[Intro]
Stacked deck
Cut deep
Two kids
One street
You chase wins
I chase scars
Same soul
Different cards
[Verse 1]
We grew up on kitchen tables
Bent corners, rubber bands
You played odds like loaded dice
I played faith in shaky hands
You said, "Trust the math"
I said, "Trust that spark"
You read every rule book
I played by the dark
But we sat side by side
Same shadows, same sun
Two names on the bracket
Whole world as the one
[Chorus]
Heart of the cards, blood of the game (yeah)
Luck in your veins, fire in my brain
Fate wrote a script, we tore out the page
Closer than brothers in the center of the stage
When you raise your hand, my soul stands up
When I fall down, you stack me back up
Heart of the cards, blood of the game
If I lose it all, you still say my name
[Verse 2]
You bluff like you breathing
Stone face, sly grin
I see every crack though
’Cause I was there when it thinned
You shuffle like thunder
I cut like a knife
You chasing that trophy
I’m guarding your life
You pull top deck, crowd screams
You smirk, “Guess I’m blessed”
I laugh, “You ain’t lucky
You just earned every test”
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[half-time breakdown]
We clash like storms
Same sky, same war
You push me past
Every limit, every floor
I aim at your crown
You aim at my doubt
We both swing hard
Till the fear falls out
[low vocal register]
If destiny’s a chain
We snap it link by link
If fate’s a loaded table
We flip it in the sink
[crescendo]
When they call for a king
They get two at the gate
’Cause rivals like us
Rewrite what they call fate
[Chorus]