Ashes To Ambition

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Look, I came from the flats where the cold don't speak

Where the lights go dim and the floors still leak

Mum worked nights just to cover that lease

While I studied the block and the art of deceit

Used to see bro with a blade in his jeans

Said, "Trust ain't real, only real is the scheme"

He got bagged on a move, now he lives through my dreams

I write pain with a pen that still drips from the seams

Council walls full of secrets and lies

Man smile in your face while they scheme in disguise

Seen man switch for a slice of the pie

Now he posts fake love while he's plotting on mine

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I was broke, had to live with the shame

Wearing creps full of holes, still dodging the rain

No heat in the crib, just a flicker of pain

Now I flame up the mic and ignite every name

One call turn a friend to a rat in a second

Gave feds the script like a movie legend

Now my name in the court like I'm part of the sentence

But I beat that case, now I rhyme with vengeance

Heart got colder than the eastern breeze

Had to cut ties clean just to find my peace

They say blood makes you fam, that's a lie they preach

'Cause my own turned ghost when I couldn't eat

Now I move like a shadow, calm and aware

Still hear voices when I'm climbing the stairs

Success feels sweet, but the scars still there

And the plaques on my wall don't compare to the prayers

I lost bro to a bag and a line

He chased fast highs, now he's lost in time

Tried calling his phone, got nothing but chimes

Now I speak to the sky through these lyrical rhymes

They doubted my rise, now they study my steps

Tryna trace pain in the weight of my breath

I don't flex for the 'gram, I just level my depth

Every bar is a wound that I wrap with finesse