(Intro – Choir humming low, organ playing)
Ohhhhh...
Mm-mm... yeh-ehh...
(Bass drops in, slow drill tempo with a heavy snare, ghostly hi-hats)
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[Verse 1 – Jacob Banks style vocals]
Mama said, “Boy, you born for the war, not the fame”
I done prayed on the floor, heard thunder callin’ my name
Soul heavy like chains, breath burnin’ like sage
But I walk through fire, still cold in the rain
Choir (echoes)
“Still cold in the rain”
“Still walkin’ through pain”
Jacob:
I been dyin’ inside, but I move with a grace
Only God know the weight that I carry on face
From the trap to the pews, I got angels in place
They singin' hallelu— when I slide with that bass
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[Hook – Choir + Drill Beat]
Spirit in the smoke, I rise
Soul don’t die, it ride
Talk to the Lord in the night
He said “Walk, don’t run, just fight”
(Whoo!)
(Pop Smoke voice kicks in)
Uh
I talk to God through pain (Grrr)
Grew out the mud, not plain (Baow)
Big stepper, don’t flinch in flames
Still sing when the devil throw chains (Woo)
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[Verse 2 – Pop Smoke style verse]
Look—
Came from the bottom, the cellar, the grave
Now when I walk in, they echo my name
Drill in my heart, but my mind in a cage
Preachin' in Prada, still duckin’ them raids (Woo)
Ten toes when it hurt, still walk like a god
R&B tears when I load that rod
Shorty think I’m cold, she ain't met my scars
They don’t heal right here, just leave you hard
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[Bridge – Jacob Banks style + choir harmony]
If I die tonight...
Let ‘em sing at my wake like I lived it right
Let the block light candles in the midnight sky
Let the choir shout “Freedom!” till they lungs run dry
Choir:
Ohhh... let the trumpets rise
Turn the hood into holy ground tonight
March through fire with faith in sight
They can’t kill what’s made in light
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[Hook – Choir + Both voices overlapping]
Spirit in the smoke, I rise
Soul don’t die, it ride
Talk to the Lord in the night
He said “Walk, don’t run, just fight”
(Whoo!)
Pop Smoke (under choir):
I don't fold, I float (Baow)
Grew with the wolves, no hope
Now I sing with the pain in throat
Got angels that spin in coats (Woo)
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[Outro – Choir Only, fading slow]
Spirit… in the smoke… we rise...
Tears in the sky… but we survive...
Light in the pain… it never lie…
This soul don’t die… it ride… it ride…
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