Brick Count

I came up with a brick count

Ink on the rent slip, thin couch

Mama kept the stove on low

I learned quick how the pressure go

Cold hand on a paper cup

Short day, long night, had to level up

Old tape in the deck still crack

Every loss made me make it back

Same block, same steps, new shoes

Same face, same bruise, still choose

Keep my head where the bread at

Never fold when the whole room said that

Watch me move, watch me climb

Turn a bad week into overtime

If they doubt me, let ’em doubt

I been built for the climb out

Brick count, brick count

I don’t fold, I don’t bow

Brick count, brick count

I’m the one they talk about

Brick count, brick count

Hear that knock, let it bounce

Brick count, brick count

I’m still here, still countin’

I seen fake love in a fresh white tee

Smile too wide when they stood by me

Want my place but they can’t take

What I bled for, what I had to make

Late bus, no cash, same grind

One plate split to the last bite

Now the phone on vibrate mode

Every new call got a price tag tone

I don’t flex, I just move right

Quiet wins in the same moonlight

Hands rough, but the plan clear

Built this lane from a hard year

Watch me move, watch me climb

Turn a bad week into overtime

If they doubt me, let ’em doubt

I been built for the climb out

Brick count, brick count

I don’t fold, I don’t bow

Brick count, brick count

I’m the one they talk about

Brick count, brick count

Hear that knock, let it bounce

Brick count, brick count

I’m still here, still countin’

I was down, now I’m up on it

Heavy rain, still I stood on it

Every scar got a code in it

Every loss got a road in it

Brick count, brick count

I don’t fold, I don’t bow

Brick count, brick count

I’m the one they talk about

Brick count, brick count

Hear that knock, let it bounce

Brick count, brick count

I’m still here, still countin’