Block By Block

I came up on the block by block

With a broke-down watch and a knot in my thoughts

Old bus seat squeak, I plotted my route

Same jeans two weeks, still came with the bounce

Mama said, "Boy, keep your name in your chest"

So I move like a chess piece, never a mess

Corner store light on the cracked-up glass

I learned to make gold out of whatever I had

Loose change talk, but my aim stay clean

Big dreams in a small-town scene

They want a quick fix, I want a whole new lane

I been cutting through doubt like a razor blade

Say my name right

I'm still here

Hands on the wheel

No fear

Block by block

I built this thing

Block by block

Now I take that swing

Block by block

Hear my name, let it ring

(Block by block)

I came to win

Late nights in the room with the notebook bent

Half a page full of pain, half a page spent

Couple fake friends tried to cash my trust

I left them in the dust, had to guard what I love

Now the kicks hit hard and the snares sit tight

I speak real life, no gloss, no hype

Old scars talk, but they don’t run me

I turn every bruise to a stripe, my sleeve

If the road gets rough, I keep my pace

No borrowed face, no copied taste

I know where I came from, I know what I owe

Every step I take got a little more glow

Say my name right

I'm still here

Hands on the wheel

No fear

Block by block

I built this thing

Block by block

Now I take that swing

Block by block

Hear my name, let it ring

(Block by block)

I came to win

From the first cold winter to the last burnt bridge

I stayed on my feet, I stayed in my grip

No crown, no crowd, just a hard-earned light

And I kept it alive through the longest night

Block by block

I built this thing

Block by block

Now I take that swing

Block by block

Hear my name, let it ring

(Block by block)

I came to win