No Free Handouts

Intro

{Look

They talk about the work but they don't know the grind

Back against the wall, state of mind

Turn the lights down

Listen}

Verse 1

Step on the block, man's locked in, frozen

Tunnel vision, yeah, the path has been chosen

No hesitation when we cross that line

Two hands on the wheel, man's taking what's mine

People talk heavy on a digital screen

But face-to-face, they vanish from the scene

We don't do the chat, we just do the numbers

While they slept on the squad, we broke their slumbers

Now the tables have turned and the pressure is rising

Every move tactical, no improvising

Hook

Bow! Look at the pace we're setting

No free handouts, nothing we're begging

Step in the room, man do it with force

Sticking to the plan, we don't alter the course

Yeah, ice in the veins, no panic allowed

Keeping my head way up out of the cloud

Stand my ground, yeah we live in the dark

Leaving our print, man's making a mark

Verse 2

Circle got smaller, the vision got clearer

Only competition is the man in the mirror

Heavy is the head that's wearing the crown

But we don't buckle down when the rain comes down

They want the success but they fear the position

I put in the hours, precise with nutrition

Mental is sharp, the stamina's high

No looking back at the days gone by

Bridge

Silences in the city at night

Thinking about the wrongs that we had to make right

Nobody helped when the winters were cold

Stories untold, secrets we hold

But you can't trap fire in a cage

It's time to turn the page...

Hook

Bow! Look at the pace we're setting

No free handouts, nothing we're begging

Step in the room, man do it with force

Sticking to the plan, we don't alter the course

Yeah, ice in the veins, no panic allowed

Keeping my head way up out of the cloud

Stand my ground, yeah we live in the dark

Leaving our print, man's making a mark

Outro

Yeah

Unstoppable force

You see the blueprint

We don't stop for anyone

Lock it down

Verse 3

Bwoy dem chat, but the works dem hollow

Every step we take, dem try fi follow

Me no beg friend, me no borrow sorrow

Today we eat, no wait for tomorrow

Bassline heavy when the convoy roll

Trench town spirit, yeah, we keep control

Dem say dem bad, but dem never stand tall

When the rain fall, dem a ghost in the hall

Me come from the mud, from the dust and the struggle

Every scar on me skin tell a story, no fable

Pre-Chorus

Listen when the brass dem call

(Sound the horn)

Stand up when the trumpet fall

(Stand up tall)

No retreat and no surrender

We defend the whole perimeter

Chorus

March! Every soldier in position

No permission, this a our tradition

Lock the gate, man a hold the line

Blood and honour, everything is mine

Dem can run when the pressure come near

We no move, we no show no fear

From the east to the west, we a reign

King and queen of the concrete terrain

(March, march)

(March, march)

Verse 4

They was laughing when the lights went out

Now dem asking what the noise about

Me no need no crown fi know me worth

Born with the fire since the day of birth

Patience thin, but the aim still steady

When the door lock, man already ready

Talk is cheap, but the price is steep

Promises made that dem couldn't keep

Me keep me circle tight like a drum

One wrong move and the silence come

Verse 5

Fyah bun dem, fyah bun the fake

Me no trust a smile, me no trust a handshake

Every deal done with a watchful eye

Wolf in the room, but the sheep dem fly

Money come slow when it built on truth

But it last longer than the lies of youth

Me no chase the hype, me no chase the trend

Me build fi the long run, right to the end

Steel in the spine, iron in the tone

Every man here stand on his own

Pre-Chorus

Listen when the brass dem call

(Sound the horn)

Stand up when the trumpet fall

(Stand up tall)

No retreat and no surrender

We defend the whole perimeter

Chorus

March! Every soldier in position

No permission, this a our tradition

Lock the gate, man a hold the line

Blood and honour, everything is mine

Dem can run when the pressure come near

We no move, we no show no fear

From the east to the west, we a reign

King and queen of the concrete terrain

(March, march)

(March, march)

Verse 6

Generals rise when the trumpet sound

Feet on the ground, never spin around

Dem a talk 'bout the life we live

But dem never give what we had to give

Sacrifice made in the quiet hours

Water the roots, now we smell the flowers

Me no boast, me just state the fact

Every brick we laid, we never looked back

Dem a watch from the fence, we a build the wall

One day dem a answer when the empire call

Bridge 2

When the smoke clear, who a stand?

(Who a stand)

When the drum stop, who a man?

(Who a man)

No masquerade, no disguise

Truth is the blade, look in me eyes

Empire built on the backs of the few

Now the few dem a come fi the crown, and it's due

Breakdown

Rise

(Rise)

Hold

(Hold)

Never fold

(Never fold)

Rise

(Rise)

Hold

(Hold)

Never fold

(Never fold)

Chorus

March! Every soldier in position

No permission, this a our tradition

Lock the gate, man a hold the line

Blood and honour, everything is mine

Dem can run when the pressure come near

We no move, we no show no fear

From the east to the west, we a reign

King and queen of the concrete terrain

(March, march)

(March, march)

Outro

Legacy loud, even when we gone

Every word we spoke, still living on

Dem a copy the style, dem a steal the sound

But the roots run deep in the underground

Hold firm

(No surrender)

Stand tall

(Empire)

We no bow

(We no bow)

Empire

Lock it down

End