On My Back

Intro

Yeah

Uh-huh

Check

Chorus

Came up from the concrete, no handouts

Every night countin' blessings, never hand-count

Told my momma I'd make it, now the plans out

Whole city on my back, I won't tap out

Verse 1

Sixteen, bus bench, not a dollar to my name

Now I'm walkin' through these rooms where they call you by your fame

Learned to move in silence, let the noise just rearrange

Every closed door was a lesson wrapped in pain

They took my kindness for a weakness, now they know

Crossed me once, that's on you, twice, that's on my soul

I was buildin' monuments while they was diggin' holes

Now I'm sittin' at the table where they used to take the bowls

Pre-Chorus

And I ain't

Ain't the same kid that they knew back then

Had to shed my skin just to learn to win

But the fire's still the same underneath the skin

Chorus

Came up from the concrete, no handouts

Every night countin' blessings, never hand-count

Told my momma I'd make it, now the plans out

Whole city on my back, I won't tap out

Verse 2

Used to pray on a mattress on the floor

Now the penthouse view got me wantin' more

Not for the paper, for the proof I soared

Every scar I earned is a badge I wore

They ask how I sleep with the weight I carry

I say, the same way I breathe, I just don't tarry

Got a short list of people that I'd bury for

And a shorter list of people I would bury, period

Pre-Chorus

And I ain't

Ain't the same kid that they knew back then

Had to shed my skin just to learn to win

But the fire's still the same underneath the skin

Chorus

Came up from the concrete, no handouts

Every night countin' blessings, never hand-count

Told my momma I'd make it, now the plans out

Whole city on my back, I won't tap out

Bridge

Violin cryin' through the bass kick

Backin' vocals singin' what my face hid

Free improvisation, watch the space shift

Hardcore heart but the soul is Atlant' mix

Drop

Whole city

Whole city

Whole city on my back

On my back

On my back

I won't

Chorus

Came up from the concrete, no handouts

Every night countin' blessings, never hand-count

Told my momma I'd make it, now the plans out

Whole city on my back, I won't tap out