(Intro – whispered, menacing) Family guy king… not a solitary tiger… yeah… Be a king or die tryin’… (Hook – chant + growl ad-libs) Heart of a lion (uh) Storm in my chest, iron on iron (yeah) Cast me out the pride, still I’m risin’ (rise) Friends fall off, I keep drivin’ (skrrt) Heart of a lion — DROP! (— MASSIVE INSTRUMENTAL HITS: distorted 808s, brass stabs, war drums, wolf-howl synth, halftime switch —) [Verse 1] Not a solitary king like tiger, I’m a pride-built heir, that’s primal law, Family on my back like a spine of gold, I carried the weight till the spine went raw. They loved the crown till the shine went dull, then the knives came out of their Sunday smiles, They said, “You ain’t one of us,” drew lines in dust—cool, I’ll grind ten miles. They cast me outside the pride, I camped by the border, sharpened my roar to a blade, Turned hunger to thunder, underdog numbers—every scar that I got, I paid. Friends disappeared in the drought—funny how love gets dry when the cloud ain’t near, But a lion within don’t break, I bend that pain, then I mount that fear. [Pre-Hook] If ever lonely—don’t fold, don’t cry— Find a new pride, build a new sky. When the fire goes low and the nights get violent, I stoke that coal—turn silent to sirens. [Hook] Heart of a lion (roar) Storm in my chest, iron on iron (clash) Cast me out the pride, still I’m risin’ (up) Friends fall off, I keep drivin’ (go) Heart of a lion — DROP! (— BEAT SWITCH: darker 808 glide, choir stabs, machine-gun hats, cinematic brass —) [Verse 2] Your family will turn against you—cool, I’ll choose the truth over comfy lies, Kings aren’t born in the palace halls, we’re forged outside where the thunder cries. Ribs to the wind, I was fasting faith, took losses like weights—then maxed that set, Wrote vows in sweat: “If I breathe, I bet—if I bleed, I get.” Look for a new pride—found wolves turned lions, we broke old codes with a steel-toe grin, We pray, then prey on the doubt in the way—no sleep till the real ones win. They want the throne? Tell ’em line that spine, ’cause my grind got teeth and a tiger can’t match it, I’m a family guy king with a famine-proof dream—if it’s mine I’ll snatch it. [Bridge – low, deadly calm] If you’re a lion within—stand tall, don’t bend, When the night says “quit,” you answer: “Again.” Every cut is a crown you ain’t polished yet, Every “no” is a debt you ain’t collected yet. [Hook – extended] Heart of a lion (lion) Storm in my chest, iron on iron (iron) Cast me out the pride, still I’m risin’ (rising) Friends fall off, I keep drivin’ (drivin’) Heart of a lion — DROP! Be a king… or die tryin’… [Outro – spoken, cold] Lonely ain’t empty—it’s training. New pride, same crown. Roar first, explain later.
