DEAD ENDZ

{atmospheric vinyl crackle, low filter sweep} {distant pitch-shifted vocal ad-lib} (mmmmm-hmmmmm) {sub

bass swell} Streetlights paint the rain like silver on my trainers,

every breath hangs heavy while the city's whispering my name.

I move slow but my mind's on a thousand different pages,

chasing every promise that the night could never tame,

they wanna see me fall but I just turn the pressure into

rhythm, every scar became a lyric,

every lesson found a frame,

no shortcuts, just miles in these soles and quiet ambition,

now the echoes of the struggle only sharpened up my aim.

I don't need the loudest voice when the silence speaks volumes,

every step says more than all the hype they entertain,

heart steady, eyes focused,

never folding for approval,

'cause the real recognise the real when they're walking through the rain,

if I rise then the whole team's rising,

that's the code I carry,

no pretending, no disguising,

only truth inside my veins.

From the ends where dreams are fragile but determination's iron,

we turned doubt into a soundtrack and made hope our only flame,

so when the beat drops low and the bass rolls deep beneath

the skyline, everybody feels the weight before they're singing the refrain:

{riser build, heavy sub drop} We don't break,

we bend, then we build it back stronger,

one day at a time till the whole world's saying our name,

we don't fade, we glow,

getting brighter every moment,

through the dark we found the light and now we're never going

the same way again.

(never again, yeah) Slow motion but we're moving with intention,

every heartbeat got a purpose,

every verse became a lane,

if tomorrow never promised then today is worth embracing,

and I'll wear every chapter like a medal earned through pain,

hands high for the ones still dreaming,

heads high for the believers,

this is more than just a rhythm,

this is life inside a frame,

and when the music finally fades you'll still remember how it felt,

'cause the soul inside the story always lingers long after the fame.

{music fades to vinyl static,

final sub-bass heartbeat}