Crown of Steel

Verse 1

Came up on the corner where the lamps don't glow

Every dollar out here got a body with it

They see the chain, they see the show

But the price tag on the pavement you don't get it

Twenty deep in a car that got no plates

Prayin' on your soul with a verdict on your back

Rent the room, rent the crime, rent the fate

Money in the vault but the walls keep crack

Pre-Chorus

And the fame it moves slow

When the sirens move fast

And the gold don't ring true

When the casket won't last

Chorus

They can't save you when you're locked on the block

All the riches in the world won't open that lock

Crown of steel and it's all that you got

Every blessing on this corner just another hot shot

(Locked on the block)

(All that you got)

(Crown of steel and it's all that you got)

Verse 2

Sold my youth for a stack and a gun

Bought my name with the blood of the street

Now the fixtures on the door weigh a ton

And the mirror only shows who I cheat

They see the drip, they don't see the debt

Every feature got a ghost in the frame

Little man on the curb holding his breath

Wondering if he dies for the name

Pre-Chorus

And the fame it moves slow

When the sirens move fast

And the gold don't ring true

When the casket won't last

Chorus

They can't save you when you're locked on the block

All the riches in the world won't open that lock

Crown of steel and it's all that you got

Every blessing on this corner just another hot shot

(Locked on the block)

(All that you got)

(Crown of steel)

Bridge

I bought the watch for the time I never get

I bought the whip for the road I'll never take

I bought the world for a kingdom full of debt

And the block don't give a damn what I make

Chorus

They can't save you when you're locked on the block

All the riches in the world won't open that lock

Crown of steel and it's all that you got

Every blessing on this corner just another hot shot

(Locked on the block)

(All that you got)

(Crown of steel and it's all that you got)