WOLVES PLAY THE PART

Cold breath in the hallway where the furnace died

Counting coins like they were souls that I had sanctified

Ambition is a fever, keep the thermostat on low

Watch the shadows on the wall, see how the mercury will grow

We was trading copper wire just to keep the heaters running

Now the engine is a monster and you see the monster coming

Concrete stained with the dreams that never caught a wing

I'm the tax man coming back to take the heavy ring

I'm the tax man coming back to take the heavy ring

Heavy ring, heavy ring

To take the heavy ring (Yo)

Stack the paper till the ceiling fan is out of sight

We was ghosts in the alley, now we're burning through the light

Watch the whole world crumble when the wolves play the part

Turning every empty pocket into wealth on every stage

We don't talk about the struggle, we just show 'em where it led

Better count the blessings now or you'll be counting up the dead

Now the watch face heavy like a gavel in the court

Life is just a gamble and the fuse is getting short

I remember empty cupboards, now the marble's getting short

I remember empty cupboards, now the marble's ice and clean

But the hunger in the belly is a permanent machine

But the hunger in the belly is a permanent machine

Saw 'em folding in the winter, saw 'em wishing for the spring

I was busy in the dark weaving poison for the sting

Now the zip code changed but the mindset stays the same

I'm a forest fire running, they just playing with the flame (Yo)

Stack the paper till the ceiling fan is out of sight

We was ghosts in the alley, now we're burning through the light

Watch the whole world crumble when the wolves play the part

Turning every empty pocket into wealth on every stage

We don't talk about the struggle, we just show 'em where it led

Better count the blessings now or you'll be counting up the dead (Counting up the dead)

Pressure, pressure

It's all on the line (On the line)

Never thought we'd see the light of day, but the wolves don't sleep (Don't sleep, nah)

We just wait for the clock to hit the time

Apex, Concrete Shadows

You know where we started

Don't let the fire out

We gone