in you.
Intent is law.
Permission… a myth.
LIFE1ST
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