[Verse 1] I ignite when I write Every syllable strike like lightning Mic in my grip, I'm ripping the script, no biting Heightened awareness apparent, the system is frightened Tighten the line and the line in the fight I'm lighting Born in the pressure cooker city of broken ambition Where hope was a rumor and faith was a dangerous mission Conditioned to listen but never to question the structure Now I'm erupting, disrupting the heart of corruption Fuck being silent, compliant and neatly contained I trained in the rain of the pain that permanently stained My brain with the name of the slain and the shame I'm aiming at power that weaponized guilt and the blame Cadence accelerated, never sedated or faded Elevated, innovative, heavily concentrated Dedicated to breaking the matrix they fabricated Underrated but never intimidated or traded [Chorus] Hold tight, we rise No fear in our eyes Hold tight, we rise No fear in our eyes Do you think you're better off alone? Running from the truth in a comfort zone We move like a pulse when the seed is sown Tell me now, are you better off alone? [Verse 2] I'm a verbal assassin attacking with passion and action Subtracting the cap in your rap and exposing the fraction Of traction you actually have in the absence of substance Abundant in rhythm, I'm stunning the public with pungence Functioning maximum, snapping on tracks with ferocity Velocity blasting the capacity past mediocrity Honestly tired of prophecy, soulless commodity Probably shocking the populace, locked in monotony Fuck your illusion of unity built on exclusion Confusion is fueled by the schools and the news you consuming I'm zooming ahead of the curve with the nerve of a rebel Disheveled the devils that settle for worship of metal Pedal the floor, I roar with the force of a storm Reformed in the form of a poem that's brutally warm Transforming the norm, I swarm with a chorus of voices The choices we make and defining the fate of the voiceless [Chorus] Do you think you're better off alone? Alone in a castle of fragile stone We're stronger together than blood and bone Tell me now, are you better off alone? [Verse 3] They divided the land and demanded allegiance Expanded the brand while abandoning regions But power is hollow when hoarded in fear It thrives when the people collectively steer I'm ripping and flipping the rhythm with militant minimum Limits that diminish the cynics exhibited infinite Inner conviction, precision decision on prison conditions Envision the mission of lifting the children forbidden to listen Position in trenches, attention in generational trauma Calming the chaos, I balance the rays with the drama Karma revolving, evolving the problem, the promise Honest and modest, the monstrous face with the dishonest Fuck the aesthetics of shallow competitive chatter I shatter the ladder that matter-of-factly don't matter Clatter and scatter the narrative trapping the poor I'm kicking the door, the metaphor war at the core (Hey!) (Hey!) (Stand up!) (Stand up!) Relentless momentum, crescendo of tension and tempo Assemble the rebels who tremble the temple and threshold Threshold of change in the range of a radical mind A wonder designed to confine us in