Ashes Echo

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo From the shadows, from the shadows Yo, yo Born in a concrete jungle Fist clenched, tight dreams deferred Chasing flickers of light Pockets empty, but earn my soul Burns, dodging pitfalls Lessons at the blocks, dodging pitfalls Lessons that the block teaches Turns mine was a prayer But I sharpen my sights, hustle hard Scars map my every stride From the gutter's grip I refuse to hide, friends turn ghosts Swim to west, untold, told, built Stack high, like towers in the haze Ours in the haze, I grind through pain Rewrite my own face No silver spoon, just calluses And we'll climb in these pines Peek, swallowing bitter pills Every setback Fuse the weather with thinking change Let the real begin Rise from the ashes Feel the pulse in my veins Street symphony Breaking free from the chains Notes of heartbeats like thunders Roar, claim my crown Forever hunger for more Rise up, rise up Through the storm we fight In the dark we spark Ignite the night Rise from the depths Where warriors dwell Echoes of triumph Mirrors crag with the weight of my gaze Eyes' identity fractured in yesterday's maze Loved ones lost to the reapers' cruel law Redemptor shaky land, temptations whisper Sweet poison and they've dodged the fall Conquer the fear, knights of doubt Demons dancing wild Like a storm-tossed child, success tastes sweet Like a storm-tossed child, success tastes sweet After swallowing dirt, every victory earned Every wound, every wound, every wound, every wound There it hurts, crowd cheers loud With the silence inside, whispers cheers loud With the silence inside, whispers Reminders of the battles I survived Roots unforgiving, soy and salt from boiling Beats through the sweat and toil No handouts, take is forged in the flame Now the world has etched my name Rise from the ashes Feel the pulse in my veins Street symphony Breaking free from the chains Notes of heartbeats like thunders Roar, claim my crown Forever hunger for more Rise up, rise up Through the storm we fight In the dark we spark Ignite the night, rise from the depths Where the warriors dwell Echoes of triumph ringing victory's bell Reflections fade in the rearview The love's iron fist Weak men through trials that never seem to end activism But we won't rest social scars run deep It's on the brink, we think bragging on battles Sworn in the dead, a knife of struggles cradled to the peakside Identity forged, the heat of the fray No more shadows, I own the day, legacy building Brick by bloody brick for the kids coming up Show em the trick when the wars rage In the slice rhythm Me and my crew, yeah I just From the streets we rise, echo fate in me Put the fire in the dice, street life lessons Edged in my core, forever grinding Up for more rise Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da Victory