A voice gets lost in the night if the walls don't listen
A dream falls silent if the streets won't glisten
So I carved my name where the echoes remain
Where the city breathes where the past leaves stains
I heard my future in the echo of a subway train
(Future in the echo) like a past unchained
Footsteps heavy yet the world won't pause
I got calloused ambition but I sharpened my cause
Whispers in the alley said "Boy stay low"
(Whispers in the alley) but my hunger said "Go"
Doubted my name thought I'd never take flight
Now my voice ricochets off the buildings at night
(Echo echo-still standing in the glow)
Took the pain made it gold now my name's what they know
(Echo echo-built my kingdom from the low)
Every verse every step let the rhythm unfold
(Echo echo-faded voices from before)
But the sound don't die it just waits at the door
(Echo echo-watch the skyline ignite)
Now my words paint the sky in the neon of night
Echo echo-still standing in the glow)
Took the pain made it gold now my name's what they know
(Echo echo-built my kingdom from the low)
Every verse every step let the rhythm unfold
Some learn the rules some rewrite the script
(Script torn pages) now I speak what I lived
From the curb to the curbside notebooks filled
Every verse like a brick-watch a kingdom get built
Car alarms hum in a minor key
(Minor key minor key) now the bass runs deep
Streetlights flicker like a heartbeat lost
But I dance in the storm-never scared of the cost
They said time moves fast but echoes stay longer
Said my dreams were frail but hunger beats stronger
They said history fades but soundwaves don't die
If I spit it with power it gets caught in the sky
(Echo echo-still standing in the glow)
Took the pain made it gold now my name's what they know
(Echo echo-built my kingdom from the low)
Every verse every step let the rhythm unfold
(Echo echo-faded voices from before)
But the sound don't die it just waits at the door
(Echo echo-watch the skyline ignite)
Now my words paint the sky in the neon of night
The walls still murmur the names they forgot
(Names they forgot) but I etched in my spot
Where they used to say "hush" now the city replies
In the echoes in the echoes-I will never subside