Smoke Rises

INTRO

Pressure made a diamond outta me…

Watch me walk through the fire slow.

HOOK

Smoke rise—yeah, I walk through steady,

Pressure on me but the boy too ready.

Tried to cut me down, now they all think twice,

’Cause I climb out the fire like the flames my vice.

VERSE 1

I been down bad, had to crawl through the ashes,

Heart turned cold from the heat of the clashes.

City on my back, but I move like a phantom,

Every scar on my skin turned me into an anthem.

They was prayin’ on a fall, I was prayin’ for a sign,

Now I’m lookin’ at the smoke like ‘yeah, that’s mine.’

Walkin’ through the shadows with a glow in my chest,

If pain made kings, then I’m already blessed.

PRE-HOOK

I don’t break, I don’t fold,

Turn the weight into gold…

Every step through the fire

Got me feelin’ inspired…

HOOK

Smoke rise—yeah, I walk through steady,

Pressure on me but the boy too ready.

Tried to cut me down, now they all think twice,

’Cause I climb out the fire like the flames my vice.

VERSE 2

I don’t fear nothin’ that bleeds like me,

If the world want smoke, let it breathe, I’m free.

Turned losses to lessons, turned lessons to weapons,

Now I’m steppin’ on the doubt with a holy aggression.

They was talkin’ on my name, now they whisper instead,

’Cause the kid came alive when they thought I was dead.

I’m the storm in the calm, I’m the calm in the riot,

If the fire get loud, I just learn to stay quiet.

BRIDGE

I walked through the smoke alone,

But I found my way back home…

Every burn made me shine so bright,

Now I glow in the darkest night…

FINAL HOOK

Smoke rise—yeah, I walk through steady,

Pressure on me but the boy too ready.

Tried to cut me down, now they all think twice,

’Cause I climb out the fire like the flames my vice.

OUTRO

Pressure made a diamond outta me…

Pressure made a diamond outta me…