[INTRO] Old blood… Runs deep. Some scars don’t fade. They get inherited. [VERSE 1] Old blood in my veins, got a war in my name Generations of pain put a weight on the frame I inherited scars I ain’t askin’ to wear Learned early that love can disappear in the air Mistakes got receipts, every choice got a cost Some names turned memories, some memories lost I done stood by graves with my hands in my coat Tryna swallow all the words that I never once spoke Great pain made a man out of pieces of me Had to build what I lacked from the bricks underneath No blueprint, no guide, just the pressure and time Had to turn every fracture into something that’s mine [HOOK] Old blood, old wounds, old ghosts in the walls I remember every name, every rise, every fall Made mistakes, paid dues, watched the best disappear Still I’m building every day, year after year Brick by brick, I construct what they broke Pain in my lungs, but there’s fire in the smoke I can’t change the graves, can’t rewrite what I did But I’m building every day from the life that I lived [VERSE 2] I got history sitting heavy on my shoulders Every year that I live somehow the story gets colder But I learned that a man ain’t defined by his past It’s what he builds with the pieces after everything cracks I remember being young with a head full of rage Didn’t understand the difference between prison and cage Thought strength meant never letting anybody see pain Now I know real strength is rebuilding again I lost pieces of myself trying to become something hard Put armor on my heart and a fence round the yard But the fortress got lonely, and the silence got loud So I started tearing walls that I built from the ground No excuses for the damage, no erasing the scars I can carry what I did without becoming who I was Every grave is a chapter, every wound left a mark But I keep putting foundations underneath the dark [HOOK] Old blood, old wounds, old ghosts in the walls I remember every name, every rise, every fall Made mistakes, paid dues, watched the best disappear Still I’m building every day, year after year Brick by brick, I construct what they broke Pain in my lungs, but there’s fire in the smoke I can’t change the graves, can’t rewrite what I did But I’m building every day from the life that I lived [VERSE 3] I ain’t proud of every road that I traveled to get here Some decisions still echo whenever shit gets quiet But I refuse to let regret become a throne I got too much left to build to keep staring at stone Old blood, new vision, same fire in the chest Every failure gave me something I could put to the test I don’t need to outrun everything that I survived I can carry that weight and still move with my life Every morning is another fucking brick in the wall Every setback is another reason I refuse to fall I came from the dirt, I know exactly what it costs So I build for the living, while remembering the lost [BRIDGE] The graves don’t speak… But I still hear the names. The past doesn’t move… So I learned how to change. [FINAL HOOK] Old blood, old wounds, old ghosts in the walls I remember every name, every rise, every fall Made mistakes, paid dues, watched the best disappear Still I’m building every day, year after year Brick by brick, I construct what they broke Pain in my lungs, but there’s fire in the smoke I can’t change the graves, can’t rewrite what I did But I’m building every day from the life that I lived [OUTRO] Old blood. Old pain. New foundation. Every. Single. Day.
