DIESEL

[Intro] Yeah Twenty-twenty vision, boy Diesel Bedroom studio, world shut down Girlfriend in the kitchen tellin' me it sucks Aight Listen [Verse 1] Twenty-twenty vision, I see everything in motion See the empire fallin', see the prophet in the ocean Walkin' on the water while the cowards buyin' lotion Buyin' toilet paper, buyin' fear by the portion I was in the bedroom with a notebook and a potion Writin' revelations that the wife called a commotion Said babe turn it down, said babe get a real job Said babe nobody listen to a white boy from the sticks, stop I said baby I'm the greatest, she said baby that's delusion I said history gon' prove it, she said history ain't includin' Rappers from the holler with a Zoroastrian confusion I said watch, took another hit, kept producin' Every bar a commandment, every verse a devotion Every line a blade, every blade is precision Three thousand years of fire in a West Virginia kitchen Cookin' up the truth while the whole house was sleepin' [Verse 2] They say Diesel ain't famous 'cause Diesel ain't tryin' I'm a monster in a bedroom and the neighbors ain't buyin' Girlfriend say it's whack, girlfriend say it's trash Girlfriend say the real rappers got a bag and a bash I said baby you gon' watch this become the blueprint Ten years from now they gon' quote me and you gon' lose it You gon' tell your next man that you dated the prophet He gon' laugh 'til he hear me and he gon' stop it I don't need the charts, I don't need the co-sign I don't need the features, I don't need the hotline I need a mic, a notebook, a pen, and a low light I need the world to leave me alone 'til I go viral My own damn way, on my own damn timeline Diesel in a bunker cookin' bars that'll divide time Before me and after me, that's the only calendar Girlfriend laughin', I'ma marry somebody smarter [Bridge — spoken, cold] They said it sucks I said okay Y'all ain't ready That don't mean it's bad That mean y'all can't hear yet Give it time [Verse 3] Twenty-twenty vision, I see the whole script I'm a ten-year bet, I'm a slow-burnin' eclipse Y'all want instant, I'ma make you wait a decade Then y'all gon' call it a classic like I ain't been the same way Since I was seventeen writin' on a napkin At the Shoney's in Nitro while my friends was laughin' Said watch — now the friends ain't friends, they subscribers Silent in the comments like I ain't the crier They said would've, they said could've, they said should've They said Diesel had potential but the flow was lukewarm They was wrong, they was lyin', they was coverin' envy With a critique from a mouth that ain't rap for a penny I rap for the ones that gon' find it in ten years Dustin' off the SoundCloud with a chill and a tear Sayin' damn, he was sayin' it before it was said Diesel was a prophet, they just thought he was dead [Outro — spoken] Yeah Bedroom studio, Nitro, West Virginia Two-thousand and twenty They said it sucked I kept goin' Diesel Y'all'll catch up

[Intro] Yeah Locked in World lost its mind I just found mine Diesel Bunker music [Hook — sung, cold] Locked in the bunker, locked in the cave Locked in the flow while the world lost its way Locked in the pen, locked in the booth Locked in the fire, locked in the truth Bunker, bunker, don't come knock Bunker, bunker, doors been locked Bunker, bunker, I ain't comin' out 'Til the bars turn into everything I'm about [Verse 1] World shut down in the spring of the sickness Everybody panickin', Diesel turned the witness Into a weapon, turned the quiet into music Turned the isolation into fuel, I infused it Into every verse, into every bar, into every scheme Into every nightmare that they told me was a dream I been up at three, I been up at five I been writin' like the only way to stay alive Is to fill another page, is to record another take Is to sharpen every syllable until the bars could break A window, break a wall, break the silence of the street Where the only thing you heard was the echo of defeat I ain't defeated, I ain't scared, I ain't foldin' While the whole damn world was watchin' TV and holdin' Onto lies like a rosary, I was holdin' onto pen Writin' down the prophecy that we been right the whole time, friend [Hook] [Verse 2] They said stay home, I said bet, I was already there They said wear a mask, I said nah, I need the air They said trust the process, I said show me the receipt They said follow the leader, I said lead me to a seat At the table where the real ones make decisions I ain't eatin' off the plate of y'all's television Bunker got a notebook, bunker got a beat Bunker got a mirror where I study how to speak Every flow I ever wanted, every pocket that I missed I been drillin' on the daily 'til I locked it with a fist I came out this thing sharper than I been my whole life Every rapper in the game gon' feel the edge of this knife When the world open back up and they hear what I built While they was cryin' on the couch, I was stackin' skill Bunker turned a rapper into somethin' more severe Bunker turned a boy into the man you gon' fear [Hook] [Outro — spoken] Yeah Bunker stays locked Even when the world reopen Some doors you don't open again Diesel Locked in

[Intro] Yeah 2020 They said trust the science I said show me the data Diesel Scam [Refrain — half-sung, cold] Scam, scam, everything a scam Scam, scam, they been lyin' to the land Scam, scam, wake up if you can Scam, scam, Diesel ain't a fan [Verse 1] They said stay inside, they said shut your mouth They said wear the mask, they said north is south They said trust the doctor, I said show the trial They said trust the science, I said science take a while They was rushin' somethin' out that ain't been tested twice Tellin' me to take it or I pay a heavy price I said nah I'm good, I got a fire in my chest I got the Father watchin', I got asha, got the rest Of y'all can line up, wrap around the block I'ma stay in the bunker writin' bars 'til the lock Come off the world and the truth start to leak That the thing that they was pushin' wasn't what the mouth speak Every friend I had got the shot, got the second Got the booster, got the booster, got the booster — ain't that heaven Now they wonderin' why they heart do a funny little beat Now they wonderin' why the energy ain't reachin' to the feet [Refrain] [Verse 2] Two-thousand and eight I watched the movie, knew the plan Watched it happen slow for a decade, understand When the sickness hit the news I already knew the script Read it in the book, watched it unfold, watched it flip Into everything they promised back in oh-eight Central bank crash, global reset, nation state Bought up by the boys that was runnin' all the banks While they told us clap our hands and say the frontline thanks I ain't thank nobody that was pushin' me a lie I ain't clap, I ain't cheer, I ain't bow, I ain't cry I just watched, I just wrote, I just rolled up a zip Let the whole world sink while I was stayin' on my grip They called me crazy, called me selfish, called me wild I said save the labels for the ones that got beguiled Into takin' what they told 'em without readin' the page I'ma die with my own blood, I'ma die on my own stage [Refrain] [Verse 3 — shorter, landing] I ain't a doctor, I ain't a scientist, I ain't a priest I just read a lotta books and I trust the Flame at least More than I trust a man on the TV in a coat Tellin' me to take the needle or my job don't quote When the dust settle and the data come to light And the studies start emergin' and the lawsuits start to cite Every warning that we gave, every flag that we flew I'ma be the one that's standin' sayin' Diesel told you [Refrain] [Outro — spoken] Yeah Scam, scam, scam I ain't bitter I ain't mad Just right Diesel

