[Verse 1]

Ay, came through with a pep in my step, and I reckon y'all niggas aged

My eyes are flaming red, I done resurrected with rage

It’s pressure 'pon your neck, the bird is out it's cage

God made a way, look at burdens that I escaped

I’m center stage, I raised the stakes, they got the time now

You know how the saying goes when they come 'round

What goes up must come down, and we ain't going with them

[Chorus]

Pick up your shoes, pick up thе slack now

Spent most my days thinking if I would ever livе outside the background

Now I pull strings, they out to get me

Another day, another man down

I pick up my shoes, I'm pick of the litter

I'm pushing the limit, I pick up the slack now

[Verse 2]

The glitters ain't gold, look around where we roam through

In the land of the broken, it's a lot we was prone to

Quickest sand was engulfing, but intact was my soul

Been dispatched, I'm evolving, nigga searching for solitude

While most niggas fold, I’m calm and composed

Stopped the politics, and with niggas know they voters is frauds

I’m often hit with epiphanies, I can't be product of system

I pray to God, know He listen

Won’t seal my fate with some kisses, nigga, nah

'Cause we ain't got time to keep off our toes

The type of vigour make you consider throwing the towel

I'm in the mood to make y’all remember

Go on a prowl, sharpen my sword

Declaring a war on foes and cowards, yeah

So pass me the torch, thrones and crowns

This the voice of the future, deny it, rooster sounds

The Bronze Age forever, this a God given level, on a high-like crescendo

What my mind-state resembles nigga, ah

[Chorus]

Pick up your shoes, pick up the slack now

Spent most my days thinking if I would ever live outside the background

Now I pull strings, they out to get me

Another day, another man down

I pick up my shoes, I'm pick of the litter

I'm pushing the limit, I pick up the slack now