Built By Time

Ain't no choir in the fire, Just me and God
Walking through hell with a still facade
I don't need no crown of claim was mine
I'm forged in pain I'm built by time

I wore my heart like armor in a play with no end
Kings and jesters call me sinner, call me friend
But love ain't fair it bleeds in pros and rhyme
Each scar sonnet each law's divine
I broke bread with ghosts and spoken bars
Lit my lantern off the ashes of stars
The crown I wear I ain't gold it's grace and grime and
I walk my stage one prayer at a time
They said the thine own self be true
I took that sword cut through silence, pain and every load
I spoke in thunder not in tongue of men
Every verse a sermon
Every mic my opinion
They ride for fame, I ride the bridge
Turn war into worship and doubt to believe
No hug in my soul for the devil to cast
I buried my past in verses that last
And I ain't made a gold I'm gospel and grit
I walk with the broken where legend said

Ain't no choir and a fire, Just me and God
Walking through hell with a still facade
I don't need no crown to claim what's mine
I'm forged in pain, I'm built by time
Ain't no choir and a fire, Just me and God
Walking through hell with a still side
I don't need no crown to claim what's mine
I'm forged in pain, I'm built by time

I stitch my wounds with verses they never read
Dance with demons broke bread where angels bled Hope
I ain't loud it whispers when all goes dark
Like a psalm in the gutter Like a prayer with a spark
Truth kiss my scars and called them hard
God called my name in a midnight's heart
I don't chase thrones
I build them slow with faith in the mud and the rebels glow
If I fall I rise with holy spite
'Cause grace got hands and they still fight
No choir in a fire Just soul and still
I pray through pain most men don't feel didn't earn this life with fame or shine
I made by struggle, I'm built by time

Ain't no choir in a fire, Just me and God
Walking through hell with a still facade
I don't need no crown to claim was mine
I'm forged in pain, I'm built by time