(Verse 1)

I’ve been payin’ dues, put my time in the flame

Sacrificed sleep just to sharpen the name

Lost a few friends, but I gained in the game

Every scar on my soul got me winnin’ with aim

Now they all watch like it happened insane

But the cost of the climb was the price of the pain

Shit I ain’t been the same

Clock tickin’, I ain’t slept since the vision got loud

Took the long road solo, now I’m leadin’ the crowd

Kept receipts in my head from the ones that would doubt

Now my name hold weight when the real ones shout

Get out the way, you can’t hold me down

(Verse 2)

Built this from the basement, no cheat code path

Just notebooks full of stress and a beat that slaps

Had to cut ties, stay clean like Dexter’s lab

Now I’m surgical with words — every punchline stab

Left the past in the smoke, now I breathe on tracks

Had to boss up quiet, no need for plaques

They was sleepin’ on the kid, now they fiend for facts

’Cause I write it like a script — every scene intact

Turned pain to precision, now the blade come clean

Like a widescreen shot, cuttin’ through the routine

From the underdog’s bench to the rap machine

Now I pop off like a Marvel scene

Flipped loss to a lesson, turned the doubt to a spark

While they faded in the fog, I was glowin’ in dark

No gimmicks, just bars, from the soul I embark

Every verse hold weight like Noah’s ark

Took hits to the pride, kept the ego in check

Now I’m cashin’ out time, not chasin’ a check

Kept it raw, kept it real, what’d you really expect?

Greatness cost blood — I just paid in respect

Back when the speakers barely bumped my flow

Now it’s bangers on deck like I’m runnin’ Death Row

Every setback lit a fuse, now I’m ready to blow

Made peace with the pain, had to let that go

Now I’m prime like I’m Optimus, set to reload

Every verse like a blade — i got the code

(Hook)

Ayy — from the stress to the stage, I was built in the fire

Paid dues in the dark just to spark that wire

No gimmicks in the game, I don’t cap, I inspire

Got the heat in my soul and the pen never tires

From the couch to the come-up, now I’m passin’ the liars

Flow sharp like Shredder when the beat requires

They was watchin’ me burn, now they stuck in the mire

‘I paid for this throne with hunger and fire

(Verse 3)

Sacrificed sleep, gave my soul to the craft

Now the booth’s like church — I confess in the draft

From the shadows I rose, now they feelin’ the wrath

I was built in the fire, been a product of path

Got scars on my name that’ll never fade

But I stand on the weight like a barbell plate

I don’t rap for the trends or the chart debate

I rap ’cause I bleed — and the ink translate

Ain’t no overnight rise, had to grind through fate

Took the hits, made armor outta every mistake

Now I step in the booth like I’m shiftin’ the state

Every word hit hard like a Soprano debate

Had to part from the crowd, couldn’t follow that path

Now I’m cookin’ with a vengeance — Walter White with the math

They was jokin’ on the dream, now they after’ my cash

Tryna figure out how I leveled with this fire I stash

I was broke, still spittin’ like a Forbes list threat

They was flexin’ for the ’Gram, I was buildin’ respect

Now I walk in a room and the vibe gets checked

’Cause I came from the gutter with a cause and a rep

Now I’m tapped in deep, like I hacked the net

While they stuck in reruns like a basic set

Got a squad full of hearts, not a face to vet

Got a mind full of bars that they ain’t heard yet

So back up while I bomb this shit, ain’t no threat

Had to carve my lane where the nonsense sits, now I’m launchin’ hits like a contra glitch

(hook)

Ayy — from the stress to the stage, I was built in the fire

Paid dues in the dark just to spark that wire

No gimmicks in the game, I don’t cap, I inspire

Got the heat in my soul and the pen never tires

From the couch to the come-up, now I’m passin’ the liars

Flow sharp like Shredder when the beat requires

They was watchin’ me burn, now they stuck in the mire

‘I paid for this throne with hunger and fire