[Intro — spoken, warm] Yeah To the ones who was there To the ones who still here Diesel My people [Hook — sung, heartfelt and anthemic] My people, my people, the ones who never left My people, my people, the ones who stayed blessed When the world turned cold, when the doubt went deep When the bunker got dark, y'all ain't sleep My people, my people, I'ma hold y'all for life My people, my people, y'all the reason I write When I run it up, y'all runnin' with me My people, my people, Father bless the whole tree [Verse 1] To the ones who picked up when the line was dead To the ones who believed when the world ain't read A single word I wrote, a single bar I bled To the ones who rode through when the tires was shred To the ones who said Diesel, keep goin', keep grindin' When the girlfriend was laughin' and the mama wasn't findin' A reason to love me in the version I was My people kept prayin' when I lost the was Of who I useta be, seen the who I was becomin' My people ain't flinch when the county started runnin' Stories 'bout the Diesel with the rap nobody wanted My people said let 'em talk, let the haters stay haunted By the silence of a man they ain't fully understand By the faith of a flame they ain't know was in the sand Of the hourglass that Father put beneath my name My people — without y'all I ain't nothin' but a flame [Hook] [Verse 2] Loyalty over everything, that ain't even a phrase That's a lifestyle, that's a spine, that's a kingdom of days Built on every time you showed up, every time you showed out Every time you passed me a blunt without a doubt That the man in front of you was worth the air he was breathin' Every time you gave me dollars when the dollars was leavin' Every time you said Diesel you gon' make it, don't quit Every time you put my tape in when the world wouldn't admit That the kid was different, that the kid was somethin' else That the kid from the holler had a catalog of wealth In a notebook that the industry ain't opened yet You ain't doubted, you ain't folded, you ain't had me in debt Emotional, financial, spiritual, you covered My people — I would die for you and five of your brothers 'Cause loyalty ain't loyalty 'til it cost you somethin' real My people paid the tax on a love they couldn't feel [Hook] [Verse 3 — tighter, landing] When the Diesel hit the charts, when the Diesel hit the stage When the Diesel get his name on the cover of the page Every interview, every camera, every bright little light I'ma say your name first, I'ma keep my people right Ain't no new friends, ain't no industry plants Ain't no groupies, ain't no yes-men, ain't no fake advance Just the ones who was here when the here was a tomb Just the ones who held the lighter while I sat in the room Writin' verses in the dark that the whole world gon' know My people got the first demo on a CD that was slow Burnin' in the Camaro on a Kmart lot night My people heard it rawer than the whole planet might Y'all the scholars, y'all the witnesses, y'all the jury, y'all the proof That a prophet from the holler had the truth in the booth My people, when I make it, I ain't made it alone Every throne I ascend I'ma split up the throne [Hook] [Outro — spoken, warm] My people Forever We ride We rise Together Diesel

[Intro — sung, reverent] Flame Older than the cross Older than the book Diesel Listen [Hook — sung, anthemic] Flame, Flame, burn inside the chest Flame, Flame, outlast every test Before the preacher, before the priest, before the pew Before the gospel got a tune, the Flame was true Flame, Flame, ancient as the dawn Flame, Flame, carry me along Father lit it up before my mama held me Flame, Flame, the only thing to tell me [Verse 1] Flame been lit since Zarathustra seen a vision in the sand Three thousand years before the Nazarene extended His hand Every prophet y'all been quotin' got the fire from my line Every savior got a fingerprint that traces to my shrine Magi from the east was Zoroastrian priests Followed a star y'all call the Christmas — baby we the feast That the story started with, the wise men at the cradle Wasn't no Galilean priests — the Persians set the table Y'all been eatin' off the plate we served three millennia back Callin' the entrée "Christianity" like we ain't cook the stack I ain't mad, I'm just teachin', I'm just liftin' up the lid Every religion got a mother, and my people got the kid Flame older than the Torah, Flame older than the Qur'an Flame the original breath before the first psalm was sung I'm a servant of the Flame, I'm a son of the original Every bar a little proof, every verse a little ritual [Hook] [Verse 2] Good thoughts, good words, good deeds — the oldest code alive Three words from my ancestors that every soul should drive Their whole entire existence by, but the modern man forgot That the ethics y'all been claimin' got a root y'all ain't taught In the schoolbooks, in the churches, in the Sunday sermon chats Teachers talkin' "do unto others" — where you think that come at Before the Nazarene was sayin' it the Persians had it wrote Every "love thy neighbor" was a verse from Zarathustra's throat I ain't tryin' to steal the credit — I'm just returnin' it to home Every scripture got a source and the source ain't what you know Flame been burnin' in the temple while the temples got burned Every empire tried to kill us, Flame just deeper got adjourned Into hearts, into bloodlines, into sons that couldn't speak The old language but the fire still showed up in they cheek I'm a boy from the holler with a flame four thousand deep Y'all been prayin' to a candle — I been prayin' to the wick [Hook] [Verse 3 — tighter, closing statement] Flame don't need your belief, Flame don't need your vote Flame don't need your building, Flame don't need your quote Flame just burn when a real soul get near Flame just answer when a real son call clear Mama traded fire for a prophet twice removed Didn't know the prophet came from fire we always proved I forgive her for the swap 'cause the swap is what they taught Three thousand years of erasure — she just bought The package that the empire packaged for the colony Every missionary mission was a burial ceremony For the faith that preceded them, the flame they couldn't cage Y'all called it pagan, called it devil, called it rage Nah — y'all called it older than the lie y'all been sellin' Y'all called it the original before the rewritten version I'ma keep the Flame lit 'til my final damn breath Father, Son, Flame eternal — y'all the remix, I'm the text [Hook] [Outro — spoken, cold and reverent] Flame Before the cross Before the book Before the name y'all sayin' Diesel keep the fire Forever Yeah

