[Verse 1]

Time it took to dip your toe in you already getting lapped

Sorry not gon cut it, conversation show you so inept

Self conscious walking in my steps

How you sposed to map this out can’t even remember where you been?

Crumbled up inside the bottom of the bin

Only god know, and only one I’ve ever known

Don’t work until you a place a bid

Almighty father, mighty dollar

When did honor become alien?

Truth is that it always was

What a place to raise your kids

Second you let go’s when it start caving

Can’t forget when every day another raven

Recitation in your ear the same mistakes reflect the state you ain’t appraising

Ain’t approached in awhile, safe to say I been a bit complacent

Tryna sift through what’s even worth saving

Too much spent where I’d lash out

Not much left to laugh bout

Not something you can mask around

When in truth the masquerade what put you there in the first place

[Chorus]

Diamond encrusted defense

Never know till you break it

Two way mirror

Who the hell are you facing?

Architect of his own demise

Quick shaping

Rarely see the regression but you gon see the rise

Gotta break it

Two way mirror

Who the hell are you facing?

Architect of his own demise

Rarely see the regression but you gon see the rise

[Verse 2]

Took steps in the wrong direction but I pivot quick

Jack be nimble but Jon be sick, need some lozenges

Blink and everything looking like the apocalypse

Breathing smoke, who oversee the oxygen?

Politics as usual, fuck is a consequence

Sensitive but no sense wallowing

Senses gon fail but all you got in this

Pay no mind to money only follow it

Pocket it quick

Wasn’t sposed to be a game with one way to win

These kamikaze lobbyists been robbing us more than just of our common sense

This world cold like the inhale when you got a mint

Can’t take a breather when you only got a minute

And working take up a lot of it

But I know without acknowledge of what’s to fix inside

Otherwise all but guarantee we’ll not exist

Serve as my reminder not to quit

Only time will tell the truth

Gotta tell me if your story fit

[Bridge]

Diamond encrusted defense

Never know till you-

Alright one more time

[Chorus]

Diamond encrusted defense

Never know till you break it

Two way mirror

Who the hell are you facing?

Architect of his own demise

Rarely see the regression but you gon see the rise