PLATINUM! [Intro] Yeah... You heard the pain. You heard the anger. You heard the questions. You watched me change. But everything leads back here. PLATINUM! [Hook] I came from the bottom, now I'm aiming for the top, Had a dream in a bedroom, now I'm building something hot, They can tell me that I can't, but they can't tell me when to stop, I put everything I am into this shit until I rot. Platinum! That's the name, that's the brand, that's the blood, That's the kid who kept creating when nobody showed love, That's the pain, that's the passion, that's the person I become, If you ask me who I am... I'm Platinum! [Verse 1] I started with a pencil and a page full of thoughts, No studio, no budget, just a dream and a lot, Had a voice in my head telling me I'd make it or not, So I turned that little voice into a reason to fight. I was writing through the nights when the world went asleep, Putting pieces of myself in every sixteen, Every heartbreak became another reason to speak, Every loss became another fucking reason to dream. I wasn't handed a lane, I had to build me a road, Had to carry my pain While I carried the load. Now the kid who was scared To let everybody know What he felt in his heart Got a microphone home. And I'm still that kid. That's the part they don't understand. The name got bigger, But the reason stayed the same. [Pre-Hook] I don't need a throne. I don't need a crown. I just need a microphone And a reason to get loud. [Hook] I came from the bottom, now I'm aiming for the top, Had a dream in a bedroom, now I'm building something hot, They can tell me that I can't, but they can't tell me when to stop, I put everything I am into this shit until I rot. Platinum! That's the name, that's the brand, that's the blood, That's the kid who kept creating when nobody showed love, That's the pain, that's the passion, that's the person I become, If you ask me who I am... I'm Platinum! [Verse 2] I'm the rapper. I'm the singer. I'm the writer. I'm the screaming. I'm the melody in heartbreak, I'm the rage when I'm bleeding. I'm the trap when I'm scheming, I'm the rock when I'm screaming. I'm the verse with the venom, I'm the hook with the feeling, I'm the reason that the listener Can hear what I'm feeling. I don't need to choose one. That's the whole fucking point. I got too many dimensions To be trapped in one voice. Put me over a piano, Put me over a guitar, Put me over distorted 808s And watch me go hard. Give me silence, I'll make music. Give me pain, I'll produce it. Give me nothing but a microphone And I'll prove it. [Beat Switch] This ain't just a name. This is everything I survived. [Verse 3] Platinum ain't the jewelry, It's the pressure that made me, It's the nights I was hurting When nobody could save me. It's the people I lost, It's the people who raised me, It's the daughter who reminds me There's a reason to stay me. It's the father who taught me What it means to stand tall, It's the brothers and memories I still carry through it all. It's the mistakes I regret, It's the lessons I kept, It's the tears I concealed, It's the blood and the sweat. It's every fucking "no" That I turned into "next," Every time they said "quit" That I answered with "bet." I ain't perfect. I ain't finished. I ain't claiming I am. I'm just a man with a dream Who refused to let go of it. And if the name ever means anything... Let it mean never giving up on yourself. [Final Hook] I came from the bottom, now I'm aiming for the top, Had a dream in a bedroom, now I'm building something hot, They can tell me that I can't, but they can't tell me when to stop, I put everything I am into this shit until I rot. Platinum! That's the name, that's the brand, that's the blood, That's the kid who kept creating when nobody showed love, That's the pain, that's the passion, that's the person I become, If you ask me who I am... I'm Platinum! [Outro] Not just a rapper. Not just a singer. Not just a genre. Not just a name. Every version of me... Led to this. PLATINUM! And now... One last song. NO GENRE.