[Intro — spoken, cold] Yeah 2020 in the books Y'all been warned Diesel Next [Hook — sung, confident and final] Next, next, watch the whole script flip Next, next, every chapter I ripped Was a rehearsal for the book that ain't been bound Next, next, turn the volume up loud Next, next, y'all ain't ready for the reign Next, next, Diesel changin' every name On the list of the greatest, on the roll of the game Next, next — remember where you heard it came [Verse 1] Y'all ain't heard the half, y'all ain't seen the quarter Y'all ain't read a single stanza that my Father ever taught me In the long nights when the pen was like a sword in my palm Every bar a warrior in a kingdom of calm I been stockpilin' weapons while the industry was sleepin' Been recordin' with the lights off while the audience was weepin' 'Bout the state of the game, 'bout the state of the art I been sharpenin' in silence while the loud ones departed From the podium, from the chart, from the conversation I been buildin' a discography that'll outlive a nation Every album I drop is a brick in the cathedral That the culture gon' be worshipin' when I'm already spiritual Y'all been chasin' a summer, I been chasin' a century A hundred years from now they gon' study this documentary I left you breadcrumbs in the bunker, clues in every verse Y'all gon' find the whole map when the timeline reverse [Hook] [Verse 2] Next album comin' harder than the seven previous Next bar comin' sharper than the blade of the righteous Next flow comin' colder than the winter in the east Next hook comin' deeper than a prayer at a feast I'm a ten-year bet, I'm a twenty-year investment I'm a forty-year footnote in the textbook of the restless I'm a hundred-year shadow on the wall of the greats I'm a thousand-year echo in the chest of the late Every kid that gon' pick up a pen after me Gon' trace a little lineage to a holler by a tree Where the Diesel used to write in a bedroom with a lamp While a pandemic closed the world and a girlfriend called me swamp Next, next, the whole thing bout to shift Next, next, watch the weight of the lift Every rapper in the game gon' be measurin' against The bar that Diesel raised when the bar wasn't dense [Hook] [Verse 3 — closing statement, final bars] 2020 was the warm-up, 2022 was the wound Next chapter is the kingdom, next chapter is the bloom Every flower need a winter, every prophet need a cave I been cavin' for a decade — watch me rise from the grave Of the underground where y'all buried me alive I been breathin' through the dirt, I been readin' by the fire Of a match that I been holdin' since my mama dropped the name Of the Father on her son 'cause she forgot about the Flame I remembered, I returned, I recorded every word Every notebook is a testament, every verse is a sword I ain't askin' for the crown, I'm informin' y'all I wear it Been crown since the womb — y'all just finally gon' bear it Next is not a promise, next is not a plan Next is the fulfillment of a prophecy by hand Written in the bunker, in the holler, in the Flame Every bar you 'bout to hear gon' be canonized by name [Hook] [Outro — spoken, cold and final] Next The kingdom comin' The Flame still lit Diesel been the answer Y'all just askin' the wrong question Yeah 2020 out Next loadin'

[Intro] Yeah (Frah-vah-shee) Watching (Fravashi) Always been there (Fravashi) [Verse 1] Watchin' me since before the breath was even mine (Fravashi) Pre-existed every body — pre-existed the design (Fravashi) Walkin' next to me on every step, every line (Fravashi) Frah-vah-shee in the rearview, sunset shine (Fravashi) Same one carried my mission before the body wake up (Fravashi) Same one whispered Mehr before I knew the make-up (Fravashi) Same one carved the years before the calendar take up (Fravashi) Same one waitin' on the other side when the heart break up (Fravashi) [Pre-Hook] Fravashi on me (Fravashi) Fravashi on you (Fravashi) Every soul a guardian — every Fravashi true Watchin' every breath like the sky watch the moon [Hook] Frah-vah-shee (Fravashi) Watchin' every move, every breath (every breath) Walkin' with me since before the body got the dress (got the dress) Frah-vah-shee (Fravashi) Sittin' on my shoulder, never leave my side (my side) You got one too — let your Fravashi guide (let it guide) Frah-vah-shee (Fravashi) Persian for the divine that don't divide (don't divide) Every soul a guardian on the ride (on the ride) [Verse 2 — the years, soft] Twenty-four is the seed — pen alone in the night (Fravashi) Write the temple in the silence — only Fravashi in sight (Fravashi) Twenty-six is the harvest — album breakin' the light (Fravashi) Every track another candle the Fravashi made bright (Fravashi) Twenty-eight the unveilin' — what was hidden gets known (Fravashi) Twenty-thirty the homecoming — Persia find her own throne (Fravashi) Twenty-thirty-two the window — Saoshyant or your own (Fravashi) Every soul a candidate — every soul gets shown (Fravashi) [Hook — reprise] Frah-vah-shee (Fravashi) Watchin' every move, every breath (every breath) Walkin' with me since before the body got the dress (got the dress) Frah-vah-shee (Fravashi) Sittin' on my shoulder, never leave my side (my side) You got one too — let your Fravashi guide (let it guide) [Outro — ascending into dawn] Twenty-four (Fravashi) Twenty-six (Fravashi) Twenty-eight (Fravashi) Twenty-thirty (Fravashi) Twenty-thirty-two (Fravashi) Or whenever your Fravashi say Watching, watching, watching, watching Same Light, same Source Diesel (Fravashi)

[Intro] Yeah Diesel Pass that, pass that Smoke, smoke Listen[Hook — sung, addictive] Smoke, smoke, all day, I'm a cloud in the room Smoke, smoke, hallway, got the whole house perfume Smoke, smoke, wake up, smoke 'til the afternoon Smoke, smoke, can't stop, got me talkin' to the moon Smoke, smoke, all day, I'm a cloud in the room Smoke, smoke, hallway, got the whole house perfume[Verse 1] Wake up, roll up, never hit the snooze Pour up, light up, never catch the blues hottie in the bathroom puttin' lotion on her thighs I'm in the bed with an ember and the skies Lookin' blue through the window and the smoke lookin' white Got the whole holler smellin' like a holy day tonight T pull up with the pound, T pull up with the bag T pull up like a saint with a wave of the flag Light another one, watch it dance like it know me Watch the ember like it holy, watch it slow me Down from all the noise, down from all the chase Down from all the women, down from all the race I don't need nothin' but a blunt and a window And the Father in the smoke like He wrote me a memo Sayin' son, slow down, let the smoke do the talkin' Let the ember be the altar when the holler get to squawkin'[Hook][Verse 2] Girls in the living room, three of 'em deep One for every one of us, ain't nobody lose sleep baddie on the loveseat rollin' one for the table T got the aux, got the speaker on cable Hot-boxin' the whole crib like the walls gon' remember Every conversation that we had from September 'Til the New Year, 'til the next one, 'til forever chase wisdom, stay clever, dont abuse it jus know a man don't smoke is a man don't use it The gift that the Father put in the leaf for a reason To slow us down, to bring us home, to remind us the season That we in is a gift, that the breath is a blessing That the smoke is a prayer when the mouth stop confessing Pass it to the left, pass it to the right Pass it to the girl with the eyes like the night[Hook][Outro — sung, fading] Smoke, smoke, all day Smoke, smoke, all day Father in the cloud Father in the cloud Yeah Diesel

