[Intro]
They gon’ talk
Let ‘em talk then
I got plans
Bigger than them
[Verse 1]
You was never in the kitchen
When the rent ate all the hope
We was counting every nickel
I was sharpening my throat
Now they watching every move
Tryna pick me apart
But I turned every rumor
To a blade in my heart
Mama said “baby, let it fuel you”
Daddy said “make ‘em say they knew you”
So I wrote my pain in a spiral
Turned every page to a rival
[Chorus]
I put blood on my doubts
Turn my fear into fire
All that shade that they threw
Built me higher, higher
They gon’ hate, let ‘em hate
I’m too busy making crowns
Every word that they spit
Just drowns
When my family proud
I put blood on my doubts
Turn my fear into flame
Every “you will never make it”
Now they chant my name
They gon’ hate, let ‘em hate
I’m too busy making crowns
Every scar that I hid
Shines loud
When my family proud (yeah)
[Verse 2]
You was laughing in the bleachers
Now you asking for a seat
Funny how you left me starving
Now I’m serving you defeat
I remember every message
Every “you ain’t really built”
Now my lil’ brother in designer
Mama draped in her silk
Grandma praying in the hallway
Tears dropping on the floor
Swore I’d turn that tiny duplex
To a palace at the shore
I’m the storm that you started
When you called me a joke
You just poured it on the fire
Now I live in the smoke (huh)
[Chorus]
I put blood on my doubts
Turn my fear into fire
All that shade that they threw
Built me higher, higher
They gon’ hate, let ‘em hate
I’m too busy making crowns
Every word that they spit
Just drowns
When my family proud
I put blood on my doubts
Turn my fear into flame
Every “you will never make it”
Now they chant my name
They gon’ hate, let ‘em hate
I’m too busy making crowns
Every scar that I hid
Shines loud
When my family proud
[Bridge]
Talk big, but they all stay hiding (yeah)
I was broke, still I kept on grinding
Now my last name wider than the ceiling
Got the whole block rising off my feelings
For the nights they forgot we existed
Every slight, every laugh, I list it
Turned the weight of your words to a trophy
Now my family eating like they chose me (let’s go)
[Chorus]
I put blood on my doubts
Turn my fear into fire
All that shade that they threw
Built me higher, higher
They gon’ hate, let ‘em hate
I’m too busy making crowns
Every word that they spit
Just drowns
When my family proud
I put blood on my doubts
Turn my fear into flame
Every “you will never make it”
Now they chant my name
They gon’ hate, let ‘em hate
I’m too busy making crowns
Every scar that I hid
Shines loud
When my family proud (yeah)