City lights on my skin, a different sheen
Countin' up the doubts I buried in the routine
Static in my ear, now it's a clean frequency
Traded maybes for the gas, no more in-between
They used to talk in grey, a muted symphony
I rewrote the scale in notes of platinum and honey
Scratches on the surface? Baby, that was just the money
The core's been burnin' steady, simmerin' sunny
Pressure makes the diamond, cold nights make the flame
Every misstep echoes with a different name
But the reflection in the window's changin' its frame
Can you see it? It's a slow-burn claim
I'm gonna be, gonna be golden
Gonna be, can't hold this back
Lightning in the bottle, finally un-folden
Future's on track, painted in gold, no lack
Yeah, I'm gonna be, gonna be golden
Straight through the noise and the fuss
Gonna be, gonna be golden for us
Audrey Nuna-type confidence, Rei Ami edge
EJAE flow on a razor ledge
Seen the blueprints, tore 'em up, I wrote my own pledge
Not a promise to the world, but one to my own edge
They wanna box the sound, put a label on the vibe
I'm alloyin' every genre, babe, I'm on a dive
Into the deep end where the purest streams reside
Comin' out the other side with sunlight in my eyes
Wasn't always shimmer no
Had my share of brittle, thin-glass days
But even cracks can guide the way the glory blaze
Now watch the cascade
I'm gonna be, gonna be golden
Gonna be, can't hold this back
Lightning in the bottle, finally un-folden
Future's on track, painted in gold, no lack
Yeah, I'm gonna be, gonna be golden
Echo in the static, a story told in rust
Gonna be, gonna be golden, or bust
Golden glimmer in the mundane
Golden breakin' every chain
Golden through the sun and rain
Gonna be gonna be
golden