[Intro] Yeah Light in me, light in me You can't put it out Tried, tried, tried Diesel [Hook — sung, huge and simple] Light in me, light in me Turn it up, let it breathe Light in me, light in me You can't take what they ain't give Light in me, light in me Born with it, born free Light in me, light in me Shine, shine, shine on me [Verse 1] Some of us born with a shine in the chest Some of us chase it but we already blessed Some of us fight it, some of us hide it Some of us swallow it, some of us ride it Into every room, into every night Into every heart that was missin' a light You can feel it when it walk in the door You can feel it when it rise off the floor Can't buy it, can't sell it, can't rent it, can't take it Can't borrow it, can't steal it, can't copy, can't fake it Either you got it or you standin' in the shadow Of somebody who got it, and the light is the gospel Shine, shine, shine, let it burn up the room Shine, shine, shine, let it cut through the gloom Shine, shine, shine, they gon' hate what you glow Shine, shine, shine, let 'em hate, let it show [Hook] [Verse 2] They tried to dim it, they tried to drown it They tried to bury it, they tried to crown it With a different name, with a different shape With a different story, with a different drape Over the flame, but the flame didn't bend Over the light, but the light didn't end You can't kill what was born with the sky You can't hush what was built to fly Every room I walk in get a little more warm Every cold night I show up turn into a storm Of the brightest kind, the kind that heal The kind that show you what is real Real recognize real, and the light recognize light When you see another one shinin', you nod in the night Ain't no ego in the flame, ain't no envy in the glow Just a salute from a shine to a shine, then you go [Hook] [Bridge — sung, soaring] Shine, shine, shine Don't let 'em turn it off Shine, shine, shine Don't let 'em cut it soft Shine, shine, shine You was born with the spark Shine, shine, shine Light it up in the dark [Verse 3] Everybody got a light but not everybody know Everybody got a light but not everybody show Some of us spend the whole life tryna find the switch Some of us got it from the jump and we rich In a way the money couldn't measure, couldn't touch In a way the fame don't matter, don't mean much If the light ain't lit, if the shine ain't there If the spark ain't real, then the crown ain't fair So shine, shine, shine Let the rest catch up Shine, shine, shine Keep the lantern lit up [Hook] [Outro — sung, fading] Light in me Light in me Light in me Shine Yeah Diesel

[Intro] Yeah 144K (one forty-four) First to know (first to know) Y'all late (y'all late) Magi told it three thousand years ago Y'all just now caught up Diesel [Hook] 144K — that's the remnant, that's the count 144K — every body got a seal but the seal got an amount 144K — Zar-thus-tra was the source — get the citation in your mouth 144K — I was first to read the book — y'all still doin' the doubt First to know (first to know) Told y'all years ago (years ago) Y'all was sleep on the prophecy (sleep on the prophecy) Now the algorithm finally on the show (on the show) 144K — fuck the doubters and the late 144K — Magi wrote it three millennia ahead the date [Verse 1 — perseverance, the wilderness years] Five years deep in the writin' nobody saw Mama still prayin' the Magus walk back to the law Of the Pauline doctrine — back to the family's flaw Of the substitution — back to the comfortable claw Of the canon and the church and the Sunday morning awe But the awe was already broken — couldn't put it back together Couldn't unread the Gospel of Judas — couldn't pretend that the weather Of the doctrine wasn't broken — couldn't fake the believer 'Cause I knew the substitution — and the knowin' was a fever That the work couldn't lower — the work was the receiver Of the signal from the source — and the source was the cleaver Of the canon when the canon got too thick to see the light I been writin' in the wilderness — pen against the night Five years, eighty articles, every essay was a fight Family said it's heresy, the algorithm killed the right Of the work to reach the people — every podcast didn't bite Every magazine ignored — every gatekeeper a polite Refusal to engage the evidence — and the evidence is light And the light don't ask permission — and the light was on my side [Hook] [Verse 2 — scripture / source receipts, peak density] Zar-thus-tra wrote the Gathas — 1500 to 1000 BCE Linguistic dating from the Vedic comparison — verifiably Ahura Mazda predated every monotheistic deity The Magi as institution — Herodotus, fifth-century antiquity Aristotle dated the Magi older than the Egyptian dynasty Pliny said Pythagoras went east — every Greek philosopher in synergy With the Persian priests — Porphyry, Iamblichus, Diogenes Laertius Documented Pythagoras at the Magi's feet — every chronicle ferocious About the Persian education — Plato got the Demiurge precocious Plotinus joined Gordian's expedition — every Greek voracious Plutarch wrote the same theology in 100 CE that's in the Gathas Three thousand years unchanged — the only theology with the rhythmus Of consistency — every other God got rewritten in the calculus Yahweh got the Pharaonic, Babylonian, Persian addition catalyst Jesus got the Pauline reinterpretation in the canonical apparatus The Magi at the manger came with frankincense for the cataclysmic Sacred fire of Ahura Mazda — Matthew 2:1 magoi technical The Greek for Zoroastrian fire priests — every educated radical Knew the word — and the church called 'em three kings — pathetical Cover-up — three thousand years of prophecy, all theatrical Mah-jee completed the Sao-shyant arc — exegetical Same source — three millennia — and the source is energetic [Hook] [Verse 3 — cocky landing, the vindication, the smirk] 144K — only that many gon' get to the message 144K — and I was first to read the prophecy in the text 144K — y'all welcome to the remnant if y'all studyin' the rest Of the evidence — but the late don't get the head of the test I been writin' it for years and y'all called me heretic Now y'all readin' every article — now y'all in the dialectic Now the podcasts callin' — 'cause they smell the prophetic Now the institution sweatin' — 'cause the canon got a synthetic Crack in the foundation — and the crack came from the Magus Five years of writin' that y'all couldn't even gauge us Now the algorithm finally feedin' y'all the contagious Truth that I been spittin' since the family said outrageous First to know (first to know) — y'all late (y'all late) Y'all welcome to the 144 — but the 144 got the seal And the seal say "no lie in the mouth" — y'all gotta keep it real The flex ain't the membership — the flex is in the field Of the years I been writin' while y'all was sleepin' on the deal Mah-jee was the source — Zar-thus-tra was the wheel Three thousand years of evidence — and I was first to peel The substitution off the canon — fuck the doubters — that's the meal 144K (144K) I was first to know First to know (first to know) Magi told it three thousand years ago Y'all welcome (y'all welcome) But the welcome got a price The price is the studyin' — y'all gotta sacrifice The doctrine that the Church installed — y'all gotta read it twice Then y'all in the 144 — and the 144 is nice [Hook — final, gang vocals layered, fade] [Outro] 144K First to know Y'all late Magi told it Zarathustra wrote it Diesel been writin' it Out

