Urban Implosion

[Intro]

[Orchestral blast – 3 seconds

Strings and brass slam

Then instant dead mute]

[Chorus – Tenor]

From the rubble to the rain

We march (no halo)

Ash in my lungs

Stone heart

Move fatal

Sky so black it reflect my face though

Pray for the dawn in a city made of gravestones

From the sirens to the smoke

We stay cold

Step through the cracks like the ground can’t say “go”

All of these blocks tryna drag my name low

Die for the code in a city made of gravestones (yeah)

[Verse 1 – Baritone / Tenor call-response]

Baritone:

Steel in my coat

That’s weight on my conscience

Tenor:

Still I walk straight through the crossfire

Constant

Baritone:

Friends on shirts

Whole block wear portraits

Tenor:

Eyes on me

Know the path got corpses

Baritone:

Towers look down like judges

Stone faces

Tenor:

I just want bread

They just want cages

Baritone:

Whispers in alleys

Deals in the dark

Tenor:

Hope in my chest

But it beat like a march (duh-duh)

Baritone:

Hood on my head like I’m braced for the verdict

Tenor:

Every new scar got a name when I earned it

Baritone:

Rain hit the ground

That’s tears in surround

Tenor:

Still hear your voice in the silence so loud (so loud)

[Chorus – Tenor (Baritone ad-libs)]

From the rubble to the rain

We march (keep steppin’)

Ash in my lungs

Stone heart

Move fatal (stone, stone)

Sky so black it reflect my face though

Pray for the dawn in a city made of gravestones (amen)

From the sirens to the smoke

We stay cold

Step through the cracks like the ground can’t say “go” (can’t hold us)

All of these blocks tryna drag my name low

Die for the code in a city made of gravestones

[Verse 2 – Baritone / Tenor call-response]

Baritone:

Backseat talks

Whole plan in a whisper

Tenor:

One wrong word

Get erased like a picture

Baritone:

Brick by brick

Built fear into normal

Tenor:

Calling it life while we dance with the mortal

Baritone:

Mum kneel deep

Both hands on the table

Tenor:

Beg for a peace that was never on the label

Baritone:

Look in my eyes

See streets still fighting

Tenor:

Look at the sky

See the clouds like sirens

Baritone:

If I fall first

Keep walking

No trembling

Tenor:

Carve my name where the heroes ain’t mentioned

Baritone:

Cold in my tone

But I bleed for the block

Tenor:

Two voices split

Same pain

One clock (tick-tock)

[Bridge – Tenor lead

Baritone echoes]

Tenor:

Who gon’ stand when the day turns iron?

Who gon’ speak when the walls stay silent?

Who gon’ love in a land so violent?

Tenor:

Who gon’ rise from the broken ground?

Who gon’ carry every lost one’s sound?

Who gon’ swear they will hold this town?

Baritone:

(I do, I do)

(we do, we do)

[Chorus – Tenor & Baritone unison]

From the rubble to the rain

We march

Ash in my lungs

Stone heart

Move fatal

Sky so black it reflect my face though

Pray for the dawn in a city made of gravestones

From the sirens to the smoke

We stay cold

Step through the cracks like the ground can’t say “go”

All of these blocks tryna drag my name low

Die for the code in a city made of gravestones