[Verse 1]
Man in the mirror, I’m lookin’ me dead
Count every scar and the lies I said
Pocket full of pressure, head full of smoke
Had to learn real quick how the broke stay broke
Money on my mind, but it won’t own me
Ran with the wolves, now the wolves know me
Struggles got hands, they been swingin’ all night
Still I stand up when the room goes light
Loyalty first, I don’t bend, I don’t fold
Warriors don’t sleep when the weather gets cold
I been in the mud with the truth in my teeth
Made a whole prayer outta grit and grief
[Pre-Chorus]
Devil on my neck, I feel that pull
Gravity talkin’, tryna drag me full
Love on my back like a paper-thin shield
Still I keep walkin’ through the fire I feel
[Chorus]
Step up now, step up now
Look at me now, look at me now
Step up now, step up now
I won’t break, I won’t bow
(step up now)
(step up now)
[Verse 2]
They said “play safe,” I said “watch me move”
Too many nights with a point to prove
If the floor drop out, I land on grind
Every loss got a lesson lined
God can’t help me no more? then I learn to pray
While I bleed out doubt in a different way
If heaven stay quiet, I still take aim
Put my name on the pain, then I name my flame
I seen fake kings with a crown of dust
I seen real ones turn pain to trust
So I keep my circle with the ones who stay
Same hard truth in a harder day
[Pre-Chorus]
Devil on my neck, I feel that pull
Gravity talkin’, tryna drag me full
Love on my back like a paper-thin shield
Still I keep walkin’ through the fire I feel
[Chorus]
Step up now, step up now
Look at me now, look at me now
Step up now, step up now
I won’t break, I won’t bow
(step up now)
(step up now)
[Bridge]
If I fall, I rise with the dust on my knees
If I’m marked by the dark, then the dark can see
I been carved by the weight, I been sharpened by pain
Now I move like a storm with a human name
[Final Chorus]
Step up now, step up now
Look at me now, look at me now
Step up now, step up now
I won’t break, I won’t bow
(step up now)
(step up now)