From Cardboard to Chrome

Letra

[Verse 1] Back when the fridge looked bare I knew that stare all too well Mama split one plate in two Made two days out of one shell Shoebox cash in the sock drawer Gas light blinked on low I wore the same blue sneakers Till the holes let the rain show Corner store tabs in the notebook Names scratched next to dreams I was counting every setback Like it owed me everything Then I learned to move in silence Put a plan behind my grin If the door stayed closed on me I found a window to slip in [Pre-Chorus] Now the same ones call my phone Like they always knew my name Funny how they missed the storm Then they showed up for the flame I kept building brick by brick Even when the nights stayed long From a room with one good lamp To a house where the whole block knows the song [Chorus] From cardboard to chrome I made a way From broke to gold I paid my way Look at me now I came up slow From cardboard to chrome Watch me go, go, go (go, go, go) From cardboard to chrome I made a way From broke to gold I paid my way Look at me now I came up slow From cardboard to chrome Watch me go, go, go (go, go, go) [Verse 2] Now the table got extra chairs And the pantry got too much food My mama say my walk changed Same kid, just a bigger view Still keep that old bus ticket Folded in my wallet tight Reminds me where the road began And who I was that night I don't flex for empty faces I don't spend to prove a thing I know what it cost to have nothing So I treat every win like a ring From the laundromat to deadlines From the swap meet to the plane I turned “maybe one day” into A name they remember saying [Pre-Chorus] Now the same ones call my phone Like they always knew my name Funny how they missed the storm Then they showed up for the flame I kept building brick by brick Even when the nights stayed long From a room with one good lamp To a house where the whole block knows the song [Chorus] From cardboard to chrome I made a way From broke to gold I paid my way Look at me now I came up slow From cardboard to chrome Watch me go, go, go (go, go, go) From cardboard to chrome I made a way From broke to gold I paid my way Look at me now I came up slow From cardboard to chrome Watch me go, go, go (go, go, go) [Bridge] I remember empty pockets I remember borrowed time Every scar became a ladder Every loss became a line If you see me shining higher Know I earned it in the dark I was broke, but I was building Had a whole world in my heart [Final Chorus] From cardboard to chrome I made a way From broke to gold I paid my way Look at me now I came up slow From cardboard to chrome Watch me go, go, go (go, go, go) From cardboard to chrome I made a way From broke to gold I paid my way Look at me now I came up slow From cardboard to chrome Watch me go, go, go (go, go, go)