[Intro]
Started from nothing
More than a number
Cold in my stomach
Fire in my knuckles (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Level one, bare hands, busted shoes
No map, just scars, old bad news
They laughed, said, "Kid, know your place"
I trained till the pain turned to grace
Push-ups on the concrete, rain in my teeth
Hunger in my chest, dreams underneath
Every L I took, I logged that score
Turned minus signs into something more
[Pre-Chorus]
I was zero, just a ghost on the page
Now I glow like a code breaking out of the cage
Every setback fed that flame inside
Every "can't" that they threw, I let it slide
[Chorus]
Power level started at zero
Now I'm sittin' on 9-9-9-9
Every wound made me more of a hero
Every fall just sharpened my mind
You can count me out, but I climb
Watch the meter rise, real time
From the dark to the sky, yeah I shine
From zero up to 9-9-9-9 (hey!)
[Verse 2]
I was stuck at the bottom, second voice says "fight"
I was talking to the mirror like, "We won't die quiet"
I was crying in the silence, now I riot on the mic
Turn a whisper to a war cry, storm in my eyes
I was minus, broken, hidden in the cracks
Now I’m plus, overloaded, never going back
Every tear that I tasted was fuel in my veins
Now my heartbeat’s heavy, breaking all chains
[Pre-Chorus]
We were zeros, just a blur in the crowd
Now we stride through the smoke, standing proud
Every stumble, yeah, it carved these lines
Every night in the dark rewrote our design
[Chorus]
Power level started at zero
Now we're sittin' on 9-9-9-9
Every wound made us more of a hero
Every fall just sharpened our minds
They can count us out, but we climb
Watch the meter rise, real time
From the dark to the sky, now we shine
From zero up to 9-9-9-9
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to piano and solo violin]
Count it up slow
One, two, breakthrough
Three, four, stayed true
Five, six, they switched
Seven, eight, we fixed
Nine, ten, again
Now every digit just bends
When will it end?
Never
We go higher together (yeah)
[Chorus]
Power level started at zero
Now we're livin' at 9-9-9-9
Every wound made us more of a hero
Every fall just sharpened our minds
You can count us out, but we climb
Watch the meter rise, real time
From the ground to the throne, we define
From zero up to 9-9-9-9 (9-9-9-9)
From the ground to the throne, we define
From zero up to 9-9-9-9