At The Top Of The World

(rap, Hybrid dark-pop / indie-rap banger: moody piano and distant pads in the intro, then a huge distorted bass drop under punchy drums. Verses are tight, mad, and confessional with male vocals half-rapped, half-muttered; chorus lifts into autotuned melodic lines and stacked harmonies. Sparse guitar textures in the bridge, then final hook back with an even harder drop and ad-libs tucked around the lead., alternative pop, raw, male vocals, soul, pop, hip hop)

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Verse 1 (Rap)

I remember nights I was swallowing doubt

Now the air up here got a different sound

Every scar I earned put a crown on my head

Yeah, I paid my way with the things I bled

I don’t wait for doors, I push through walls

Had to learn real quick how to trust my call

They mistook my silence for weakness back then

Now they hear my name when I step right in

I been low, I been tested

I been lost in the pressure

Now I stand on it steady

Like the ground learned my measure

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need permission

I don’t need a sign

I built this vision

Brick by spine

Chorus (Dark Pop / Anthem)

I’m at the top of the world right now

Yeah, I feel it under my feet

Every doubt that was pulling me down

Turned into fuel for the heat

I’m at the top of the world somehow

Still me, just harder to break

I didn’t wait for the crown

I made it mine on the way

Verse 2 (Rap)

I move different when I enter the room

Not loud, just certain, nothing to prove

They chasing moments, I’m building time

Every step I take got a purpose behind

I don’t flex for applause or eyes

I flex for the kid who was barely alive

Who thought being strong meant never feeling pain

Now I know it means standing tall anyway

I don’t fear the fall

I survived the ground

That’s why I rise

Without looking down

Pre-Chorus

I don’t borrow faith

I generate mine

What I became

Was self-designed

Chorus

I’m at the top of the world right now

Yeah, I feel it under my feet

Every doubt that was pulling me down

Turned into fuel for the heat

I’m at the top of the world somehow

Still me, just harder to break

I didn’t wait for the crown

I made it mine on the way

Bridge (Half-Sung / Half-Rap)

This ain’t luck, this is focus

This is nights no one saw

This is standing when quitting

Would’ve been easier by far

I don’t need them to see it

I don’t need them to agree

If I stand in my power

That’s enough proof for me

Final Chorus

I’m at the top of the world right now

Yeah, I earned every breath

If they wonder how I got this high

Tell them I climbed through the rest

I’m at the top of the world, no doubt

And I’m staying awake

I didn’t wait for the crown

I made it mine on the way