INTRO – instrumental only) Electric guitar melody + timpani low hits + 808 rumble + soft piano layer ⸻ (HOOK – Elijah “Soulgrave” Barnes | John Legend–type vocalist) (smooth, emotional R&B tone, intimate falsetto control, no choir feel) Tell that man bring his ass outside… he been hidin’ way too long World still movin’, but he act like somethin’ gone wrong Outside… where the truth don’t play along Outside… where you finally see what’s real and what’s gone I been through that rain… I been through that fire Watched good love break under quiet desire Don’t stay in that dark thinkin’ you safe and clean Come outside… and face what you mean ⸻ (VERSE 1 – Jace “Street Psalm” Carter | Rapper) (slow Jeezy-inspired street storytelling, controlled aggression) It used to be love on the block, now it’s all for the image Same ones that you trusted be the ones that go missing Everybody act real but it feel like they business And loyalty don’t last when the money start trippin’ OGs told me watch how the energy shift How a smile turn cold when the pressure get real I seen brothers turn strangers over ego and grit Now I move in silence, I don’t talk what I feel Might fly out Vegas just to clear my headspace But the same old problems still be there when I land late Every win got a cost and a heavy-ass weight So I walk with it quiet, I don’t argue with fate ⸻ (HOOK – Elijah “Soulgrave” Barnes | repeated, softer but emotional) Tell that man bring his ass outside… he been hidin’ way too long World still movin’, but he act like somethin’ gone wrong Outside… where the truth don’t play along Outside… where you finally see what’s real and what’s gone I been through that rain… I been through that fire Watched good love break under quiet desire Don’t stay in that dark thinkin’ you safe and clean Come outside… and face what you mean ⸻ (VERSE 2 – Jace “Street Psalm” Carter | Rapper) (slightly sharper, reflective but still street-based) I can see me now, Breakfast Club lights in my face Tryna turn pain to wisdom in a public space They gon’ study every word like I came from the base Where you learn more from loss than you ever from grace Ain’t no loyalty promised, that’s a cold-ass truth You can give a man everything, still lose your proof And the silence get loud when it’s just you in the booth Thinkin’ who really real when the mask get loose I ain’t tryna be perfect, I just speak what I seen Where love turn transactional and life turn mean And the truth don’t come pretty but it keep you clean If you really been outside then you know what I mean ⸻ (BRIDGE – Elijah “Soulgrave” Barnes | soft spoken singing) You don’t find yourself inside You find yourself outside… Where it’s quiet enough to hear it And real enough to fear it ⸻ (FINAL HOOK – Elijah “Soulgrave” Barnes | emotional peak, John Legend style) Tell that man bring his ass outside… he been hidin’ way too long World still movin’, but he act like somethin’ gone wrong Outside… where the truth don’t play along Outside… where you finally see what’s real and what’s gone I been through that rain… I been through that fire Watched good love fade under quiet desire Don’t stay in that dark thinkin’ you safe and clean Come outside… and face what you mean