Between Two Worlds

Chorus

If it's a problem, address me (address it)

Why they talk about opps, can you tell me?

I ain't done a diss, that's a testament

I'm a menace, man, you can ask anybody

Ain't nobody in this business that I can't finish (who?)

I don't play with the devil, but I can see demons (ah)

They talk about money, but I got investments (money)

I'm the one that they need if they want deliverance (deliverance)

Verse 1

I'm still in the trap like a gymnast (still)

Free my bros out the box 'cause they missed it (free 'em)

In the studio, I'm a scientist

I make the boys wanna switch positions (I do)

It's a different story when you talk in person (facts)

Different story when you're movin' in silence (shh)

If it's beef, then go ahead and serve us (serve it)

We don't want the smoke unless it's from a lion (rawr)

Verse 2

Yeah, the streets made me a grown man (grown)

We don't talk 'bout moves to the whole fans (whole)

Ain't no taking shortcuts, we know the toll is expensive (expensive)

When they see the car that you pulled up in (skrrt)

Ain't no taking days off or holidays (none)

I don't need to lie, but it's honest (no lie)

Verse 3

I'm the voice of the kids that's been lost in the system (lost)

When I walk through the streets, I'm the topic of discussion (shh)

I'm a saint with a gangster persona (uh-huh)

It's a fine line between the two (true)

But I know what the Lord wanna do

I just prayed for the strength to get through

Verse 4

'Cause I'm trapped in between two worlds (trapped)

And the weight of the world on my shoulders (weight)

It's hard to tell the difference between friends and foes (foes)

When the money gets old, they expose you (betrayal)

So I keep my circle small like a hoop (circle)

Chorus

If it's a problem, address me (address it)

Why they talk about opps, can you tell me? (Can you?)

Ain't nobody in this business that I can't finish (who?)

I don't play with the devil, but I

Verse 5

Roll call in the morning, laced boots on the pavement (hup)

I don't march for no man, I just move with the cadence (move)

Sergeant of the squad, every order I gave 'em

Turned a block to a base, now the postcode is sacred (sacred)

Trumpets on the warpath, sample chopped like a rations (chop)

Future bass in the chamber, cyber horns in the bastion (boom)

They was sleepin' on the kid, now the sleeper has awakened (wake up)

Baghdad, Bow, and the Bronx, any borough I'm stationed (any)

Bridge

Left, right, left, I don't need no permission (left)

Spoken word on the drill, that's a poet's ambition (speak)

They wanted me finished, wanted me in a prison (wanted)

Now the mandem salute when the general's risen (salute)

No retreat, no surrender, that's the code that I'm livin' (no)

Every loss was a lesson, every lesson a ribbon (yes)

So I wear 'em like medals on a chest that's still beatin' (still)

You can doubt me all you want, I'm still here, still breathin' (still)

Verse 6

Opps in my mentions, I ain't readin' the comments (nah)

I was built in the trenches, forged under the armaments (steel)

They said I wouldn't make it, now my name is a monument (facts)

Turned a pen to a weapon, every bar is a consequence (bow)

My brother on the wing, I'm still sendin' him packages (love)

Mum prayin' for peace while I'm chasin' the damages (mum)

Ain't no fairytale ending in the streets where the savages (no)

Turn your friends into ghosts, then they ask where the magic is (gone)

Pre-Chorus

So when the trumpets sound (sound)

And the drums come down (down)

Tell 'em I stood my ground (ground)

Tell 'em I held my crown (crown)

Chorus

If it's a problem, address me (address it)

Why they talk about opps, can you tell me? (Can you?)

Ain't nobody in this business that I can't finish (who?)

