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Born of the Dust II (Ascension)

[Intro — Whisper Layer] (faint, behind the beat) “rise… come higher… you know you were chosen…” ⸻ [Verse 1 — Male Lead] I came from the ashes with the fire in my chest, Raised by the silence, learned to breathe under stress. People wanna doubt me ’til they see me manifest, Now the same ones talkin’ got my name on they breath. Took my scars, made a crown out the weight I was given, Turned pain into purpose, now the boy really risen. Every step heavy like I’m wakin’ up the heavens, Now I walk through storms like I’m built outta legend. (ghost whisper) “you built different… he know he chosen…” ⸻ [Pre-Chorus — Soft Layer] Every setback just a stair for the throne, Had to learn the hard way I was never alone. Born of the dust, but I shine like chrome, Told the shadows they can’t follow me home. ⸻ [Chorus — Both + Whisper Ad-Libs] (Male) Born of the dust, now I rise in ascension, Heart made of iron, soul built from redemption. (Female — ghost whisper) “don’t stop… come closer… you know you want it…” (Male) Everything they threw tryna break my dimension, Only made me sharper — now I cut through the tension. (Female — whisper) “higher… higher…” ⸻ [Verse 2 — Male Lead] Had nights where the darkness tried to swallow my name, Had days where I walked through the hell I became. But pressure make diamonds — I’m the proof of that claim, Now the light hit different when it’s forged from the flame. Can’t tempt me with nothin’ that I ain’t defeated, Every demon I faced left the battlefield bleedin’. I ain’t fight for a crown, man I fight ’cause I need it — This life chose me long before I believed it. (female whisper) “you know you fear me… but you hear me…” ⸻ [Chorus — Both] Born of the dust, now I rise in ascension, Walked through the fire, came out with intention. Every scar on my soul is divine intervention, I’m the storm they feel in the quiet dimension. (female whisper) “come higher… don’t let go…” [Verse 3 — Female Temptation Voice] Boy, I been callin’ from the dark you escaped, But you steady turn back like you drawn to my shape. I whisper in your dreams ’cause your heart still remembers, I’m the heat in your winter, the spark in your embers. You rise every time but you fall when I pull, I touch you in the places that make destiny full. You walk like a king with a past full of ghosts, But I’m the one you crave when the pain hurts the most. (male whisper) “you still haunt me… but can’t break me…” ⸻ [Outro — Fade] (Male) Dust in my blood, but the crown in my vision, Shadow on my path, but I’m done with collisions. (Female whisper fading) “you’ll be back… you always come back…” (Male soft) If I rise again, I rise with precision… Ascension… Ascension… (echo fade)