'[Intro] Yeah... They said the fire would die out Funny how it only burned louder Mm-hmm... [Verse 1] Used to write till sunrise, couldn't stop the flow Every word an ember, watch it burn and glow Told myself I'd rise every time I fall Built this whole empire from a stepping stone Every word I spit is a lit match thrown Nobody was listening, I didn't care Just me and these four walls and the cold night air [Pre-Chorus] They see the shine now, they don't see the scars They see me pulling up in foreign cars But every bar I spit was a scar that healed Every flame I lit was a truth revealed [Chorus] Spitting fire till my lungs give out This is everything I ever dreamed about Catch it for a second then it's gone again Still burnin' like a feeling in the wind Still burnin'... Still burnin'... [Verse 2] Twelve takes on a verse till it cut like a blade Every bar a bonfire that I personally made They said cool it down, said to play it safe I turned up the heat till I lit the stage Studio sessions running three days deep Spitting while the rest of the world's asleep There's a version of myself I almost recognize Breathing smoke and fire behind these tired eyes [Pre-Chorus] They see the shine now, they don't see the scars They see me pulling up in foreign cars But every bar I spit was a scar that healed Every flame I lit was a truth revealed [Chorus] Spitting fire till my lungs give out This is everything I ever dreamed about Catch it for a second then it's gone again Still burnin' like a feeling in the wind Still burnin'... Still burnin'... [Break] (beat drops to a single ember pulse) They tried to put it out... Couldn't touch it... Still burnin'... Yeah... [Bridge] What if the fire was always mine to keep Not something I was chasing in my sleep The grind don't really leave you, it just changes shape And the fire that got you here β yeah, you gotta keep it safe Gotta keep it safe... Gotta keep it safe... [Verse 3] Now the room is full but the fire stays lit Every bar a bullet, every word a hit Wrote a thousand verses just to find my voice Every single night was a deliberate choice Every melody I've ever felt or known Every seed of doubt I turned to kindling and stone If I had to do it over I would do it just the same Born to spit this fire, born to own this flame [Solo] (raw distorted guitar, fiery ascending run) (builds to a peak, single scream note before the final chorus drops) [Chorus] Spitting fire till my lungs give out This is everything I ever dreamed about Catch it for a second then it's gone again Still burnin' like a feeling in the wind Still burnin'... Still burnin'... [Outro] They said I wouldn't make it, I made it anyway Shining now but I remember every darker day Still burnin' through the night... Still burnin' through the pain... Still burnin'... [fade out]
