Brick Dust Anthem

I came up on cracked steps

and a bent-back dream

Moms said "move with sense"

so I moved up clean

Old block, new plan

same hard hands

Flour on my shirt

from the week I ran

Bus stop rhythm, cold air bite

Pocket full of notes

and a sharp new light

I learned quick

keep your face on steel

One step, one breath

make the wound seem healed

Now they want that spark

want that same old flame

I don't chase applause

I just stake my claim

Hear that floorboard knock

when I lace that line

Whole room lean in

when I say my name

Brick dust on my hands

Brick dust, brick dust

Built this one myself

Brick dust, brick dust

Say my name out loud

Brick dust, brick dust

I don't fold for 'em

Brick dust, brick dust

Late-night diner, cup gone cold

Four notes down

and the debt still owed

Got a cousin in a cell

with a laugh too loud

And a little kid asking

why the sky so brown

I seen fake love fade

like a poster peel

Seen "boys for life"

turn and wheel

So I keep my circle

small as a ring

Keep my word in my mouth

like a heavyweight thing

Now they want that spark

want that same old flame

I don't chase applause

I just stake my claim

Hear that floorboard knock

when I lace that line

Whole room lean in

when I say my name

Brick dust on my hands

Brick dust, brick dust

Built this one myself

Brick dust, brick dust

Say my name out loud

Brick dust, brick dust

I don't fold for 'em

Brick dust, brick dust

Let it shake, let it test me

I been cut by the weather

Every bruise in my story

turned to muscle and leather

I don't need a throne

I just need my chair

Need my boots on the floor

and my people there

Brick dust on my hands

Brick dust, brick dust

Built this one myself

Brick dust, brick dust

Say my name out loud

Brick dust, brick dust

I don't fold for 'em

Brick dust, brick dust