Concrete hieroglyphs, the skyline is a trap
Navigating mazes while I'm keeping map tacked
The hustle is religion, independence just a blade
Count the cost of living while the city's casting shade
Systematic friction, dodging static in the dark
Looking for a harvest but they only see a spark
I'm a ghost in the machine, moving lean through the heat
Built a penthouse vision from the gravel on the street
Built a penthouse vision from the gravel on the street
Gold teeth in the gutter, watch the motor how it sputter
Keep it quiet on the low, not a single word I utter
Word I utter, word I utter, word I utter
Stacking digits, stacking visions, making surgical decisions
Turning all my failures into high-definition missions
The neon glows but the shadows move with purpose
Swimming in the deep while they barely hit the surface
Check the pulse, check the temperature, the winter's getting cold
Selling brand-new narratives with stories never told
I don't play the odds, I just multiply the outcome
Listen to the static, yeah, I'm coming for the crown
Caught in the flicker of the neon lights
Winning all the battles and then losing all the fights
Winning all the battles and then losing all the fights
The city's got a hunger that can never be fed
Chasing all the gold while the silver turns to lead
We don't stop, we don't sleep, we just multiply the flow
Everywhere I look it's just this multiply the flow
Everywhere I look it's just another place to go
Systemic, chronic, iconic with the vision
High stakes living, making every single decision
The ceiling's made of glass but I'm coming with the hammer
Navigating circles like I'm trapped inside a grammar
Navigating circles like I'm trapped inside a gram
They want the fruit but they never wanna water the root
I'm taking everything and I don't even need a suit
Check the pulse of the pavement, it's a heartbeat of grime
Trading pieces of my soul for a fraction of the time
Explicit with the truth, yeah, I'm raw with the intake
Building up a fortune from a hundred little mistakes
I don't blink, I just think, yeah, I drink from the well
From the well
Yeah, I drink from the well of the knowledge that they tried so hard to bury in a cell
Synchronized cadence with the engine in the whip
I can feel the system failing, yeah, I'm watching how it slip
No glitches in the script, just the dirt on my hands
Moving through the static and the shifting of the sands
I'm a king without a castle but the pavement is my throne
Calculating moves while I'm sitting here alone
Watch the sky turn to violet, keep the motor on silent
Peace inside my head but the city's getting violent
Caught in the flicker of the neon lights
Winning all the battles and then losing all the fights
Winning all the battles and then losing all the fights
The city's got a hunger that can never be fed
Chasing all the gold while the silver turns to lead
We don't stop, we don't sleep, we just multiply the flow
Everywhere I look it's just this multiply the flow
Everywhere I look it's just another place to go
Systemic, chronic, iconic with the vision
High stakes living, making every single decision
Systemic weight, yeah
Systemic weight
You can't feel it 'til it's on your chest
In the neon flicker, keep your vision
Yeah, we move vision, uh
Uh, yeah, we move
Static in the air, uh
Static in the air, uh
Neon flicker, yeah, gone
Gone flicker
Out of the trap
Just a ghost now, just a ghost