Burn Low, Burn Long

Intro - DJ scratches over upright bass

Uh... steady now

Verse 1

I stopped counting the sprint, started counting the season

Every no was a note that I filed under reason

Rhodes chord bruised purple, horn stab in the corner

I ain't rushin' the water, I'm just widening the border

They want the flash of the flame, I want the coal underneath it

Burn slow, burn low, burn long, believe it

Craft is a landlord, it collect every month

Pay it in the practice, never pay it in a stunt

Hook - Roots reggae style

(Slow fire, steady, never blow out)

Let it burn low, burn low, burn low deep

(Slow fire, steady, hold the road out)

Watch the ground keep, ground keep, ground keep

(Slow fire, steady, no borrow, no lie)

Feel the season roll, season roll, season roll by

(Slow fire, steady, mornin' after the night)

Watch the light rise, light rise, light rise

Verse 2

Dug through a decade to find a two-bar breath

Chopped it till it stumbled, then I loved it to death

Jazz kit brushed easy, upright walkin' the block

Every rest is a sentence, that's the part they forgot

I don't need the whole room, I just need the front eight

Turn a Tuesday to a temple, turn the wait into weight

They ask me what I'm building when it's quiet on the page

Same fire, lower flame, longer stay

Hook - Roots reggae style

(Slow fire, steady, never blow out)

Let it burn low, burn low, burn low deep

(Slow fire, steady, hold the road out)

Watch the ground keep, ground keep, ground keep

Bridge

(sample cuts, tape stop)

The rush was never the road

The road was the rush

I just had to slow enough to feel it

Outro - scratches fade over soul sample

Steady... steady now