[Intro: whispered, attitude]
Oh, you thought I disappeared?
Cute.
I was just upgrading.
[Verse 1]
Walk in slow, all eyes on me
Diamonds dripping like a fantasy
They talk loud when I’m not around
But they get quiet when I shut it down
Had my name all over your conversation
Now I’m the headline, congratulations
Tried to play me like a little game
Now everybody gonna know my name
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t chase, I attract
I don’t beg, I attack
Had to lose the old version of me
Just to bring the savage back
[Chorus]
Pay the price, pay the price
You don’t get this kind of paradise
I’m too rare, I’m too high
You can’t afford what you can’t buy
Pay the price, say my name
Everybody wants a piece of fame
I’m the storm, I’m the night
Cross my heart, better pay the price
[Post-Chorus: chant vocals]
Run it up, run it up
I want everything
Level up, level up
Watch me take the scene
Run it up, run it up
Built my own empire
You threw sparks at a queen
Now I’m breathing fire
[Verse 2]
Black shades hiding my intentions
New me causing new obsessions
You were sleeping, I was plotting
Now my phone won’t stop from calling
I don’t need revenge, I’m the evidence
Turned my pain into elegance
Every scar is expensive now
Look who’s laughing from the penthouse
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t fold, I don’t crack
I don’t live in the past
Had to burn the whole kingdom down
Just to build it back
[Chorus]
Pay the price, pay the price
You don’t get this kind of paradise
I’m too rare, I’m too high
You can’t afford what you can’t buy
Pay the price, say my name
Everybody wants a piece of fame
I’m the storm, I’m the night
Cross my heart, better pay the price
[Bridge: stripped, dark vocal]
Funny how they love you
When they see you winning
Funny how they come back
When they see you’re different
I remember everything
Every little lie
Now I smile from the throne
While they wonder why
[Final Chorus: explosive]
PAY THE PRICE
Look at me, I came alive
No more fear, no disguise
I became my own design
Pay the price, say my name
Nothing about me stayed the same
I’m the storm, I’m the night
Crown is heavy — fits just right
[Outro: whispered]
Told you…
I wasn’t finished.
Lord_Icicle
