NILE

[singer A] They said it was all a mirage But I carved my name in the desert collage Sandstorm vision, I came from the Nile Every step that I take leaves a hieroglyph trial Yeah I know I got riches, but I built it from stone Turned the dust to a throne, made the kingdom my own Rolly? Nah, that’s just sun in a loop Time bendin’ backwards when I step in the groove Born with the crown, no need for a vote They see my smile, now they choke on the quote You talk about fate, I rewrite the script Every word that I speak make reality shift Tell me what you believe in, speak it aloud Even the gods gotta listen to the sound [transition] [singer B] Yo—hold up, the sands start talkin’ back I cracked the tomb and I stepped through the black Caveman heartbeat in a cosmic zone I turned bone into rhythm, made thunder my tone Yeah I rose from the crack in the Earth like “who dis?” Now the stars all pause when I move like this Got a club made of time, I been swingin’ since dawn Every hit make a future get rewritten wrong Riddle me this, I don’t follow no king I make fire from friction, I don’t need a thing They said I was lost, but I mapped the unknown Now the whole damn timeline sound like my tone What do I believe in? I believe in the break When the beat hit heavy, reality shake [transition] [singer A] The Nile, the Nile, the Nile don’t sleep It runs through my blood when I step in deep The Nile, the Nile, it carries my name Every drop in the river remembers my reign The Nile, the Nile, it bends the sky Even the sun don’t ask me why The Nile, the Nile, it rise, it fall And I still stand when the empires call [transition] [singer B] Yeah I’m carved in the dust, I’m written in flame Every echo I step in remember my name Call me Mumm-Ra when the darkness unfold I wrap up the silence and turn it to gold Got linen armor, got curse in my breath Every bar that I drop feel like life and death I don’t need a throne, I just take what’s mine When the beat go ancient, I break through time And if you still talkin’ that crown and pride I been in the dirt where the legends hide [final transition — escalation / overlap section] (ALL VOICES / CROWD ENERGY) Sandstorm rising, timeline bends No beginning here, no real ends Stone age / gold age / myth collide Every era breaks when the bass hits wide WHO RUNS THIS REALM? — (nobody knows) IT’S ALL JUST RHYTHM — (watch it grow) TEMPLES CRUMBLE — (beats don’t stop) WHEN THE DROP HITS HARD — (whole world drops)