(Intro — calm, talkin’ low)
Yeah…
They only love you when the pressure make you dangerous.
A lotta people around me changed for survival…
I changed for war.
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(Verse 1 — smooth flow)
Back against the wall, now the wall got graffiti
Pain made a boss, now the scars look 3D
Mama said chill, but the trenches still need me
Friends turn ghosts when success get greedy
Ain’t no peace treaty, we was raised in survival
Had to learn loyalty and betrayal from rivals
Keep the steel tucked, conversations turn viral
Nowadays hate come disguised as a “brotherly” title
I seen real killers post quotes like disciples
Whole lotta snakes in designer and rifles
Everybody gang till the bills get final
Or that courtroom door close and the judge go silent
I was down bad, now my neck got climates
Cold-hearted stare, but my soul still vibrant
If I say it’s smoke, then the air get violent
Pressure made diamonds — and exposed who was hidin’
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(Flow Switch — aggressive)
Hold up—
Watch how the cadence flip
I came from the bottom where starvation lived
Now the whole team eatin’, that’s leadership
They throw dirt on my name, I made cement with it
Turn pain into power, now I benchmark with it
Dead presidents folded inside the mattress
Youngin’ had dreams but the hood turned savage
Now I walk calm ‘cause I mastered madness
Everybody tough till the light flash backwards
I don’t do threats, I let silence speak
Real bosses move low, we don’t hype the beef
If it’s pressure on sight, then it’s up all week
Had to learn every loss wasn’t meant for grief
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(Hook — melodic but hard)
I got dead presidents talkin’ to demons
Late night ridin’, whole city still sleepin’
Crossed too many bridges, now my heart got reasons
Can’t trust nobody when survival the season
Pressure on me, but I wear it like chains
Too far gone, can’t go back to the lanes
Everybody love you when they scream your name
But they disappear when the clouds bring rain
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(Verse 2 — darker, deeper)
Look—
I know pain like a language
Smiles turn fake when the money start changin’
Bro said “love,” then switched for the famous
Now I keep receipts like accountants and gangsters
Nightmares haunt me when the room go quiet
I done seen envy make the day ones riot
Some people die, some people survive it
Some people sell they whole soul just to hide it
I was broke, stomach hurtin’, sink full dishes
Now it’s foreign car lights and suspicious women
Funny how success make forgiveness different
Same people switched now actin’ like victims
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(Final Flow Switch — fast, cinematic)
No cap, I done bled for this
Every scar on my body got membership
They wanted me lost, now I level shifts
Talkin’ king status, not no regular shit
Ain’t no handouts, we took our route
Stayed ten toes when the lights went out
Now the whole crowd yell when the bass line bounce
But they wasn’t there when the rent ran out
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(Outro — spoken)
Pressure either crush you…
Or crowns you.
And most people?
They don’t survive to know the difference.