[Intro] Yeah Everybody flexin’ cash Meanwhile the old heads whisperin’ “Control the asset…” Not the payment Not the ego The terms [Verse 1] I grew up hearin’ “Work hard, save money, buy one home” Now inflation got the dollar lookin’ brittle as a chicken bone Bank prints trillions, people cheerin’ at the stimulus Then wonder why a starter house suddenly ridiculous Everybody sprintin’ for a bag with exhaustion I’m lookin’ at leverage and creative adoption Subject-to deals and seller-financed options Turn dead equity into velocity rockets People say “You need money to make money” That’s funny Half the wealthy people learned to move with somebody else’s funding I ain’t stuntin’ I’m restructurin’ assumptions Turn a problem property into monthly production See a tired landlord? Maybe they need relief Late payments, bad tenants, pressure underneath I don’t gotta rob ‘em, manipulate or deceive Sometimes the best deal’s simply helping people breathe And that’s the weird thing Most folks only see price tags I’m lookin’ at amortization schedules and tax paths Cash flow map graphs Long game mind frame Buyin’ back freedom while the world plays blind man [Pre-Chorus] Everybody want a mansion for the photograph I just want enough passive income so I can finally laugh Without a panic attack When the market gets cracked Cause ownership different when the income talks back [Chorus] Terms over dollars Ownership over pride Everybody chasin’ shiny things I’m tryin’ to buy time Brick by brick Door by door Build it slow, then build some more While the world keeps sellin’ noise We create a future to enjoy Terms over dollars Freedom over flash Cause money disappears But the assets pay you back [Verse 2] See Grant yellin’ “Scale!” from the stage with the spotlight Pace talkin’ wraps and novations all night One says multiply till the whole thing massive Other says structure deals and think adaptive And somewhere in the middle I started gettin’ it Rich ain’t income It’s systems that are infinite Cause one house paid off Might help a family survive But twenty good properties could completely change lives Provide jobs Fund dreams Help the kids get ahead Instead of livin’ paycheck-to-paycheck filled with dread I used to think debt was a monster in the basement Now I see bad debt and good debt ain’t adjacent One buys liabilities and dopamine consumption The other buys production and financial reconstruction And I know some people hate this conversation Think investors only fuel the housing devastation But the deeper observation Is the whole foundation Was inflated by monetary manipulation So I’m somewhere in the tension Tryna build ethical wealth Without becoming disconnected from everybody else Cause success without a soul’s just a prison with a view And what’s the point of ownership if ownership owns you? [Bridge] I don’t want a Lambo just to post it online I want peace of mind when the hard times arrive A little land A little freedom Maybe horses outside And enough mailbox money so my kids can choose life Not survival Life [Final Chorus] Terms over dollars Ownership over fear Everybody waitin’ for the perfect time But the perfect time ain’t here Learn the game Read the lines Most the rules were all designed By the people who already won Before the race begun Terms over dollars Freedom over flash Cause empires aren’t built From the money that you stash They’re built from vision Patience Relationships and risk One signature today Can completely change the script [Outro] Yeah Funny thing about real estate Everybody sees the building Few people see the structure underneath it That’s where the wealth hides.
