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Run It Back
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Hip-Hop/Rap2026
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Run It Back è stato pubblicato il 24 marzo 2026 da Forged Records come parte dell'album Still Standing
AlbumStill Standing
Released24 marzo 2026
EtichettaForged Records
LinguaEnglish
BPM95
Melodicità
Acousticità
Valence
Ballabilità
Energia

PANORAMICA

TESTI

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Before the algorithm told you what was hot
Before the playlist curators chose your slot
We were out here building from the underground up
No cosign, no budget, nothing but hunger and gut
Cold basement cyphers - nobody streaming it live
Just a circle of people who wanted to survive
On syllables and 808s and hunger and skill
When the only thing that mattered was the bars and the will
Paid every due before the dues had a name
Moved in silence while the industry ran its game
Didn't wait for the invitation - made the seat
Every barrier they put up we just used as the beat
Run it back - this is where it started
Run it back - built by the hard-hearted
Run it back - we been here since day one
Run it back - and we still ain't done
See the culture got a short memory - convenient
But the ones who built the foundation been relentless since the beginning
Before the deals and the streams and the editorial picks
We were stacking up the catalog brick by brick
No shortcut, no cheat code, no skip to the front
Every lesson came the hard way - that's the only kind that counts
Watched a hundred trends come up and fall back down
While the ones who did the real work held the crown
I don't need the validation - I got receipts
Every year they said it's over I just added to the streak
The industry's a weather system - I'm the terrain
Storms come through and I'm still standing in the same lane
Run it back - this is where it started
Run it back - built by the hard-hearted
Run it back - we been here since day one
Run it back - and we still ain't done
You want old school? I'll show you what old school costs
Every callus on the hands, every sleep that got lost
Every session 'til the morning when the whole city slept
Every no that turned to fuel, every door that got left
I watched the game get soft and commodified and clean
Watched the hunger get replaced by whatever the numbers mean
But numbers don't survive - only legacies do
And legacy gets built the way we always knew
Reps in the dark, craft when nobody's checking
That's the run it back energy - no second-guessing
Not performing for the room - performing for the work
Every bar a brick laid straight - nothing done for the smirk
Run it back - this is where it started
Run it back - built by the hard-hearted
Run it back - we been here since day one
Run it back - and we still ain't done
Run it back - before it had a name
Run it back - the foundation's still the same
This is for the ones who never once considered quitting
Who stacked the work up when the work wasn't glamorous or fitting
Who kept the fire burning when the room had no audience
When the only one who clapped at the end of the night was you
That's the run it back philosophy - no exit, no escape
You either build the thing for real or you just perform the shape
And performing shapes is easy - building things is permanent
The difference shows eventually - trust the process, learn it
We ran it back before running it back had a phrase
Before the retrospective think-pieces and the nostalgic craze
The culture's always been right here - never moved, never left
And when they ask what kept it standing - it's the ones who ran it best
Run it back
We built this
Written by: James Ellis

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