

Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro] Started out empty Quiet room, loud doubt Hand-me-down hoodie Whole life blacked out [Verse 1] Cracks in the ceiling Cold floor, thin walls Mama said “keep going” When the bills came, calls Shoes had holes But the hunger had teeth Writing names in the fog Just to see me believe I was my own rumor Nothing but a flicker in the dark Only thing that I owned Was this beat in my heart Every setback, stone in the backpack Weight on my spine, learned to bend, never snap back Talking to the mirror like “Who you ‘bout to be?” Answer came quiet “Everything they can’t see” [Chorus] From nothing to a name From ashes to a flame (yeah) They’ll say it overnight But I bled for every day I carved it in the pain I wrote it in the rain I started as a shadow Now I’m walking in the frame From nothing to a legend Nothing to a legend They’ll study all the glory I remember every second From nothing to a name From ashes to a flame I started as a whisper Now they gotta say my name [Verse 2] Friends turned weather Gone when the storm came I was in the staircase Praying for a door change Pocket full of “later” Heart full of right now Fear in the throat But I still learned to bite down Every “no” was a note in the anthem Every loss, blueprint for the mansion Dreams on layaway Pride on the pavement Turned my rock bottom To a rooftop statement (hey!) Told my future, “hold on I’m crawling up slow” Stitches on my story But it still gotta glow They see the highlight reel I see the hallway sleeps They hear the chorus I remember learning how to breathe [Chorus] From nothing to a name From ashes to a flame They’ll say it overnight But I bled for every day I carved it in the pain I wrote it in the rain I started as a shadow Now I’m walking in the frame From nothing to a legend Nothing to a legend They’ll study all the glory I remember every second From nothing to a name From ashes to a flame I started as a whisper Now they gotta say my name [Bridge] Tell the kids with the broke hearts “Every crack is a map, that’s your road chart” Every tear, every scar, every bad year That’s the price for the crown they’ll call “magic” later (oh yeah) When they doubt you Let the doubt be fuel They don’t see the roots They just praise the bloom I was once like you Hands cold, hope thin Then I bet on the voice Buried deep within [Chorus] From nothing to a name From ashes to a flame They’ll say it overnight But I bled for every day I carved it in the pain I wrote it in the rain I started as a shadow Now I’m walking in the frame From nothing to a legend Nothing to a legend They’ll study all the glory I remember every second From nothing to a name From ashes to a flame I started as a whisper Now they gotta say my name
Tags
rap, Dark cinematic hip-hop with sparse, echoing piano over brooding drums and deep sub-bass; verses are tight, double-time capable rap with crisp male vocals, roomy reverb, and occasional stacked ad-libs; hook swells with choir-like harmonies, widened stereo piano chords, and a lifting string pad for an epic, haunting rise from grit to legend., hip hop, inspiring
3:40
No
2/26/2026