[Intro] Yeah [intro producer tag female vocal] black corpse made it right **[Verse 1] Ash falling down on the blacked-out boots I was rotting in the dark, had to sever the roots Used to think about the days when you said you’d stay Now I’m watching your memory wash away Heartbreak hit me like a blade to the ribs I was sleeping on the floor in a freezing-cold crib No heat, just the glow of the old TV You said I wouldn't make it, now you looking at me I had to bury the feelings, I had to dig a deep trench Now the money piling up, I ain't riding the bench Turned the misery right into the currency Every time I close my eyes, there's a burning inside of me But I let it fuel the fire, let it burn up the past You were moving too slow, I was growing up fast. [Chorus] I had to get to the bands, I had to walk through the mud! Turned the tears in my eyes right to ice in my blood! You broke me down just to see what I’m made of Now I'm counting up the hundreds in the shadows, I'm paid up! Yeah, I turned the heartbreak to a bankroll Keep the switchblade tucked 'cause the world so cold I survived through the struggle, I crawled out the grave I am not the same kid that you couldn't save. [Verse 2] I remember walking miles in the dead of the winter Mind splintered, eating nothing for dinner Now I'm stepping out the whip, matte black, no tint Looking back at the struggle, I ain't leaving a hint [The heavy 808s slam back in. Flow speeds up into a smooth triplet cadence] Every single day I wake up and I'm chasing the bag I ain't got the time to flex, I ain't trying to brag I just know what it’s like to have absolutely nothing Everybody talking loud but they really just bluffing I put the pain in the backwood, roll it up tight Spit the smoke to the sky in the middle of the night You a ghost to me now, just static on the screen I’m a king in the underground, running the scene Got the bands in the duffel, the scars on my chest Let the past lay to rest. [Chorus] I had to get to the bands, I had to walk through the mud! Turned the tears in my eyes right to ice in my blood! You broke me down just to see what I’m made of Now I'm counting up the hundreds in the shadows, I'm paid up! Yeah, I turned the heartbreak to a bankroll Keep the switchblade tucked 'cause the world so cold I survived through the struggle, I crawled out the grave I am not the same kid that you couldn't save.
