[Intro]
Had to grind for this
Had to cry for this
They just see the view
Never saw the risk (nah)
[Verse 1]
Clock hit 3, I’m still at it
Eyes burn red, this a bad habit
But I got pain that I can’t package
So I turn it into work, make the math happen
Slept on floors, I remember that
Same ones laugh, now they double back
Talk is cheap, they can keep the chat
I was broke in the dark tryna chase a stack
Mama said, “Boy, take a rest one day”
But I got scars that don’t fade, no way
Every “you can’t” put fuel in the tank
Now I’m looking at the sky from a higher place
[Chorus]
Now I’m on top of the world
All by myself (all by myself)
They don’t know the nights I bled
Chasing this wealth
Had to work hard, no sleep
Till my body felt weak
But I rose from the hurt, from the dirt
Now I’m standing on peaks
Yeah, I’m on top of the world
All by myself (all by myself)
If you never walked through hell
You don’t know how this feels
[Verse 2]
Used to eat once, make it last two days
Turn a small hope to a huge wave
Every closed door made a new way
Every “lose now” set a true stage
I was praying in a car that would barely start
Cold wind through the glass, hit a fragile heart
Friends turned fake when the grind got hard
So I cut that rope, had to climb this wall
Nobody there when the rent came due
Had to bet on me, what else could I do?
Packed that fear in a box, broke through
Now the same old voices say, “I knew you’d move”
[Chorus]
Now I’m on top of the world
All by myself (all by myself)
They don’t know the nights I bled
Chasing this wealth
Had to work hard, no sleep
Till my body felt weak
But I rose from the hurt, from the dirt
Now I’m standing on peaks
Yeah, I’m on top of the world
All by myself (all by myself)
If you never walked through hell
You don’t know how this feels
[Bridge]
This ain’t luck, this labor
Every cut, every favor
Turned my pain to a prayer
Then that prayer to paper (yeah)
No handouts, just hunger
Every L made me stronger
If I’m alone at this summit
Then I’m loud with the thunder (hey!)
[Chorus]
Now I’m on top of the world
All by myself (all by myself)
They don’t know the nights I bled
Chasing this wealth
Had to work hard, no sleep
Till my body felt weak
But I rose from the hurt, from the dirt
Now I’m standing on peaks
Yeah, I’m on top of the world
All by myself (all by myself)
If you never walked through hell
You don’t know how this feels (yeah)