Whole War

THE WHOLE WAR [Intro] They counting every battle I can see the whole board They were trying to win a moment I was built to win the war [Verse 1] Rinse, repeat You gon’ reap this heat You a son to me But you cannot run with me Not in my lane Not at my speed Your loudest little threat Still sounds make-believe Nothing shaped against me Gets the ending they conceived You brought conflict to a conscience Now the consequence is me I stayed standing through the pressure Kept advancing through the grief Every time they took a branch I went deeper with the tree You can win a little moment You can pose beside the score But a battle isn’t everything When someone’s built for war [Pre-Chorus] You fight for the moment I’m building something more You celebrate the battle I’m preparing for the war Take one little square Still get swept from the board Before you knew the score I already won the war [Chorus] I won the whole war Not a round, not applause Not a temporary crown From a temporary cause I won the whole war Every loss became a door You were fighting for attention I was fighting for it all I won the whole war Let the whole arena roar Every scar became a lesson Every lesson built a lord [Verse 2] Marksman with the art, man My heart is in the aim You can carry you a candle You still cannot hold the flame Can’t hold a cube to the dude I put the square in its place You were thinking two dimensions I was bending time and space You can claim you moved a mountain Because you carried off a grain I was underneath the roots Teaching mountains how to stand No contract on my calling No ceiling on the plan Small battles make you famous Long wars reveal the champ If you rise when no one’s watching If you work when no one claps If you lose but keep progressing That is how you change the map They were measuring the moment I was measuring the miles They were taking little pictures I was building the whole world [Chorus] I won the whole war Not a round, not applause Not a temporary crown From a temporary cause I won the whole war Every loss became a door You were fighting for attention I was fighting for it all I won the whole war Let the whole arena roar Every scar became a lesson Every lesson built a lord [Bridge] I took every no Every closed door Every night on my own When I couldn’t see the shore Every name they never called Every seat they never gave Every time they overlooked me Put another brick in place Winning isn’t one good day Or a number by your name It is standing in the fire And remembering why you came I don’t need today’s applause To know exactly who I am You were reaching for attention I was reaching for the land [Final Verse] Authentic Artistic Autistic Wrought with it Different kind of wiring Lightning when I talk with it Anything you brought with you I brought the opposite with it You brought noise I brought consequence You brought numbers I brought prominence You brought followers I brought confidence You dressed fiction up as fact I brought common sense Say it with your chest Put your chest and heart in it If you opened up the door Stand in the dark with it You wanted names upon the wall I removed them from the page Now the hands behind the curtain Have to watch me rearrange This is legacy and land This is standing through the storm Lost a hundred little rounds Still I carried something more I refused to leave my feet I refused to be ignored Till the road became a kingdom And the kingdom knew its lord [Final Chorus] I won the whole war Not a round, not applause Not a temporary crown From a temporary cause I won the whole war Put the numbers on the board You were fighting for a moment I was fighting for it all I won the whole war Let the whole arena roar Every loss became a lesson Every lesson built a lord [Outro] You won a round Congratulations I won the reason We were fighting The whole war