I don't play with the devil, but I can see demons (ah)

They talk about money, but I got investments (money)

I'm the one that they need if they want deliverance (deliverance)

Post-Chorus

Soldier, soldier, stand up (stand up)

Soldier, soldier, stand up (stand up)

Brass and drums, we don't fold up (no)

Soldier, soldier, stand up (stand up)

Verse 7

Cyber symphony playin' while the city is wakin' (play it)

I don't need no applause, I need bodies that's shakin' (move)

They be talkin' 'bout legacy, I be talkin' 'bout stakes and (stakes)

Every move is a chess piece, every step is a statement (check)

Sample flip like a page from a book that they banned (flip)

I'm the voice of the voiceless, put the mic in

Verse 8

They thought the war was over when the trumpets got quiet (nah)

But the general don't retire, he just reloads the riot (load)

I been buildin' an empire out of patience and violence (brick by brick)

Every silence I kept was a bar that I was writin' (pen)

Now the horns in the distance sound like judgement approachin' (boom)

I ain't runnin' from nothin', I was born in the open (born)

Mum's kettle on the stove, kettle whistlin' like a warnin' (hsss)

Same block, same postcode, but the boy turned a storm in (storm)

Verse 9

Salute to the fallen, they live in the ink (salute)

Every name on my chest is a reason to think (think)

I don't sip for the clout, I don't drink for the link (no)

I just move like a ghost through the smoke and the stink (gone)

They was countin' my losses like coins in a tin (count)

Now they countin' my wins like the odds on a king (check)

Bow my head when I enter, but I never bow to men (never)

'Cause the crown that I carry was forged in the pen (steel)

Pre-Chorus

So when the trumpets call (call)

And the banners fall (fall)

Tell 'em I gave my all (all)

Tell 'em I stood up tall (tall)

Chorus

If it's a problem, address me (address it)

Why they talk about opps, can you tell me? (Can you?)

Ain't nobody in this business that I can't finish (who?)

I don't play with the devil, but I can see demons (ah)

They talk about money, but I got investments (money)

I'm the one that they need if they want deliverance (deliverance)

Post-Chorus

Soldier, soldier, stand up (stand up)

Soldier, soldier, stand up (stand up)

Brass and drums, we don't fold up (no)

Soldier, soldier, stand up (stand up)

Verse 10

Marchin' through the cyber fog with a torch in my teeth (move)

Every lyric a landmine, every verse a belief (boom)

I don't need me a label, I'm the boss and the chief (boss)

Turned a council estate to a castle, no relief (no)

They was prayin' on my downfall, kneelin' in the street (pray)

Now they askin' for a feature, I just send 'em a beat (ha)

I ain't bitter, I'm better, that's the difference in me (better)

Left the past in the past where it's supposed to be (gone)

Verse 11

Spoken word on a war drum, listen to the cadence (listen)

Every bar a battalion, every breath a persuasion (bow)

They don't want me in power, so I built me a nation (built)

Out of kids from the bottom with a dream and a patience (dream)

Sample sliced like a medal on a chest that's still beatin' (chop)

Future bass in my ribcage, cyber horns when I'm speakin' (boom)

They can doubt me forever, I ain't here for the season (nah)

I'm the voice of the trenches, that's a permanent reason (forever)

Bridge 2

Sound the alarm (alarm)

Sound the alarm (alarm)

I ain't come here to harm (no)

I came here to disarm (peace)

Every soldier in the field gotta answer to a name (name)

Mine's carved in the pavement where the rain never drains (carved)

So when history asks who was standin' in the flame (who)

Tell 'em I was the one that refused to go insane (I did)

Verse 12

They can keep the applause, I want acres and peace (peace)

Turn a war into a harvest, plant a seed in the streets (grow)

Mum's prayers in my pocket like a shield in the heat (mum)

Every time I felt low, I just stood on my feet (stand)

Ain't no shortcuts to glory, ain't no cheat for the crown (none)

Every fall was a lesson, every lesson a town (learned)

Now the trumpets keep soundin' and the drums keep poundin' (boom)

And the general's still standin' while the rest are still clownin' (stand)

Outro

(Stand up)

(Stand up)

So when the trumpets sound

Tell 'em I held my crown

Soldier, soldier, stand up (stand up)

Soldier, soldier, stand up (stand up)

One more time for the fallen (fallen)

One more time for the