🎶In The Middle Hook (Bounce Chant) I’m the middle child, but I carry the flame, From the Chi-town streets to the Hall of Fame. Seen the young, seen the old, it’s a different game, But I stand in the middle, still reppin’ the name. --- Verse 1 (Chi Storytelling) Not the youngest on the block, not the oldest alive, But I seen both worlds, and I still survive. Watched the OGs hustle, seen the shorties strive, Caught between two times but I still gon’ thrive. Every era got a sound, but the truth don’t fade, Every lesson in the hood was the dues I paid. Now I bridge two worlds with the words I laid, Carry voices from the past in the moves I made. Hook I’m the middle child, but I carry the flame, From the Chi-town streets to the Hall of Fame. Seen the young, seen the old, it’s a different game, But I stand in the middle, still reppin’ the name. --- Verse 2 (Hunger + Wisdom) On the block with the youth, they respect my grind, In the room with the vets, still I hold my line. It’s a balance in the chaos, a bridge designed, To connect the generations with the words I rhyme. I seen trends come quick, I seen kings dethroned, I seen youngins blow fast, then be left alone. But the ones who endure put the roots in stone, That’s the seed I protect, that’s the legacy grown. Hook I’m the middle child, but I carry the flame, From the Chi-town streets to the Hall of Fame. Seen the young, seen the old, it’s a different game, But I stand in the middle, still reppin’ the name. --- Verse 3 (Diamond Testimony) From the South Side blocks where the winters cold, To the dreams in my chest that I still uphold. I ain’t too young to forget, ain’t too old to fold, I’m the bridge, I’m the voice, I’m the story told. So when they write this book, let the chapters show, That the middle child rose where the rivers flow. From the Chi to the world, let the anthem grow, I’m the link in the chain that they all gon’ know. Hook (Final / Choir Bounce) I’m the middle child, but I carry the flame, From the Chi-town streets to the Hall of Fame. Seen the young, seen the old, it’s a different game, But I stand in the middle, still reppin’ the name.