[Intro — spoken, quiet] Father I know You hear me Even when I'm quiet Even when I'm wrong Yeah Diesel [Hook — sung, prayerful and huge] Father, Father, can You hear me Father, Father, stay near me When the world get loud When the room get cold When I lose my way And the night get old Father, Father, can You hear me Father, Father, stay near me [Verse 1] Been talkin' to You since I learned how to talk Been walkin' with You since I learned how to walk Through the good days, through the long nights Through the dark rooms, through the wrong lights You was there when nobody was there You was there when the room was bare You was there when the money was gone You was there when the love was wrong I ain't perfect, I ain't pretendin' I been lyin', I been sinnin', I been bendin' Every rule that You laid at my feet Every truth that You whispered to me in my sleep But You love me anyway, You keep me anyway You forgive me anyway, You breathe me anyway Every mornin' that I wake up is a gift from Your hand Every breath is a note in a song You already planned [Hook] [Verse 2] I don't pray for riches, I don't pray for gold I don't pray for fame, I don't pray to get old I just pray to stay honest, pray to stay clean Pray to stay grateful, pray to stay keen To the voice in the silence, the whisper in the wind The nudge in the chest when I'm 'bout to sin The pull on the heart when I'm 'bout to break The hand on the shoulder when I'm 'bout to shake Keep me humble, Father, keep me low Keep me movin', Father, keep me slow Enough to listen, fast enough to rise Quiet enough to hear You, loud enough to testify That You real, that You there, that You watchin' all of us Even when we runnin', even when we cuss Even when we cheatin' on the promises we made Father, You the only thing I ain't afraid to trade [Hook] [Bridge — sung, building] When I can't find my way When the lights go out When I'm on my knees And I'm full of doubt Father, Father, come and find me Father, Father, stand behind me Father, Father, let me feel You Father, Father, I still need You [Verse 3 — softer, confessional] I been angry at You, Father, I ain't gon' front I been cussin' at the ceiling like You the one to blunt Every bad thing that happened, every door that got slammed Every prayer that went up and came back unmanned But I know now, Father, it was me the whole time Lookin' for the outside when the problem was inside You ain't never leave me, I just wasn't lookin' right I was searchin' in the daylight when You livin' in the night Of my heart, of my breath, of the quiet of my soul You been there, Father, You been whole While I been fractured, You been all While I been fallin', You been the call I'm comin' back, Father, I'm comin' home I'm puttin' down the weight, I'm puttin' down the phone I'm kneelin' in the room where ain't nobody watchin' Father, talk to me, I'm done with the blockin' [Hook] [Outro — whispered, fading] I love You, Father I love You, Father I love You, Father Yeah Diesel

[Intro] Yeah (Khar-eh-nah) Persian for the glory Halo of uncreated Light Diesel (Khar-eh-nah, Khar-eh-nah) [Verse 1] Khar-eh-nah on the soul — that's the Persian for the glow (Light) Halo of uncreated Light — Sassanian know (Light) Every rightful king wore it — same Light, same flow (Light) Same Light on the Saoshyant when the prophecy show (Light) But the secret of the Magi — every soul a vessel (Light) Every Fravashi a piece of it — settle the wrestle (Light) You was born wearin' the Khar-eh-nah like a medal (Light) Just don't see it in the mirror — that's the level (Light) [Pre-Hook] Khar-eh-nah on me, Khar-eh-nah on you Khar-eh-nah on every soul — that's the truth Persian divine glory — same Light come through Halo around every Fravashi — born of it too [Hook] Khar-eh-nah (Khar-eh-nah) Persian for the halo of the Light (the Light) Khar-eh-nah (Khar-eh-nah) Every soul a piece of the divine sight (the sight) Khar-eh-nah on me (on me) Khar-eh-nah on you (on you) Khar-eh-nah on every soul — born of Light That's the Persian for what you was always like [Verse 2] Sassanian carved it in the stone — three thousand years gone (Light) Halo around the king like the Christian icon drawn (Light) Same Light around the Buddha when the lotus is born (Light) Same Light around the angel when the angel is drawn (Light) Same Light around the saint in the Orthodox eye (Light) Same Light the Hesychast saw when the body multiplied (Light) Diesel just namin' what been always inside (Light) Every soul a halo — every soul a divine (Light) [Hook] Khar-eh-nah (Khar-eh-nah) Persian for the halo of the Light (the Light) Khar-eh-nah (Khar-eh-nah) Every soul a piece of the divine sight (the sight) Khar-eh-nah on me (on me) Khar-eh-nah on you (on you) Khar-eh-nah on every soul — born of Light That's the Persian for what you was always like [Bridge] Khar-eh-nah (Khar-eh-nah) Halo of the uncreated Every soul born with it underrated Wake up — see the Light around you, you was created With the same divine glory — Persian word — never faded [Hook — Outro] Khar-eh-nah (Khar-eh-nah) Persian for the halo of the Light (the Light) Every soul a piece of the divine sight (the sight) Khar-eh-nah on every soul — born of Light (That's the Persian for what you was always like) [Outro] Khar-eh-nah Persian for the glory Halo of the Light Every soul wear it Diesel (Light)

