Built From Nothing

Verse 1

Stacks on the dresser I count before I sleep

Every digit on my mind like a promise I keep

Mama said be patient but the city moved fast

I been grinding since the winter now the summer's a blast

Came up from the bottom where the roaches would crawl

Now the view from the 40th floor makes me feel ten feet tall

They was laughing at my dreams when I had nothing to show

Now they hit my line daily just to say hello

Pre-Chorus

Power ain't given it's taken with respect

Every move I make they watch and they collect

But I move quiet while they talkin' all loud

King in my own castle no need for a crown

Chorus

Money and power they run through my veins

Built this from nothing through joy and through pain

Money and power can't buy back the time

But I keep on climbing one step at a time

Verse 2

One phone call and the whole block know my name

Never sold my soul but I'm in this game

Ain't no shortcuts when you're building a name

Every scar on my hands is a lesson I claim

Black card in my pocket rubber bands in the safe

Respect over fortune that's the line I won't waive

They say power corrupts but I stay on the right

Took the long road home every single night

Pre-Chorus

Power ain't given it's taken with respect

Every move I make they watch and they collect

But I move quiet while they talkin' all loud

King in my own castle no need for a crown

Chorus

Money and power they run through my veins

Built this from nothing through joy and through pain

Money and power can't buy back the time

But I keep on climbing one step at a time

Bridge

Legacy ain't measured by the zeros in the bank

It's the ones I lifted up before my final rank

Give back to the block where they knew me by first name

Turn my pain to power watch the circle remain

Chorus

Money and power they run through my veins

Built this from nothing through joy and through pain

Money and power can't buy back the time

But I keep on climbing one step at a time

Money and power

(Money and power)

(One step at a time)