[Verse 1] S.J. in the frame, whole page in a flame Name in the vein, I was made from the strain Came from the break, from the shake, from the scratch From a backseat pact with a bag and a match Past like a blade in the ribs of a ghost I was split by the slip, then I stitched it with sin Quick with the quill, I can build, then I break Hit a syllable, flip it, and skate from the wake I got mud on my tongue, got a storm in my jaw Got a law for the loss and a flaw in the draw They talk slick, but the talk never travels my block I been clocking my ghosts like a locksmith at dawn I don't beg, I don't bend, I just bite through the chain I can hear every lie when it hisses my name Back when I was a kid with a fist full of smoke Now I wrestle the whole thing and laugh when it chokes [Pre-Chorus] Tell me where were you then? When the cold got in When the floor gave way And the weak ones split I been up, I been down I been wrecked, I been crowned Now the whole room shakes When I cut that sound [Chorus] S.J., I don't slow down S.J., I don't fold now Cut through the dark, make the whole crowd bow S.J., I don't slow down S.J., I don't break stride S.J., I got heat in the wire Say my name, let the whole block know S.J., I don't slow down [Verse 2] Triplet tongue with a thumb on the map I been running on a razor while I rap through the trap Every scar got a story, every story got teeth Every beat that I bleed got a bite underneath I can pivot the rhythm, make a snake out of dust Make a vow out of venom, make a house out of rust I was born in the noise where the mercy got lost Where the cheapest of mistakes still can bury the cost Used to stare at the ceiling like it owed me a clue Now I stare at the mirror and it answers me too It say "boy, keep your fire, keep your hands on the wheel" Keep your heart in the wreck and your mouth on the steel I got brothers in the memory, cousins in the pain Names in the rain, in the cracks, in the grain If I fall, I fall forward, make the fall look clean Then I rise with the dust and the meanest machine [Bridge] [Half-time] I was cut from the chaos Built from the static Raised in the backlash Crowned in the damage No peace in the pocket Just heat and a target Still I keep talking Till the whole world charges [Chorus] S.J., I don't slow down S.J., I don't fold now Cut through the dark, make the whole crowd bow S.J., I don't slow down S.J., I don't break stride S.J., I got heat in the wire Say my name, let the whole block know S.J., I don't slow down [Outro] One life, one line, one bright ugly spark I been writing my name in the teeth of the dark S.J. in the frame, let it ring, let it ride I don't slow down, I don't slow down
