Crown of Concrete

[Intro]
I don’t play nice
I don’t play safe
Teeth on steel
Boot on your saints
[Verse 1]
Woke up with the world on my knuckles
Names carved deep like brass
Bite down hard on the struggle
Spit chipped teeth, still laugh
Every scar, every crack — I earned that
Blood on the laces, dirt on the brim
You pray soft, I burn past
Engine howl, full-throttle sin
[Chorus]
I’ve been living it
Fist through the frame, yeah I’m killing it
Gas on the flame, keep spilling it
Can’t cage this hell I’m feeling in
I’ve been living it
Heart like a bomb with a silver pin
Rip that crown from the mannequins
This is my war — and I’m winning it
[Verse 2]
Jaw locked tight on the pressure
Turn that pain into grit
Vultures all circle my ledger
I feed ‘em dust, that’s it
You talk loud, but your bones sound hollow
Click-clack fear in your chest
I carve roads that you can’t follow
Bare hands, no rest, no rest
[Chorus]
I’ve been living it
Fist through the frame, yeah I’m killing it
Gas on the flame, keep spilling it
Can’t cage this hell I’m feeling in
I’ve been living it
Heart like a bomb with a silver pin
Rip that crown from the mannequins
This is my war — and I’m winning it
[Bridge]
[Drums drop to halftime, bass grinding]
I don’t bow
I don’t beg
Break your throne
With my leg
Every “never” that you fed me
Stacked up, that’s my throne
Built from every time you left me
Buried — I chewed through stone (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’ve been living it
Fist through the frame, yeah I’m killing it
Gas on the flame, keep spilling it
Can’t cage this hell I’m feeling in
I’ve been living it
Heart like a bomb with a silver pin
Rip that crown from the mannequins
This is my war — and I’m winning it (hey!)

rap, Hybrid rap-metal mayhem with male vocals; drop-tuned guitars chug in sync with a jagged, syncopated drum groove and snarling bass. Verses stay tight and percussive, half-spoken, half-snarled; chorus explodes into wide, shouted gang vocals and octave guitar leads. Middle section dives into a halftime stomp and pick-scrape build, then slams back into a final, layered chorus at full tilt., strong, electric, metal, rock