Brick by Brick (I Change)

Cinematic trap with a menacing, anthemic build; low brass stabs, choirs on the hook, and hard-hitting drums, Verses ride a mid-tempo bounce with dark piano and 808 swells; chorus explodes with stacked male vocals, gang shouts, and wide reverb, Brief breakdown in the bridge, then final chorus comes back bigger with ad-libs and extra harmonies

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[Intro]
Started in the shadows
Now the whole block flame
Same blood
Same hunger
Brand new name (yeah)

[Verse 1]
Used to hit that corner
Dreams in a grocery bag
Change in the ashtray
Weight in a dirty rag
Court dates on the calendar
Tattooed rage in my jaw
Mama say "God got you"
Judge say "break the law"

I was stuck in a cycle
Hate on a swivel
Cold nights
Gun metal
Prayer just a whisper
Turned fear into focus
Turned pain into proof
Turned snakes into silence
Turned lies into truth

[Chorus]
Brick by brick
I change
Still the gang
Just changed
From the chains to the chain
From the stain to the stage
I evolved in the flames
Every scar
My range
You can cage my body
But you can't cage change (nah)

Gangsta in my heart
But the mind upgraded
Same code
New lane
Whole plan updated
From the block
From the mud
I rewrite my name
I'm the proof
I'm the anthem
Of a gangsta who changed

[Verse 2]
I ain't preachin'
I'm speakin'
This that real-life edit
Turned my charge into charcoal
Now my story embedded
In the eyes of the young ones
Wanna slide like we slid
I tell 'em "aim for the money
Not the time you get bid"

I still ride for my people
Still step for respect
But I changed how I move
Now it's checks
Not check
Turned beef into business
Turned ops into dust
Turned that backseat Bible
To a map I trust (yeah)

Gangsta in my heart
But the mind upgraded
Same code
New lane
Whole plan updated
From the block
From the mud
I rewrite my name
I'm the proof
I'm the anthem
Of a gangsta who changed (who changed)

[Bridge]
I ain't switch
I shifted (shifted)
Same soul
Uplifted (yeah)
Same crew
We gifted
Whole squad transformed
We different
From grave clothes to gold cloth
From lost cause to boss talk
If they ask what I stand for
Tell 'em "change" when the gang walk

Gangsta in my heart
But the mind upgraded
Same code
New lane
Whole plan updated
From the block
From the mud
I rewrite my name
I'm the proof
I'm the anthem
Of a gangsta who changed (yeah)
Of a gangsta who changed (changed)

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[Intro] Started in the shadows Now the whole block flame Same blood Same hunger Brand new name (yeah) [Verse 1] Used to hit that corner Dreams in a grocery bag Change in the ashtray Weight in a dirty rag Court dates on the calendar Tattooed rage in my jaw Mama say "God got you" Judge say "break the law" I was stuck in a cycle Hate on a swivel Cold nights Gun metal Prayer just a whisper Turned fear into focus Turned pain into proof Turned snakes into silence Turned lies into truth [Chorus] Brick by brick I change Still the gang Just changed From the chains to the chain From the stain to the stage I evolved in the flames Every scar My range You can cage my body But you can't cage change (nah) Gangsta in my heart But the mind upgraded Same code New lane Whole plan updated From the block From the mud I rewrite my name I'm the proof I'm the anthem Of a gangsta who changed [Verse 2] I ain't preachin' I'm speakin' This that real-life edit Turned my charge into charcoal Now my story embedded In the eyes of the young ones Wanna slide like we slid I tell 'em "aim for the money Not the time you get bid" I still ride for my people Still step for respect But I changed how I move Now it's checks Not check Turned beef into business Turned ops into dust Turned that backseat Bible To a map I trust (yeah) [Chorus] Brick by brick I change Still the gang Just changed From the chains to the chain From the stain to the stage I evolved in the flames Every scar My range You can cage my body But you can't cage change (never) Gangsta in my heart But the mind upgraded Same code New lane Whole plan updated From the block From the mud I rewrite my name I'm the proof I'm the anthem Of a gangsta who changed (who changed) [Bridge] I ain't switch I shifted (shifted) Same soul Uplifted (yeah) Same crew We gifted Whole squad transformed We different From grave clothes to gold cloth From lost cause to boss talk If they ask what I stand for Tell 'em "change" when the gang walk [Chorus] Brick by brick I change Still the gang Just changed From the chains to the chain From the stain to the stage I evolved in the flames Every scar My range You can cage my body But you can't cage change Gangsta in my heart But the mind upgraded Same code New lane Whole plan updated From the block From the mud I rewrite my name I'm the proof I'm the anthem Of a gangsta who changed (yeah) Of a gangsta who changed (changed)

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