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Self Defense

Hip-Hop/Rap

Self Defense was released on June 27, 2025 by esosamadeit as a part of the album Reactions - EP

Song Details

AlbumReactions - EP

Release DateJune 27, 2025

Labelesosamadeit

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM72

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

esosa

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Elijah Givens

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

esosa

Producer

Lyrics

I was down bad starving, no food in the fridge

Just a .40 and a blunt and revenge in my ribs

Mama stressin' over rent, had to jump that fence

Tryna flip 28 like it's self-defense

Bro got caught, now he facing them numbers

We was posting with sticks while y'all posed for summers

Ain't no flex in the trap, just a bag and a hunger

You gon' either turn shooter or end up a runner

Caught my first case, I ain't even say shit

Sat quiet in the room, just stared at the bricks

Lawyer said"You lucky, they ain't got the flicks"

Told him luck ain't real, it's just timing and grit

Used to slide in the winter with holes in shoes

Now I step like a king through a block full of goons

You was watching cartoons, I was watching for swoops

Had the 12 on my back like my name Ray Lewis

We don't fold, not when them shots get fired

Not when that time get passed, not when that cell get wired

We don't fold not for stripes or fame

We ride for blood and names, not for clout or games

We don't fold when the pack get low

When the plug go ghost, we just get that dough

We don't fold when the fake switch sides

Let 'em talk online, we just take that ride

I been stabbed in the back by the ones I fed

Seen envy in eyes when the table got bread

I don't call no favors, I just load and prep

If it's war, then it's war, we don't post no threats

Keep a Glock on the dash, one eye on the mirror

Paranoia in my soul, got me gripping it clearer

I don't talk in the whip, don't fuck with Siri

Cause the feds got drones that'll hear you clearly

Lil bro in the trap tryna earn his name

Told him"It ain't about fame, just play the game"

If he moves too loud, he gon' catch that flame

Whole city in shock, can't forget that name

Got a fiend who text, say the work saved lives

But I hate how I'm killing just to keep us alive

It's a war every day, gotta walk that line

Either trap or rap, or you stuck doin' time

We don't fold not even when the reaper speak

When the judge say"life" we don't twitch, don't blink

We don't fold never told, never ran

I was raised by wolves with a blade in hand

We don't fold not for bread or checks

I lost more to the streets than I'll ever regret

We don't fold write that deep in stone

Only time I kneel is when I pray alone

They gon' feel me when I'm gone, I just pray I'm heard

Put pain in my pen, every sentence burn

All the shit I survived coulda flipped my nerves

But I walk like a king through a place that's cursed

Put Broski on plays, now he up, that's right

I don't do this for likes, I don't need no hype

I was serving that dark just to see some light

Put my soul in a verse, let the streets recite

Told shorty"I love you, but I'm married to risk"

She cried when I left with the pole in grip

Ain't no peace in the path that I chose to grip

But I still thank God when the sunlight hit

If I die tonight, just remember my code

I ain't tell, I ain't ran, I ain't begged no soul

Let the pain in my name be the tale they told

I was real, I was cold, but I never fold

We don't fold not when death get close

Not when the Opps ride deep, we still up that toast

We don't fold when it's him or me

I done cried through funerals, now my eyes don't leak

We don't fold this a war, not a show

This for all of my dawgs that ain't make it home

We don't fold say it loud and clear

If you still ten toes, put your pain in the air

Written by: Elijah Givens

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