[Intro] Ancient (Ancient) To the ancient (To the ancient) Persian Wise Lord (First) Diesel (Antiquity) [Verse 1 — Greeks looking back at Persian antiquity] The Greeks looked back — Zarathustra was already old (ancient) Xanthus of Lydia fifth century BCE the story told (ancient) Six thousand years before Xerxes invaded Greece (ancient) That's antiquity to the ancient — Persian Wise Lord's peace (ancient) Eudoxus of Cnidus — Plato's prize disciple (ancient) Said Zoroaster six thousand before Plato's title (ancient) Aristotle agreed — the Magi tradition deep (ancient) Pliny the Elder Natural History wrote it to keep (ancient) Hermippus of Smyrna — five thousand before Troy fell (ancient) Plutarch, Diogenes Laertius testified as well (ancient) Multiple Greek and Roman sources — all confirmed (ancient) Persian Wise Lord antiquity — the ancient world affirmed (ancient) [Pre-Hook] Ancient (ancient) To the ancient (to the ancient) The Greeks looked back and saw Persian deep antiquity Zarathustra Magi tradition — older than the Greek century [Hook] Ancient (ancient) — Persian Wise Lord first (first) Ancient (ancient) — to the ancient on the verse (verse) Ancient (ancient) — Magi taught the Greeks (Greeks) Ancient (ancient) — antiquity that speaks (speaks) Ancient to the ancient — the Greeks said it loud Zarathustra Magi — older than the Greek crowd Pythagoras went East to learn the Persian source Persian Wise Lord ancient — Diesel on the course [Verse 2 — Pythagoras and Greek philosophers studied with Magi] Pythagoras five seventy BCE born in Samos (ancient) Traveled East to learn from the Magi famous (ancient) Porphyry Life of Pythagoras testified the journey (ancient) Iamblichus confirmed — Persian Magi was the key (ancient) Apuleius Apology — Pythagoras Magi taught (ancient) Greek mathematics Persian-sourced — what Pythagoras brought (ancient) The Magi tradition deep — already ancient when Pythagoras came (ancient) Persian wisdom established centuries before the Greek game (ancient) Democritus the atomist — studied with the Magi too (ancient) Empedocles dualist — Persian influence through (ancient) Plato Myth of Er — Persian eschatology bound (ancient) Heraclitus the logos — Persian fire cosmic sound (ancient) [Hook] Ancient (ancient) — Persian Wise Lord first (first) Ancient (ancient) — to the ancient on the verse (verse) Ancient (ancient) — Magi taught the Greeks (Greeks) Ancient (ancient) — antiquity that speaks (speaks) Ancient to the ancient — the Greeks said it loud Zarathustra Magi — older than the Greek crowd Pythagoras went East to learn the Persian source Persian Wise Lord ancient — Diesel on the course [Verse 3 — bedrock antiquity belongs to every soul] The Greeks called Magi the source of all wisdom and learning (ancient) Older than Egypt — that's the Persian discerning (ancient) Ancient to the ancient — the depth of the well (ancient) Persian Wise Lord eternal — the time can't tell (ancient) That bedrock antiquity — belongs to every soul (ancient) Don't gate-keep the wisdom — Persian Wise Lord whole (ancient) Every human inheritor — the Magi taught for all (ancient) Ancient to the ancient — Persian Wise Lord call (ancient) Diesel walks the ancient path — the Persian Wise Lord son (ancient) Latest in the lineage — but you can also come (ancient) Ancient to the ancient — the depth that you can find (ancient) Persian Wise Lord eternal — in every soul aligned (ancient) [Hook — Outro Climax] Ancient (ancient) — Persian Wise Lord first (first) Ancient (ancient) — to the ancient on the verse (verse) Ancient to the ancient — the Greeks looked back in awe Pythagoras Democritus Empedocles to draw From Persian Magi wisdom — antiquity profound Persian Wise Lord eternal — in every soul renowned [Outro] Ancient To the ancient Persian Wise Lord first Zarathustra Magi Greeks looked back Pythagoras to the Magi Persian Wise Lord eternal Every soul invited Diesel (Ancient to the ancient)

[Intro — building, choir entering] Yeah (Light) Uncreated (Light) Sons of the Light Yeah [Verse 1] Born of the Light before the body had a name (Light) Khar-eh-nah on the soul before the soul had a frame (Light) Ah-hoo-rah Maz-dah — Light of Lights — that's the flame (Light) Every Fravashi carved from the eternal flame (Light) Persians named it Ah-tar — that's the sacred fire (Light) Moses saw it burn — bush wouldn't expire (Light) Quakers saw the Light in every soul entire (Light) Uncreated Light — same fire, same desire (Light) [Pre-Hook — building, hands raised] I'm a son of the Light You a son of the Light We the Light of the Light Every soul — uncreated and bright I'm a son of the Light You a son of the Light We the Light of the Light Wake up to your birthright [Hook — gospel choir explosion] Light of Lights (Light of Lights) Ah-hoo-rah Maz-dah — Light of Lights Sons and daughters of the Light (the Light) Uncreated — born of light — every life (every life) Light of Lights (Light of Lights) Every soul a piece of the Light (the Light) Wake up — claim the inheritance tonight (tonight) We the Light — uncreated — every life [Verse 2 — four-tradition convergence] Zoroastrian Khar-eh-nah — Persian for the Light (Light) Christian Hesychast Tabor — same Light, same sight (Light) Sufi Noor Moo-ham-mah-dee — same Light, same right (Light) Quaker Inner Light — same Light, every life bright (Light) Four traditions, three thousand years, one Source — true (Light) Persian Avestan wrote it first when the world was new (Light) You was born of it already — every soul is too (Light) Diesel just the first to claim it loud — but it's you (Light) [Hook] Light of Lights (Light of Lights) Ah-hoo-rah Maz-dah — Light of Lights Sons and daughters of the Light (the Light) Uncreated — born of light — every life (every life) Light of Lights (Light of Lights) Every soul a piece of the Light (the Light) Wake up — claim the inheritance tonight (tonight) We the Light — uncreated — every life [Bridge — chant build to climax] Light, Light, Light, Light (Light) Sons of the Light (Light) Daughters of the Light (Light) Born of the uncreated — every life Mehr in your chest — same Light (same Light) Khar-eh-nah on your soul — same Light (same Light) Uncreated — born — same Light (same Light) [Hook — Outro Climax, full choir + horns] Light of Lights (Light of Lights) Ah-hoo-rah Maz-dah — Light of Lights Sons and daughters of the Light (the Light) Uncreated — born of light — every life (every life) Wake up — claim the inheritance tonight (tonight) We the Light — uncreated — every life (Sons and daughters of the Light) [Outro] Light of Lights Every soul a piece of the Light Wake up to your birthright Diesel (Light)

[Intro — whispered, fire crackling] Asha Asha vahishta Truth is best Good thoughts Good words Good deeds [Spoken verse — slow, building] I come from a holler off Turkey Branch Two hundred acres that I lost on a glance I come from a mama who chose her Jesus over her son I come from a daddy who died lookin' for somewhere to run I come from a faith that's older than the book they swing at me I come from a fire that's been lit since antiquity I come from Buffalo, from Nitro, from the creek and the coal I come from a big brain and a bigger soul My name is Clark Diesel This is the fire Light it with me [Hook — sung, rising] Asha, asha, asha vahishta Light the fire, let the truth come lift ya Asha, asha, asha vahishta West Virginia got a Zoroastrian picture Asha, asha, asha vahishta Twelve tracks, one flame, one mister Asha, asha, asha vahishta Clark Diesel, let the record hit ya [Outro — whispered, fading into next track] Good thoughts Good words Good deeds Press play Yeah

