Steel Crown 4

Verse

Old streets hum under the cold rain light

Concrete still holds the weight of a thousand nights

I used to move through shadows like a ghost in glass

Now my name's lit up over a street that I built fast

Sixteen years since the last time I was broke

Held three jobs, slept on a couch with an empty box for a bed

Momma cried when I left but she never asked me why

Said go make a name before you say goodbye

Pre-Chorus

So how do you explain it when the world turns green?

When the struggle's behind you and you still mean everything

Chorus

Steel crown, steel crown shining on my head tonight

Every doubt that walked beside me turned into light

From concrete to the top of the sky

Steel crown, steel crown, I won't say goodbye

Verse 2

Sneakers to designer suits in one short season

Every handout's a debt I'm paying with reason

I built this city block by block, brick for brick

Now they call me king but I remember what it took

Riots and rallies, tear gas and the pride

Watching justice fall only made my will abide

People say I'm power hungry, I just say I care enough to fight

So they call it ego when a man runs up on hope

Pre-Chorus

So how do you explain it when the world turns green?

When the struggle's behind you and you still mean everything

Chorus

Steel crown, steel crown shining on my head tonight

Every doubt that walked beside me turned into light

From concrete to the top of the sky

Steel crown, steel crown, I won't say goodbye

Bridge

I used to run from darkness now I chase it down

Sweat and smoke, the whole block lifting their hands up like a crown

Nothing built on fear stands when the first wind blows through

So I'm not afraid of falling if this is what it's for me to do

Chorus

Steel crown, steel crown shining on my head tonight

Every doubt that walked beside me turned into light

From concrete to the top of the sky

Steel crown, steel crown, I won't say goodbye