Paper Crown

Intro

Yeah, ayy, hey-yi, hey-yi

Preston—let's go, ayo

Verse

Preston got a plastic crown, I'm checkin' for the seams, yeah

Talkin' like a headline but you're small on the screen, yeah

Bought the spotlight, rented noise, applause on layaway (uh-huh)

You post like you a moment, I live like I make waves (skrrt)

All your bars got stickers, glossy, cheap veneer

Say you got a movement, but it's just a souvenir

King of the comment section, keyboard gladiator (bam)

Out here flexin' borrowed clout like it's a favorator

You recycle catchphrases, run 'em back like rewinds

I rhyme in color; you copy in black-and-white lines

Preston, you're a demo track stuck on endless loop

I drop a verse, lights change, now watch you regroup

Your hype's a paper helium—watch the air leave

I breathe real heat, you fizz like a cheap sleeve (ha)

All that flex is filler, all that noise is filler (yeah)

Call it what it is: you're a prop, I'm the pillar

Pre-chorus

You act like you the vibe, but the vibe don't stay (no)

I show up, main event, you just play the play (play)

Say my name? Say my name? Nah, you say it wrong

Try to build a legend—man, your blueprint's gone (gone)

Chorus

Preston, Preston, paper crown, paper throne (Preston)

Preston, Preston, echo hollow, all alone (Preston)

Preston, Preston, say my name but miss the tone (Preston)

Preston, Preston, rented fame, expired phone (Preston)

Preston, Preston, paper crown, paper throne (Preston)

Preston, Preston, echo hollow, all alone (Preston)

Preston, Preston, say my name but miss the tone (Preston)

Preston, Preston, rented fame, expired phone (Preston)

Verse

Look, you chatter loud but your catalog is thin (thin)

Photoshop a legacy but never built from within (no)

You parade like thunder but it's just models of rain

I write my thunder in the ledger of real pain

You got a playlist, curated—brand deals and filtered drinks

I got a whole album of nights you couldn't even think

Your bars are fast-food slogans, my lines age like wine (ah)

You spit a catchy line—call it borrowed design (yuh)

Preston, you a headline, not a story (story)

A highlight reel with no purgatory

You hype a weekend, I cement an era

You tag along the chorus, I'm the reason they remember (remember)

Your clever turns are rented, your hustle is a lease

You sell a little flash and dream a little peace

You chase applause like loose change in a couch (ayy)

I'm counting royalties while you still bargain for the ouch

You want a name that hangs, I want a name that rings

You want the mirror's nod, I want the people's wings

You play at being danger with a foam sword (foam)

I bring the doors down—crowd roar, encore (encore)

Bridge

Oh-oh, hey, hey, that's right (that's right)

Preston, watch the chessboard, I'm takin' flight (flight)

Uh-huh, oh-oh, you play the scene (play)

But real ones remember what real ones mean (remember)

Chorus

Preston, Presto