Skin Against Steel 5

Verse

Concrete sweats beneath my palms

Skyscrapers breathe the city's calm

Money talks through neon signs

I keep walking, I keep mine

Chain around my neck weighs light as air

Diamonds blind me to what's there

Every hand that reaches for a buck

I just laugh and walk it back

The city built this tower tall

To keep out who don't have the ball

I'm not chasing after anything it holds

So I don't fold

Pre-Chorus

Tell me how much steel can hold you back

Tell me why a number keeps your name attached

Chorus

Skin against steel, I'm the one that flexes first

Every dollar built this tower cursed

Hold the line where my ribs and iron meet

This is mine on feet

Verse 2

Penthouse lights go dark at nine

Someone's rich but someone's still mine

Rooftop views of smoke and sirens spinning

I don't need a seat to know I'm winning

Every floor that counts me out

Just adds the height to my doubt-less sound

Glass tower shaking, concrete shakes too

Something underneath this city breaks through

Pre-Chorus

Tell me how much steel can hold you back

Tell me why a number keeps your name attached

Chorus

Skin against steel, I'm the one that flexes first

Every dollar built this tower cursed

Hold the line where my ribs and iron meet

This is mine on feet

Bridge

I was raised beneath the subway track

Where the walls don't care what you lack

Whatever's upstairs, it built its throne

Off every kid who never made it home

So I walk through doors that lock behind

I leave the numbers in the design

Chorus

Skin against steel, I'm the one that flexes first

Every dollar built this tower cursed

Hold the line where my ribs and iron meet

This is mine on feet