Hood Ninja Chronicles

Hood ninja, move in silence,

never speak on what I know,

Came up from the cold nights,

had to find my own road.

Ten toes in the struggle,

kept my heart beneath the coat,

They was sleeping on the kid,

now they watching how I glow.

Hood ninja, all black fit when I slide through the rain,

Made a promise to my people,

we gon’ all break these chains.

Turned my losses into lessons,

turned my scars into gains,

I done seen a hundred storms,

still ain’t changed for the fame.

Hood ninja, move smooth,

don’t let ‘em throw you off track,

Came from nothing, built something,

ain’t no going back.

Stayed true through the pressure,

put the city on my back,

Hood ninja ‘til I’m gone,

and that’s a certified fact.

No pretending I’m a killer,

I’m just built for the fight,

Trying to make it out the dark and put my people in

the light.

Every move calculated when I’m plotting out my life,

’Cause the greatest kind of flex is seeing all your people right.

Too much pride to ever fold when it get rough in the

field,

Mama taught me keep it solid,

never switch for a deal.

Every scar upon my soul is just a part of the build,

They don’t know the nights I prayed just to make something that’s

real.

Hood ninja, move smooth,

don’t let ‘em throw you off track,

Came from nothing, built something,

ain’t no going back.

Stayed true through the pressure,

put the city on my back,

Hood ninja ‘til I’m gone,

and that’s a certified fact.

I’ve been moving low-key,

they don’t know what I got planned,

Built my name from the bottom,

had no helping hand.

Now I’m thinking bigger pictures—real estate,

bigger lands,

Trying to leave my bloodline something they can understand.

{fade out with vinyl crackle and distant piano}