(Intro) No shortcuts, no handouts — Built every muscle, built every bar — Earned every scar — Ain’t nobody pressin’ start and skippin’ levels where I’m from. (Verse 1) Woke up with the hunger in my chest, gotta move right, Clock tickin’ down, I ain’t wastin’ no moonlight, Blueprint written in the callus on my two fists, Earned every inch, ain’t no genie grantin’ two wish, I was runnin’ miles when they slept in, Poundin’ on my chest like the jungle where I stepped in, Vision in my head, heart colder than the next wind, All that talkin’ on the net — never flexed in. (Pre-Chorus) Work — every muscle I built, they don’t see that, Hurt — every scar that I wear, I don’t bleed back, First — they was laughin’ at the dream, now they lean back, Earned — every rep, every rhyme — they could never cheat that. (Chorus) No cheat codes, had to get it out the pain, Every step, every scar, runnin’ blood through the veins, No cheat codes, every loss made the gain, If they built from the struggle, then they know what I’m sayin’. (Verse 2) Self-made, ten toes to the ground, While they play for the clout, I was breakin’ it down, While they sleep through the rain, I was facin’ the clouds, I’m the proof what could happen when you stick to the rounds — Never folded, never faked it, Sacrificed sleep, every night, had to face it, Nobody paved nothin’, I been out here chasin’, Had to build the fire from the pain I was caged in. (Pre-Chorus) Work — every sweat that I poured, they don’t see that, Hurt — every night that I bled, I don’t need that, First — they was laughin’ at the dream, now they lean back, Earned — every rep, every rhyme — they could never cheat that. (Chorus) No cheat codes, had to get it out the pain, Every step, every scar, runnin’ blood through the veins, No cheat codes, every loss made the gain, If they built from the struggle, then they know what I’m sayin’. (Bridge) I don’t need shortcuts, I don’t need luck, I don’t need nobody ever tellin’ me I’m enough, I don’t need cosigns, I don’t need plugs, I just need these two fists and my back against the mud. (Outro) No cheat codes — No fast tracks — No secret maps — Just blood, sweat, and these bars. If they want it like this — they gotta earn that. Know what I am sayin' No cheat codes No fast tracks — No secret maps — Just blood, sweat, and these bars. If they want it like this — they gotta earn that. No cheat codes, had to get it out the pain, Every step, every scar, runnin’ blood through the veins, No cheat codes, every loss made the gain, If they built from the struggle, then they know what I’m sayin’. No cheat codes, had to get it out the pain, Every step, every scar, runnin’ blood through the veins, No cheat codes, every loss made the gain, If they built from the struggle, then they know what I’m sayin’. No cheat codes