Concrete jungle but I walk on ancient stone
Territory marked by the seeds that I have sown
No chrome in the holster just the weight of the past
Every syllable I spit is a monument cast
They flex on the corner I flex on the line
Blood of the river runs steady in my spine
Not a king of the block but a guard of the gate
Where the ancestors whisper I carry the weight
Silk roads in my veins compass in my chest
Turn the noise to the rhythm put the chaos to rest
I don't roll with the gang I roll with the code
Carve my name in the virtue lighten up the load
Ink on the page cuts deeper than steel
Roots in the earth make the foundation real
Stand tall when the wind tries to bend the pine
Legacy locked in this rhythm and rhyme
(hold the line)
We rise from the dust we guard the flame
Honor in the chest never chase the fame
Stone in the spine heart in the sky
Truth is the banner that will never die
Ink on the page cuts deeper than steel
Roots in the earth make the foundation real
Stand tall when the wind tries to bend the pine
Legacy locked in this rhythm and rhyme
(steady and true)
We rise from the dust we guard the flame
Honor in the chest never chase the fame
Stone in the spine heart in the sky
Truth is the banner that will never die
Watch the quiet water carve the deepest trench without a sound
Patience is the armor that we wear upon the ground
We don't conquer for the crown we protect what still remains
Wisdom in the marrow running through the open veins
(back to the root)
We rise from the dust we guard the flame
Honor in the chest never chase the fame
Stone in the spine heart in the sky
Truth is the banner that will never die
Step light but the ground shakes
Old ways new pace
We don't break we align
(forever the line)