(Yeah... Yeah... uh)

They don't see the war, they just see the medals,

They don't see the sweat, they just see the pedals—

Flourishin’, growin’, but roots in the ghetto,

Every level got another level, never settle.

I was in the dark, no exit, no promise,

Lookin’ at the past like trauma was a goddess,

Married to the pain, got rings full of problems,

Had to break chains, now the links turn to dollars.

Blessin’ or a burden, that’s perspective,

I was learnin’ every scar is just a lesson,

Every loss is just a message in the wreckage,

Found my essence in the wreckage, now my presence got a presence.

(Ah, ahh)

Yeah, they ain't know what it cost, nah,

I was lost in the fog, yeah,

Tryna move through the dark, uh,

But the flame still spark, yeah.

I been fightin’ for my soul, tryna get up out the low,

Every step is heavy-weighted, I ain't break, I took control,

Turned the pressure into diamonds, now I’m shinin’ through the cold,

It’s a burden, it’s a blessin’, but the story gotta be told.

Mind racin’, had to pace it, never basic, had to face it,

Had a dream, but it’s adjacent to the nightmares I was chasin’.

Tryna lace it with some meaning,

Every season got its reasons,

Every demon got its grievance,

Tryna keep me from believin’—

But I’m breathin’—so I made it through the static,

They was sleepin’ on me heavy, had to wake em’ with the magic.

I’m not rapping for the fashion, this is passion mixed with damage,

This the road that I was handed, now my spirit never famished.

(Yeah)

They said pressure make diamonds,

But they never talk about the ones who break first.

Every curse got a blessing, every blessing got a cost,

But if you runnin’ from the burden, then you never pay it off.

Turned the pressure into diamonds, now I’m shinin’ through the cold,

It’s a burden, it’s a blessin’, but the story gotta be told.

They ain’t ready for the way I move

Live through the struggles had to break my rules

Yeah, they ain't ready for the way I move,

Lived through the struggle, had to break my rules,

Heart been cold but the flame still bloom,

Turned my tomb to a throne, now I reign monsoon.

Runnin’ through the fire, I been chasin’ fate,

Every scar that I carry got a price to pay,

Took the burden on my back, had to change my way,

Now the blessin’ in the pain, let it pave my way.

(Yeah, yeah)

Burden & blessin’, I carry both,

Stand on my past, but I never fold.

Story ain't written, the ink still flows,

Turn every trial into solid gold.

Turned the pressure into diamonds, now I’m shinin’ through the cold,

It’s a burden, it’s a blessin’, but the story gotta be told.