[INTRO] (Alarm clock rings.) (It gets slapped off.) (Silence.) … One voice… Yesterday… Was good. … Today’s… Better. (Beat detonates.) ⸻ [VERSE 1 — THE DAILY REMATCH] Yesterday benched 225? Today… 225 and one more. Yesterday got angry? Today… Stayed calm at the door. Yesterday skipped? Today… Clocked in before the sun. Yesterday complained? Today… The work got done. Yesterday made excuses? Today… Made none. Yesterday walked? Today… I run. Yesterday flinched At the hard conversation? Today… I lean in Without hesitation. (Machine-gun burst.) Yesterday quit at ten. Today… I push eleven. Yesterday hit snooze twice. Today… I’m beating heaven. Yesterday believed The doubt. Today… I called its bluff. Yesterday settled For “good enough.” Today… Good ain’t enough. Yesterday let A bad mood Steal the day. Today… I nodded at it… Kept moving anyway. Yesterday compared Myself to everybody else. Today… The only man I’m chasing… Is the one I left. (Boom bap pocket.) That’s the only scoreboard That ever mattered. Not applause. Not rankings. Not another man’s ladder. Just me… Against yesterday. One sunrise. One round. One price to pay. Yesterday set the standard. Today… I raise it. Tomorrow… I’ll raise it again. That’s the whole basis. ⸻ [HOOK] (Entire Brotherhood.) OUT!! WORK!! YES!! TERDAY!! OUT!! WORK!! YES!! TERDAY!! One more rep! One more dawn! Yesterday’s gone! Move on! ⸻ [VERSE 2 — BUILD ON THE MAN BEFORE YOU] Yesterday was strong? Good. That’s the floor. Yesterday kept his word? Today… Keep it more. Yesterday carried weight? Today… Carry another plate. Yesterday showed up? Today… Show up early. Don’t celebrate The man You were. Build him. (Machine-gun burst.) Yesterday laid The first brick. Today… Lay another. Yesterday fought One battle. Today… Fight another. Yesterday earned Respect. Today… Protect it. Yesterday planted The tree. Today… Keep growing it. (Boom bap pocket.) Every version Of me Hands the next one A hammer. Hands the next one A map. Hands the next one A standard. I don’t disrespect The man I used to be. I honor him… By refusing To stop Building. That’s the debt. That’s the promise. That’s the Guild. ⸻ [BRIDGE] (Everything cuts.) (Heartbeat.) … One voice… Yesterday… Doesn’t get… A vote. … (Beat detonates.) ⸻ [FINAL VERSE — THE ONLY OPPONENT] Stop racing The man In the next lane. Wrong race. Stop proving Something To strangers. Wrong audience. (Machine-gun burst.) Beat him… At discipline. Beat him… At patience. Beat him… At showing up. Beat him… At keeping promises. Beat him… At carrying weight. Beat him… At telling the truth. Beat him… At becoming The man He always hoped You’d grow into. (Boom bap pocket.) Yesterday Built me. I’ll never deny it. Yesterday Paid the price. I’ll never forget it. But yesterday Doesn’t get To decide Who I become. Today’s work… Does. (Everything drops.) Not against them. Against me. Not for applause. For growth. Not to prove. To improve. (Silence.) Yesterday… Thank you. … Now… Watch this. (Beat detonates.) ⸻ [FINAL HOOK] (Entire Brotherhood.) OUT!! WORK!! YES!! TERDAY!! OUT!! WORK!! YES!! TERDAY!! One more rep! One more dawn! Yesterday’s gone! Move on! (Band explodes.) ⸻ [OUTRO] (Alarm clock resets.) (Boots walking.) … One voice… See you… In the morning. (Fade.)
