Count It Twice (Version 2)

Intro

Lights off, lamp on, счет — no, just the pen and the pad

Three a.m., city cold, but the block never sleeps, never sad

Count it twice, yeah

Count it twice

Verse

Wrote my name on the wall with a nail and a stone

Slept on cardboard, dreamed in stereo, built it alone

Momma said keep your head up, kept the faith like a vow

Now the numbers on the table, I don't guess, I know how

Every dollar got a story, every scar got a date

Turned the debt into a lesson, turned the wait into weight

Empty fridge, full notebook, wrote my way out the block

Every no was a rung, climbed it up like a clock

Twelve hour shifts, forearms tired, eyes still sharp

Counting stacks in the dark room, tuning out every remark

They said slow down, said it's risky, said the odds ain't in my favor

I said watch me build a fortune out the scraps and the labor

Every step calculated, every move double-checked

Trust ain't given for free, gotta earn my respect

Grinded through the winter while the summer boys slept

Now I count what I'm owed and I keep what I kept

Chorus

Count it twice, make sure it's right

Every dollar earned through the coldest nights

I don't trust the shine till I see the weight

Count it twice, that's the price of fate

Count it twice, I built this brick by brick

No shortcuts taken, no easy trick

Every step I took was a step I paid

Count it twice, that's the game I made

Verse

Back when the lights got cut and the fridge stayed bare

Learned to read a room quicker, learned to disappear

Now I read a ledger, every entry got a name

Every risk I took was a bet against the same game

Uncle said don't chase it, said the streets don't forgive

I said watch the streets adjust when I decide to live

Turned my hunger into hustle, turned my doubt into drive

Every setback was a setup, kept the fire alive

Counted pennies in a jar just to make the rent

Now I count in stacks and every cent is well spent

Never trusted handouts, never begged for a break

Built my own foundation, no cracks, no mistake

Every night I check the math like it's holy scripture

Every gain I made, I framed it like a picture

They can talk about the come-up, talk about the climb

I just count it twice and keep it moving every time

Chorus

Count it twice, make sure it's right

Every dollar earned through the coldest nights

I don't trust the shine till I see the weight

Count it twice, that's the price of fate

Count it twice, I built this brick by brick

No shortcuts taken, no easy trick

Every step I took was a step I paid

Count it twice, that's the game I made

Bridge

Used to pray for a sign, now I am the sign

Used to chase the time, now the time is mine

Every door that closed just opened up a wall

I broke it down to bricks and built it four times tall

No luck in these hands, just calluses and proof

Every truth I speak got a receipt, got a root

Outro

Count it twice, lock it in

Every dollar's a witness to where I've been

No more doubt, no more debt to pay

Count it twice, I built my own way