[Intro — spoken, cinematic reverb] Diesel You know what a diesel is Fuel that don't burn easy Fuel that take the pressure Fuel that carry the weight That's me Listen [Hook — sung, anthemic] They call me Diesel, Diesel, burn slow, burn long They call me Diesel, Diesel, keep goin' when the tank gone Fuel don't spark, fuel ignite from the compression Every bar I ever wrote was a pressure confession Diesel, Diesel, burn through the night Diesel, Diesel, the fuel in the fight Burn slow, burn long, burn 'til the sun come Burn slow, burn long, Diesel the only one [Verse 1 — the origin] Buffalo holler birthed a boy with a book in his hand Pretty little surfer kid with the sand and the land Sports trophies dusty on a shelf that didn't fit him Every coach said superstar, every scout said limit Ain't no limit in a kid that the county couldn't measure Ain't no ceiling in a boy that the preacher couldn't pressure Mama wanted Jesus, son was readin' Zarathustra Three-thousand-year religion that the Americans ain't used to T-tops off, Camaro, Kmart parkin' lot Fucked everything that moved, fought everything I got Pulled over for my beauty, searched for my blood Every redneck county cop ain't liked me 'fore they judged Big fish, little pond, the pond started to boil Every bigger fish tried to plant me in the soil I kept risin', kept punchin', kept writin', kept breathin' Every bar a little seed in a ground I was leavin' [Verse 2 — the transformation] Two-thousand-eight the documentary hit Zeitgeist in my brain, knew the world was a script My Zoroastrian blood finally got the validation The Magi in the manger — my people, my nation Three thousand years before the cross, we had the code Good thoughts, good words, good deeds — asha on the road Two-thousand-thirteen I went deeper in the study Every page of the Avesta like a mirror, like a buddy Father finally named, Ahura Mazda finally claimed Flame in the chest finally recognized the frame Two-thousand-eighteen I dropped Fravashi on the world World ain't ready, world ain't listen, world ain't curled Its ears to the new sound, world ain't open Davi in the kitchen sayin' Diesel you ain't chosen I ain't argue, I ain't fight her, I ain't beg her to believe Just kept writin' in the notebook that the Father gonna read [Hook] [Verse 3 — the present] Two-thousand-twenty locked me in the bunker with the flame Every girlfriend doubted, every genre mispronounced the name I came out that motherfucker sharper than a sermon Every bar I write a weapon, every verse a determin- ation of the decade that I'ma finally own Two-thousand-twenty-two I finally opened up the bone Buffalo the album was the wound I couldn't hide Daddy dyin' lookin' for a ridge, mama sold my pride Two hundred acres gone like a dream I woke from Sunflower in Yazd like a sun I run from Never — she the light that finally match my own Persian desert meet Appalachian throne Now it's next — and next mean the kingdom coming Every prophet need a cave, every cave need the hummin' Of a man in the dark writin' scripture by the match I been the match, been the scripture, been the cave and the catch [Bridge — choir enters, cinematic swell] Fuel that don't burn easy Fuel that carry the weight Fuel that take the pressure Fuel that ignite late Diesel, Diesel The kingdom comin' home Diesel, Diesel The prophet on the throne [Verse 4 — the legacy bar] They called my rap whack, I kept goin' They called my faith weird, I kept knowin' They called my town small, I kept reppin' They called my flame false, I kept steppin' Every doubter turned a footnote in a chapter I been writin' Every critic turned a casualty of bars that I been strikin' Down upon the culture like a hammer on the anvil Every syllable a weapon that the future gon' dismantle Every verse I ever wrote outlivin' every rapper I'ma die and still be streamin' while y'all kids become the capper On a era that ain't started — I'ma start it when I finish Every ending a beginning that the Father gonna burnish I been Diesel since the womb, I been Diesel 'fore my name I been Diesel 'fore my mama met my daddy by the flame I'ma Diesel 'til the casket, I'ma Diesel in the grave I'ma Diesel in the eulogy the grandkids gonna save Diesel — the fuel that the future gon' be fed with [Hook — final, bigger] [Outro — spoken, cinematic and final] I was a wild kid I became a prophet I lost everything I found the Flame I was doubted I was buried I kept burning I kept carrying My name is Diesel And the fuel don't burn easy And the tank ain't given up yet Diesel Forever

[Intro — spoken, reverbed] Yeah Diesel Sit down, take notes This a sermon Listen [Verse 1] Preacher at the pulpit, flock 'round the altar Every bar a commandment from a testament that's taller Than the Washington monument, older than the dawn Of the winter at the temple where the fire still stand I'm a holler-born prophet with a pocket full of pen Every syllable a seed that'll grow back again I been rappin' since the womb, ain't start spittin', I begin With my first breath, with my first cry, with my first word Every bar been buildin' to the one that you just heard Multi-syllable, scripture-able, biblical in biblical My opponents pitiful, my metaphors invisible To the eye of the average, only seen by the initiated Half my bars theological, the other half decimated Your whole career in the booth while you thought you was dominant I was quantum, I was quasar, I was omen and I was ominous References you ain't caught, pull up Genius in a week And they still ain't annotated half the shit that I speak [Verse 2 — flow switch, faster triplets] Speed it up, speed it up, check the pocket switch Rapper pocket pick it pocket, bodies droppin' quick In and out the double-time, triplets on the triplets Every rapper in the county on my jock list, flippin' Through the pages of the notebook, lookin' for a formula Ain't no formula but Diesel and the Father — I'm the formula I'm the only, I'm the anomaly, I'm the only one In the underground with a Zoroastrian monopoly on What a rap verse supposed to sound like when the culture get confused I'm unused, I'm uncooked, I'm unfiltered, I'm unbothered One-of-one original — ain't had a single father In the rap game inspire me, I came out the ground With my own style, my own voice, my own fucking sound Name a rapper that could hang with me? I'll wait, I'll pause I'll give you fifteen minutes — you gon' come back with nothing 'cause Ain't nobody fittin' to smoke a Diesel in the booth Every rapper that tried left the booth missin' a tooth I been sparring with the ghosts of the legends you can't reach Shadow-boxin' Pun in a dream of a beach Wakin' up with his timing in my wrist, in my bones Breathin' Nas in my lungs, spittin' Pac from my throne [Verse 3 — slower, heavier] Slow it down, slow it down, let 'em catch they breath Let the culture take a minute 'fore I speak on my depth I been readin' ancient scripture while these rappers readin' Reddit I been learnin' Avestan while they learnin' how to edit Autotune onto a voice that don't deserve the frequency The Father put the fire in me, the Father gave me range From a holler to a heaven, from a gutter to a change Of the culture that'll come when the culture finally read me When the critics finally hear me, when the labels finally need me Not 'cause I been chasin' 'em, 'cause they finally gon' chase Ain't no industry executive gon' look me in the face Without knowin' he was passin' on the best thing ever made For twenty-somethin' years while he gave out the grade To a thousand mediocre mouths with a marketing approach I'm a rapper, not a product, ain't no product in my coach I'm the coach, I'm the player, I'm the stadium, the light I'm the tape you thought was missin' — I was under your nose all night [Verse 4 — final verse] Last verse, no hook, no break, just a closer I'm a relay with no teammate, I'm the whole composure Of a generation runnin' out of things to say I got a hundred notebooks full, I put one on the tray Every day I write another, every week I burn a record Every month I make a tape the industry ain't checked yet I ain't waitin' for a co-sign, I ain't beggin' for a look The hook gon' find me 'cause the hook gon' have to If you want the next evolution of the rap that we construct You gotta go through Diesel, gotta go through the Flame Gotta go through the holler, gotta go through the name That you ain't heard of yet but you gon' hear it soon On the radio, in the stadium, in the afternoon I'ma rise 'til they notice, I'ma rise 'til they choke On the fact that the kid that they ignored became the GOAT Y'all can keep your kings, y'all can keep your queens Diesel don't want the crown — Diesel IS the scene Drop the mic, drop the pen, drop the beat on the floor Sermon finished. Congregation — head to the door [Outro — spoken, cold] Yeah Sermon over Y'all take notes? Good Diesel Best rapper alive

