Back to the Bars

[Intro]
Back to the bars
Back to the basics (yeah)
Whole room lean
When the bass hits (hey!)
[Verse 1]
Came up scribblin’ lines in a school desk
Hand-me-down kicks, had a huge flex
Every lunch break, cypher in the yard
Turn a cracked phone screen to a calling card
Crates full of sounds on the laptop
Turn a cracked door room to a backdrop
Old heads talk ’bout golden age talk
I’m just tryna make the future out this sidewalk
Hooked on the stories, the struggle, the win
Every little detail carved in the skin
Took that hunger, let it sharpen my tongue
Now the whole crowd move off the breath in my lungs
[Chorus]
This that rap, that raw, that real thing
From the stairwell echoes to the ceiling
From the pain in the verse to the healing
Hip hop in my blood, I can feel it (feel it)
This that trap where the night don’t sleep
Where the drums go wild and the floor too deep
From the block to the chart, we don’t backtrack
Say it loud one time, bring the craft back
[Verse 2]
Words like work, gotta clock in
Every sixteen built for the locked-in
Every little pause, that’s timing
Every lost day still a diamond
Rap is a mirror, show the flaws and the fame
Every small choice still carving your name
Hip hop raised me, taught me how to stand
Trap paid dues, put the cash in my hand
Old tapes spinning in my headphones
New kids posting on their cell phones
Different roads, but the root still same
Whole world breathing in the beat and the slang
[Chorus]
This that rap, that raw, that real thing
From the stairwell echoes to the ceiling
From the pain in the verse to the healing
Hip hop in my blood, I can feel it (feel it)
This that trap where the night don’t sleep
Where the drums go wild and the floor too deep
From the block to the chart, we don’t backtrack
Say it loud one time, bring the craft back

rap, Dark club-ready trap beat with swung hi-hats, sliding 808s, and eerie bell stabs. Male vocals spitting double-time in spots, crisp ad-libs tucked wide. Hook explodes with stacked chant vocals, verse more conversational and close-mic’d. Sub-heavy mix built for car systems and late-night playlists., hip hop