Bands Up

Intro

Ayy, skrrt, ayy (yuh)

Count it up, count it up, count it up (count it)

Ha, huh, yeah, ayy (let's go)

Verse

I came from the basement where the ceiling had a leak, yeah I'm patchin' every stitch

Went from ramen to racks, every night a new stitch, every move a new pitch

Pocket full of commas, pockets had the moths, I fed 'em with ambition

Now my momma drivin' different cars, my cousins rock a different vision

Said I couldn't do it, I turned the doubt into fuel, now I'm pushin' past the limit

They want a piece of the blueprint, but they never held the pencil, they just mimic

Saint in the projects wearin' chains like medals, I'm baptized in the hustle

Numbers talk, I let 'em scream, I keep the silence on the muscle

Skrrt through the lot, brakes cry, tires sing off a neon-free line (nah)

Play the game like chess, they play checkers tryna copy every sign

I move in shadows I don't claim 'em, I illuminate the lane I carve (light)

Get rich slow, move fast, like a thief who learned to write his art (ayy)

Paper cut from the profit, ink runnin' from my ledger like a scar

Enemies in tuxedos, smile fake, I read 'em like a bar

Got shooters on the 'gram, but real ones hold their tongue and guard

Watch me double every loss into a lesson, that's the charge

(uh-huh) grind like midnight sermon, count the blessings, count the scars

(yuh) talk is cheap, I'm on a budget when I spend these scars

(ayy) pockets muscle up, who we rippin' off? the ledger stars

(ha) foreign on the dash, heartbeat hitch when the rubber tar

Chorus

Bands up, racks up, make it bounce, watch it double (bands up) (bands up) (bands up) (bands up)

Bands up, racks up, make it bounce, watch it double (bands up) (bands up) (bands up) (bands up)

Come get it, come get it, we don't wait, we hustle (come get it) (come get it) (come get it) (come get it)

Come get it, come get it, we don't wait, we hustle (come get it) (come get it) (come get it) (come get it)

Verse

I kept my circle tight like laces, no loose threads, no betrayal stains

Trust cost a fortune, I invest it back in crews that move like trains

Stack a story in a suitcase, closed locks, move quiet, never plain

There's winners in the cupboard, losers on my tail, I shake 'em off like rain

Got a ledger full of promises they wrote then burned, I keep receipts

Lessons served cold, now my future tastes like servings from a feast

They call it luck, I call it habit, calendar marked by consistent feats

From a bunk bed to a rooftop, now we toast with different heat

I flip the script, plot twist, watch the narrative reframe (flip)

Paid my dues, bought the silence, now the silence speaks my name (shh)

Countin' commas like a metronome, the tempo change my aim (tick)

My reflection got a beard, my reflection with a chain (bling)

Enemies dress in Prada, but the sorrow still look plain

Can't buy time, but I can buy the hours, fill 'em with t