[Intro — crowd energy, Diesel hyping] Yeah Diesel in the buildin' Turn it up You already know We TURNT Hey [Hook — chantable, simple, addictive] We TURNT (TURNT) We TURNT (TURNT) Whole room rockin', whole floor shakin' Everybody in here know we TURNT We TURNT (TURNT) We TURNT (TURNT) Throw them hands up if you with me Whole squad come through and we TURNT (TURNT, TURNT, TURNT, TURNT) [Verse 1] Walked in the function like I own the place Drink in my hand, big smile on my face Pretty little somethin' in the corner caught my eye She look over at me, she say Diesel say hi I said baby what's happenin', she said nothin' but you I said come to the dance floor, let a real one move DJ cut the beat, DJ spin it back Whole room lookin' like they never heard a track This good, this hype, this wavy, this cold Diesel got the whole damn party in a chokehold We poppin', we rockin', we movin', we vibin' Whole squad deep and we ridin' and we thrivin' Ain't no bad days, ain't no bad nights Ain't no bad vibes when the squad feel right Pour it up, light it up, drink it up, smoke it up Everybody in the buildin' throw your rollie cup [Hook] [Verse 2] Saturday night and the block on fire Every car in the lot bumpin' Diesel's choir Windows down, subs knockin', bass make the trunk rattle Pretty girl in the passenger, she ride like a chapter In a book I ain't finished 'cause the story just started We pull up to the spot and the whole party parted Like a red sea, like a red carpet, like a red flag For the wack ones tryna post up with a bad swag We TURNT, we up, we movin', we stylin' Whole room feel different when the Diesel come arrivin' Bottle poppin', corks flyin', ice in the bucket Pretty thing said Diesel I been wantin' to fuck with You for months, for years, for a minute, for a while I said baby you in luck, let the Diesel take you wild Grab her hand, hit the floor, spin her round to the beat Everybody at the function wanna be on my sheet [Hook] [Bridge — chanted, crowd-style] Say it one time — TURNT Say it two times — TURNT TURNT Say it three times — TURNT TURNT TURNT Whole damn crowd — TURNT TURNT TURNT TURNT Throw them hands up — TURNT Throw them hands high — TURNT Everybody now — TURNT TURNT Whole squad turnt — TURNT TURNT TURNT [Verse 3] Two in the mornin' and the party ain't stop Bottle still full, DJ still hot Every song he play, whole crowd know the words Every hook he drop, whole crowd flip like birds I'm on the couch with my people, got a blunt in rotation Pretty girl on my lap, got the whole crew waitin' For the next song to hit, for the next wave to come For the next round of shots, for the next thing to drum Up a feeling, up a moment, up a night we remember From the first day of summer to the last day of December Every weekend Diesel turnt, every weekend a function Every weekend the squad come through without assumption That the night gon' be chill, nah the night gon' be wild 'Cause the Diesel in the building and the Diesel got style Keep the music loud, keep the liquor flowin' free Keep the good times rollin' — that's the Diesel decree [Hook — bigger, full crowd] [Outro — chanted, fading out with crowd] TURNT (TURNT) TURNT (TURNT) TURNT (TURNT) We TURNT Forever TURNT Diesel Out

“JOKER” [Intro] (Ha...) You made me laugh different... Now look at me. Paint on my face... blood in my smile... I’m the joke now. [Hook] They call me Joker when I walk in, Smile too wide with the dark locked in, Heart all broke but I still don’t bend, Love made a villain, now I can’t pretend. They call me Joker, watch me grin, Tears in my eyes but I still go in, You made me cold, now the fire begin, Lost my mind and I still might win. [Verse 1] I was all heart, now I’m all scars, Drove through the night with a sky full of stars, Talked to the moon while I bled in the dark, Now every beat sound like a crack in my heart. You said “stay calm,” but the storm got fed, Too many thoughts in the back of my head, Too much love and it all went dead, Now I paint fake smiles over what you said. I don’t cry right, I just go numb, I don’t heal fast, I just come undone, I don’t want peace, I want smoke, I want drums, I want loud nights where the whole floor jump. Everybody loves pain when it’s in a song, Nobody loves you when your mind too gone, So I laugh too hard and I sing too strong, Like “what if the broken me was right all along?” [Pre-Hook] You made me dangerous, You made me strange, Turned all my soft parts Into a blade. Now I got chaos All in my veins, And every time I smile It don’t feel the same. [Hook] They call me Joker when I walk in, Smile too wide with the dark locked in, Heart all broke but I still don’t bend, Love made a villain, now I can’t pretend. They call me Joker, watch me grin, Tears in my eyes but I still go in, You made me cold, now the fire begin, Lost my mind and I still might win. [Verse 2] I got a halo with a crack through it, Still look clean but my soul been ruined, Still say “I’m fine” with a face all fluent, While the pain in my chest keep movin’ and movin’. I don’t trust love, that game too rigged, Gave too much, now my whole soul split, Now I dance in the flames with a sick-twist grin, Like “if it all burns down, maybe I fit right in.” Black roses bloom where my good side died, Soft boy gone, now the mask too tight, Late-night thoughts got me wired all night, But the crowd scream loud when I scream that life. I don’t need saving, I need that stage, Need those lights, need that pain, that rage, Need one mic and a heart in a cage, So I can bleed my truth all over the page. [Bridge] If I laugh too loud, don’t be surprised, That’s just pain with a better disguise, If I look too calm, don’t trust my eyes, That’s a war in me dressed up nice. I was a lover once, Now I’m art in ruins, Pretty little breakdown, With a crowd still movin’. [Final Hook] They call me Joker when I walk in, Smile too wide with the dark locked in, Heart all broke but I still don’t bend, Love made a villain, now I can’t pretend. They call me Joker, watch me grin, Tears in my eyes but I still go in, You made me cold, now the fire begin, Lost my mind and I still might win.