[INTRO — LOW / FILTERED] Yeah… (yeah) Uh… (uh-huh) Turn that shit up. (TURN IT UP!) They wanna know who came the hardest? I COME THE HARDEST. (HARDEST!) Let's go. --- [VERSE 1] I walked in the room with a chip on my shoulder (yeah) Cold with the pen, every bar getting colder (cold!) Nobody gave me a lane, so I showed them (paved it!) Nobody opened the door, so I hit it (KICK IT!) Now I'm back with a vengeance, Aggressive intentions, Attention is tension, I'm bending the sentence. I'm venomous, Never been generous With anybody thinking they better than us (nah!) bitch I got a mind full of madness, A pocket full of problems, A notebook full of reasons To turn all the doubt into dollars. (GET PAID!) They talk big online— That's keyboard courage (ha!) I'm built for the pressure, I was forged in the furnace. (FIRE!) Every setback turned into a setup, Every loss gave me something to get up. They thought I was finished— I wasn't even warmed up. (NOT EVEN!) Now watch me— --- [PRE-HOOK — BUILD] One… (ONE!) Two… (TWO!) Three… (THREE!) Let the whole room move! (MOVE!) If you came for the energy— I got it. (GOT IT!) If you came for the pressure— I brought it. (BROUGHT IT!) When that bass hits— DROP IT! --- [HOOK — CROWD CHANT] I COME THE HARDEST! (HARDEST!) HARD! HARD! HARD! (HARD!) Turn it up—let the whole place shake! (SHAKE!) I COME THE HARDEST—MAKE NO MISTAKE! I COME THE HARDEST! (HARDEST!) HARD! HARD! HARD! (HARD!) When I step in, better clear that space! (MOVE!) I COME THE HARDEST—REMEMBER THE NAME! (REMEMBER!) --- [VERSE 2 — FASTER FLOW] Okay, now accelerate— I'm on a different frequency, Energy immediately Turning into verses into weaponry. Never been afraid of a little adversity, Every enemy inadvertently Adding to the urgency. killing dem willingly I'm surgical with syllables, Critical, cynical, Lyrically difficult, Physically visible When every individual In the vicinity Feels what I'm giving 'em. yuh yuh (LET'S GO!) I don't need permission, I don't need applause, I don't need somebody telling me I'm ready because— I've been ready. I'm Ben ready Ive been down I was down bad, Still dreamed heavy. Had something in my hand, Still held steady. (STAYED READY!) Now every time the beat drops, I black out. Everybody talking— Watch how I act now. No gimmicks, No limits, No artificial image. I put everything I got In every minute. (knowledge!) And when they ask who's next? Tell 'em— ME. (ME!) --- [BEAT SWITCH — DARK / HEAVY] Wait. Cut the lights. (CUT 'EM!) Kill the drums. (KILL 'EM!) Let the bass breathe… Now— RUN IT. --- [VERSE 3 — RAPID FIRE] I'm coming with the hardest of the hardest, Regardless of the circumstances, I'm charging through the darkness Like a spark inside a gasoline cartridge. I'm heartless with the artistry, Sharp with the delivery, Every bar deliberately Carved into your memory. You can hear the difference— That's experience. Every sentence got significance. Every entrance is an incident. (BOOM!) I'm not here to participate, I'm here to detonate, Elevate, accelerate, Separate and demonstrate. You thought I peaked? HELL NO. (HELL NO!) I haven't even shown What the pen can really do. Give me one beat, One mic, One night, One shot— I'll turn that motherfucker Into dynamite. (BOOM!) t n t when I'm breaking em down --- [BREAKDOWN — CROWD CALL & RESPONSE] I say I COME! (YOU SAY HARDEST!) I COME! (HARDEST!) I COME! (HARDEST!) WHO'S THE HARDEST?! I COME THE HARDEST! (YEAH!) Again! I COME THE HARDEST! (HARDEST!) LOUDER! I COME THE HARDEST! (HARDEST!) --- [FINAL HOOK — HUGE] I COME THE HARDEST! (HARDEST!) HARD! HARD! HARD! (HARD!) Turn it up—let the whole place shake! (SHAKE!) I COME THE HARDEST—MAKE NO MISTAKE! I COME THE HARDEST! (HARDEST!) HARD! HARD! HARD! (HARD!) When I step in, better clear that space! (MOVE!) I COME THE HARDEST—REMEMBER THE NAME! I COME! (I COME!) I COME! (I COME!) I COME THE HARDEST! (HARDEST!) HARD! HARD! HARD! (HARD!) HARD! HARD! HARD! (HARD!) Turn that shit up— I COME THE HARDEST! --- [OUTRO — ECHO / CROWD] Hardest… (hardest…) Hardest… (hardest…) You already know I COME THE HARDEST. (HARDEST!)
