[ Featuring Gerald Green ]
I ain't no product of pain, baby-I profit from it.
They buried me, thought I was gone...
But the soil was sacred, and the roots got somethin' to say.
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They threw my name in the dirt-I planted a garden
Talked to the silence, now I move like Marvin
Loyalty taxed me, grief had a fee
So I billed 'em back in soul and melody
I ain't just breathin'-I'm preachin' in steps
Kept my scripture boxed up next to the wrenches and debt
Ain't no halo perfect, mine's got dents
So I rock my scars like I paid that rent
Legacy don't live on a phone screen flash
Mine's carved in the echo of a hard road path
I flipped my lows into real estate lessons
Still speak smooth but the silence be pressin'
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I was built from the cracks, not the gold (not the gold!)
Love hit deep when it's heavy and cold
Truth got teeth, and it chew through pride
Still I pray with a switchblade smile
(Still believe in her... even if she fall)
(Still believe in this... even when I lost it all)
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They talk top fives-I talk top soil
Resurrected through the pressure, now I sip while they toil
Float like sin wrapped in a sermon
Gospel groove, but the bassline burnin'
I don't rap, I rebuke
Told the booth hold my truth
I'm that echo in the temple when the choir break loose
This the soundtrack of a breakthrough
This that "praise while they doubt you" juice
I don't name drop, I drop ceilings
Make a preacher cuss and the devil start kneelin'
What I write don't fade-it rearranges
Bars ain't bars, they be cuffed in angels
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She divine and don't even know it
They been lied to, baby-I show it
Still sellin' chains with a tag that reads "free"
While I moonwalk through fire with a smile on me
(Still I rise... still I move... still I breathe.)
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I love loud from the wound, not the win
Tied my secrets in silk, dipped the rest in gin
Didn't vent-I invested
Turned trauma into blessings, pain into leverage
Got daughters watchin', so I lead like a hymn
Make peace from the pieces and stack 'em like gems
They want flash-I want forever
They post trends-I write letters
Taught my shadow how to shine
Even angels keep blades tucked behind the spine
I pray where the deals get signed and the light don't reach
Still swingin' truth in a 2-step preach
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I was built from the cracks, not the gold (Woo!)
Love ain't love 'til it's bruised and bold (Say that!)
Truth got teeth and it bite through pride
Still I pray... with a switchblade smile
Still believe in her...
Still believe in us...
Even when the world fall apart
I'm still risin' from the dust (Yeah yeah yeah...)
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(Ahh yeah...)
Tell 'em I ain't broken-I'm born again.
Tell 'em I don't regret-I rework.
Tell 'em I don't flinch-I just funk it out.
Switchblade smile, baby.
Still singin'.