Bossed Up

Yeah…

Starry nights don’t sleep, they stare

Sirens harmonizin’ with my prayers

Uh

I was outside in the cold, tryna warm up my name

They ain’t believe in the vision, now they callin’ it fate

From the streets where the lights don’t sleep

I was tradin’ my pain just to buy me some peace

Now my wrist too froze, but my past still haunt me

Whole city on my back, I walk tall but it cost me

If I fall, I fall forward, I don’t ever go back

My city made me a boss, had to learn how to act

Ooooh, they love you when you lit

Ooooh, they miss you when you gone

I did it for the nights I was wishin’ I quit

Now my name ring bells when I’m not on the phone

Fire escape views, talkin’ dreams with the moon

City raise you quick, make a man outta youth

Mama stress lines deep, she know I been riskin’

But hunger had me deaf, I ain’t listen

I was countin’ every dollar like it owed me respect

Every loss in my chest left a hole, not a check

Same fit two days, still smell like ambition

Same pain, new plan, just better position

I learned silence loud when the room get crowded

Same smiles fade when your wins get shouted

I ain’t chase fame, I chased leverage

Turned pressure into diamonds, that’s alchemy methods

They see success, never seen survival

Never seen nights when I ain’t feel viable

City taught me quick: love conditional

That’s why my heart cold but my grind original

I was outside in the cold, tryna warm up my name

They ain’t believe in the vision, now they callin’ it fate

From the streets where the lights don’t sleep

I was tradin’ my pain just to buy me some peace

Now my wrist too froze, but my past still haunt me

Whole city on my back, I walk tall but it cost me

If I fall, I fall forward, I don’t ever go back

Hartford made me a boss, had to learn how to act

I done watched loyalty bend like a bad knee

Same ones doubtin’ now askin’ “can you add me?”

I was movin’ precise, every step had a meaning

Had to starve my emotions just to feed all my demons

Mirror conversations get uncomfortable

Askin’ who I’d be if the money unavailable

I done seen rich souls still miserable

So I keep my wins quiet, my moves invisible

They glorify the shine, never ask what it cost

Never count the nights I was losin’ myself

I made it out but I left pieces

Still feel the cold when the heat get expensive

I was outside in the cold, tryna warm up my name

Now the whole city watchin’ every move that I make

From the pain to the fortune, I paid every fee

Had to lose who I was just to be who I be

Now the wrist too froze, but my soul still heavy

Too much weight from the nights I was barely steady

If I fall, I fall forward, I don’t ever go back

My city made me a boss, had to learn how to act