Verse 1] (tight, percussive delivery)
Clock in — sun down
Clock out — sun up
Fourteen hours straight
Just me and my luck
Same faces, fake grins
Handshake, then cut
Smiles at my front door
Knives in my gut
Said “we a team,” right?
Funny how it ends
They share all my secrets
I just share the rent
I gave ‘em everything
They gave me a show
Talking in circles
Thought I’d never know
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🔥 [Pre-Chorus] (build, tension rising)
Now I don’t say much
I just move in silence
Every scar turned strategy
Every loss is guidance
Yeah they talk, let ‘em talk
I don’t owe ‘em nothing
I was built in the dark
Now I’m turning it to something
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💥 [Chorus – DROP] (big, chantable, wide)
I been working through the pain (through the pain)
Long days, long nights in my lane
Used to have a heart
Now it’s stone in my chest
Had to lose that trust just to give my best
I don’t need new friends
I’m good on my own
If you weren’t in the dark
You won’t see my glow
Twelve — fourteen — grind till I’m bones
I stayed real, you changed
Now I’m cold as stone (cold as stone)
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🎸 Post-Chorus Hook (crowd chant)
Cold as stone…
Cold as stone…
Built it alone…
Now I’m in my zone…
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[Verse 2] (more aggressive tone)
Break room, blank stares
All teeth, no soul
They toast when I’m there
Then hope that I fold
Heard my name in rooms
I ain’t stepped in
Plans that I built
Turned into their win
Used to take it personal
Lose so much sleep
Now I treat it like weather
Rain gonna fall, that’s the street
So I stack these hours
Like bricks in a wall
Every scar, every rumor
Just making me tall
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🔥 [Pre-Chorus] (bigger)
I don’t chase love
I don’t chase approval
Turned pain into focus
Turned doubt into fuel
Yeah they switched, that’s fine
I just leveled alone
You played both sides
Now I’m carved in stone
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💥 [Chorus – BIGGER]
I been working through the pain (through the pain)
Long days, long nights in my lane
Used to have a heart
Now it’s stone in my chest
Had to lose that trust just to give my best
I don’t need new friends
I’m good on my own
If you weren’t in the dark
You won’t see my glow
Twelve — fourteen — grind till I’m bones
I stayed real, you changed
Now I’m cold as stone (cold as stone)
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💔 [Bridge] (strip → explosive build)
I ain’t bitter — I’m better
Cut the ropes, lost the weight
You can talk — whatever
I’m too busy staying late
(build drums + synth)
Yeah I switched up — tougher
But I kept my soul
You turned on me for nothing
I turned pressure into gold
(pause — silence hit)
Now watch me…
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💥 FINAL CHORUS (anthem level)
I been working through the pain (through the pain)
Long days, long nights — no escape
Used to have a heart
Now it’s stone in my chest
But that stone made me stronger than the rest
I don’t need new friends
I built my own throne
If you weren’t in the dark
You won’t see how I’ve grown
Twelve — fourteen — grind till I’m gone
I stayed real, you changed
Now I’m cold as—
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🔥 OUTRO (DROP / CHANT LOOP)
STONE
Cold as stone
Built it alone
Now I’m in m