FROM RUBBLE TO RULE

They saw the fall.

They saw the damage.

What they didn’t see…

was the plan in the rubble.

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I came up from fragments, dust in my lungs,

Hands full of scars, still holdin’ my tongue.

They thought when it broke, that I broke too—

Nah, I learned how to build somethin’ stronger than you.

I stood where the smoke still stained the sky,

Every loss whisperin’ “either die or rise.”

I chose rise, but not loud or fast,

Brick by brick, I respected the past.

I buried excuses in broken stone,

Turned isolation into a throne.

You call it survival—I call it rule,

‘Cause I learned command

where the weak just move.

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From rubble to rule! (STAND UP!)

From dust to domain! (WHAT!)

What tried to bury me

gave me my name!

From rubble to rule! (NO DOUBT!)

I didn’t complain! (WHY!)

I built authority

straight out the pain!

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I ain’t inherit power, I inherited pressure,

God didn’t crown me—He measured me first.

Every delay was a lesson in patience,

Every closed door trained my navigation.

I don’t flex success, I move with restraint,

I remember the hunger, I honor the pain.

Kings don’t brag, they organize,

They move pieces calm, never beg the sky.

I watched fake strength collapse from attention,

Real power don’t need recognition.

I was forged where nobody cheered—

So when I speak now,

people hear.

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From rubble to rule! (TELL ‘EM!)

From scars to seat! (FACTS!)

I didn’t chase power—

it grew in me!

From rubble to rule! (LISTEN!)

From loss to law! (NOW!)

Everything I survived

now answers my call!

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I didn’t win ‘cause I wanted it more.

I won ‘cause I stayed

when it wasn’t worth it anymore.

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They gon’ say “overnight” like time don’t count,

Like they was there when the lights went out.

I don’t explain wins I bled to achieve,

If you wasn’t there,

you don’t need to believe.

I don’t rule with fear, I rule with presence,

Earned my weight through consequence.

When I speak, it’s not to impress—

It’s to direct

what comes next.

So if you see me now, standin’ still,

Understand this—

stillness is will.

I don’t rush, I don’t chase applause…

I built an empire

from broken laws.

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FROM RUBBLE TO RULE! (NO DOUBT!)

FROM NOTHING TO NAME! (WHAT!)

I AIN’T SURVIVE THIS PLACE—

I RAN THE FLAME!

FROM RUBBLE TO RULE! (STAND UP!)

REMEMBER THE COST! (WHY!)

EVERYTHING I BUILT

CAME FROM WHAT I LOST!

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Rubble is only ruin

if you don’t learn how to rule from it.