Count It Twice Before Sunrise

Intro

Four a.m., blinds closed, lamp low

Count it twice before sunrise, that's the code

(Ledger)

Verse

Kitchen table, stacks of ones turned into fives

Every dollar got a story, every story got a knife

Used to split one meal between my brother and my pride

Now the safe so full it's leaning like the tide

Corner store to boardroom, same hunger in my eyes

Traded bus fare for the leather, still I recognize

Every face that doubted, every door that never opened

Kept a mental list of names, now they textin', hopin'

Grandma prayed in kitchens while the rent check bounced

Now I pray in silence 'fore I let the number count

Twice through every ledger, once for what I lost

Every dollar got a ghost attached, every dollar cost

Sleep is for the settled, I ain't settled, I'm awake

Watchin' shadows turn to soldiers, watchin' hunger turn to stake

Six years, one vision, now the vision got a view

Count it twice before sunrise, that's the only thing I do

Chorus

Count it twice before sunrise, lights down low

Every dollar got a reason, every reason that I know

Brooding in the quiet, but my eyes still on the door

Count it twice before sunrise, then I count some more

Verse

Started with a hundred, folded in a sock drawer

Now it's climate-controlled, behind a vault door

Momma said be patient, patience turned to leverage

Every no I stacked became a chapter in my scripture

Cousins in the background askin' when I'm sharin'

I say when the roots deep, then the branches carry

Every night I'm sketchin' plans on napkins, torn receipts

Turned the corner block into a boulevard of streets

Silhouette against the window, city lights my witness

Every rise got sacrifice, that's the hidden business

Count the wins in silence, let the losses stay quiet

Built empire out of embers, out the ash I set it right

Clock strikes three, I'm still awake, addition in my head

Every zero got a story bout the nights I bled

Sunrise comin' soon, but the ledger ain't complete

Count it twice before it shows, then I take the streets

Chorus

Count it twice before sunrise, lights down low

Every dollar got a reason, every reason that I know

Brooding in the quiet, but my eyes still on the door

Count it twice before sunrise, then I count some more

Bridge

They ask me why I never sleep before the light

I tell 'em ghosts don't rest, they watchin' every site

This ain't about the flex, it's about the proof

That every hour I invested built a permanent roof

No shortcuts in the blueprint, every brick I laid myself

So when the sun comes up, I already know my wealth

Outro

Count it twice, put it down, let the morning come

Ledger closed, but the mission never done

Sunrise breakin', but my eyes already home

Count it twice before sunrise — that's how I've grown