From the Block

Intro

Started from the pavement, yeah

Built these hands from nothing

Verse 1

Woke up in the morning, sun rising over concrete dreams

Fifteen with a vision, running numbers, making schemes

Momma working doubles, daddy gone, but I ain't grieving

Hit the streets, made my peace, turned my pain into a reason

Young blood hungry, stomach talking, pockets empty but I'm steady

Selling sweets by the corner, saving coins, getting ready

School by day, grind by night, balance on a razor's edge

Every scar's a lesson, every loss is just a pledge

Chorus

From the block, from the dust, built it up from trust

From the block, never stopped, turned my struggle into trust

Rose above the noise, found my voice in the pain

From the block to the top, that's the only way I came

Verse 2

Teen years in the trenches, learning more than books could teach

Street wisdom in my DNA, success within my reach

Faced the cold without a coat, made it hot inside my soul

Every deal, every trial, every night I lost control

But I learned to read the room, understand the game of greed

Turned my struggle into strength, planted my success seed

Momma proud now, looking back on how I climbed so high

From the pavement to the penthouse, this is how I fly

Chorus

From the block, from the dust, built it up from trust

From the block, never stopped, turned my struggle into trust

Rose above the noise, found my voice in the pain

From the block to the top, that's the only way I came

Outro

Yeah, started from the pavement

Now I'm chasing constellations

Mmm, from the block