Live by the blade, live by the cup
Toshizo Hijikata, MAKOTO on us
Only see wins when I look straight ahead
Left all my doubts in the night for dead
Work get done, then the city unlock
Center of the room, that’s always my spot
Desire run wild underneath these lights
Money start flying, whole room ignite
Live by the blade, live by the cup
Toshizo Hijikata, got that IKI on us
Never check tags, I pay and move on
What’s the next view? Tell me where we goin’
City lights call and I’m back outside
Don’t gotta speak, let my manners decide
Chasing heavy stars through the window at night
Any seat I take turn into a throne on sight
Cash in the coat everywhere that I go
When the stack get low, watch it come back more
Pour champagne for faces I never met
Another cork pop, another bottle get wet
Split the bill? Nah, that don’t belong here
First hand up make the whole tab disappear
Destination unknown, let the night decide
Wherever the wind go, that’s where we ride
One phone call and I’m back on scene
Bow real deep, but I barely speak
Stars through the roof while I’m riding at night
Never chased the throne, it followed my life
Teaching the game while I’m stacking the numbers
Building new business on shores overseas
Lay down a rhyme and the whole room jump
Everybody sitting comfortable getting left behind me
Rare-cut steak, put the flame to the red
Warrior code still alive in my chest
New shoes on, but the old soul steps
Move on the board, only play for the win
No escape route, never needed one
Life still serial, story ain’t done
Panel by panel, I draw what’s next
Still writing chapters they ain’t seen yet
Live by the blade, live by the cup
Toshizo Hijikata, MAKOTO on us
Only see wins when I look straight ahead
Left all my doubts in the night for dead
Work get done, then the city unlock
Center of the room, that’s always my spot
Desire run wild underneath these lights
Money start flying, whole room ignite
Live by the blade, live by the cup
Toshizo Hijikata, got that IKI on us
Never check tags, I pay and move on
What’s the next view? Tell me where we goin’
City lights call and I’m back outside
Don’t gotta speak, let my manners decide
Chasing heavy stars through the window at night
Any seat I take turn into a throne on sight
Can’t read music, still I leave classics
Songs from the city, turn pain into magic
Soul ain’t for sale, NOT FOR SALE
Only thing growing is the numbers and name
Treat every contract like it’s my lover
Keep every greeting close like a brother
Learned from the legends, then went beyond
Stepping on ground nobody walked before
Old me couldn’t reach where I’m standing today
Took off the ceiling, threw limits away
When it’s real, I don’t care ’bout rank or age
Same damn code when I step on the stage
Rings on my fingers, another level up
Metal start talking when I raise my cup
No net, no bait, still catch what I want
Ain’t no trick involved, that’s skill from the jump
Hot verse make the whole room burn
Beat cut out, still the hats get turned
Only thing I cut is hair in the chair
Life gets sharper every year that I wear
Past sunrise, getting home by noon
Every damn night, still moving through
Won’t leave regrets written on my stone
Smile at the end ’cause I lived my own
Live by the blade, live by the cup
Toshizo Hijikata, MAKOTO on us
Only see wins when I look straight ahead
Left all my doubts in the night for dead
Work get done, then the city unlock
Center of the room, that’s always my spot
Desire run wild underneath these lights
Money start flying
