03_ LY0N – NO CROWN GIVEN (EVERY INCH EARNED)

Lyrics

[INTRO – DARK PIANO, DISTORTED BASS PULSE] [Deep Spoken Voice] You see the crown. You think somebody gave it to me? [PAUSE] Nobody gave me a throne. Nobody handed me a name. I built what I could. I earned what I have. [Digital Voice] LÖWEN CODEX. CHAPTER THREE. NO CROWN GIVEN. [BRUTAL 808 DROP] [VERSE 1 – DEEP AGGRESSIVE RAP] No crown given, no seat reserved, no easy road, no favors earned. Had to put the pressure on, had to work when hope was gone. They want the gold, they want the shine, they never ask about the time. Never saw the broken parts, never saw the failed first starts. I don’t need a royal name, I don’t need a borrowed claim. If I wear a crown today, it’s a symbol of the price I paid. Built a throne in black and gold, watched the layers take their hold. Now it’s standing in the light, but the work still fills my nights. [PRE-HOOK – BASS CUT, MALE CHANTS] [Lead] WHO GAVE THE CROWN? [Group] NOBODY! [Lead] WHO BUILT THE THRONE? [Group] WE DID! [Lead] WHAT DID IT COST? [Group] EVERY INCH EARNED! [HOOK – MASSIVE BASS DROP] NO CROWN GIVEN! NO THRONE INHERITED! EVERY INCH EARNED! EVERY SCAR REMEMBERED! BLACK AND GOLD! I DON’T NEED YOUR PERMISSION! NO CROWN GIVEN! I BUILT MY OWN POSITION! NO CROWN GIVEN! LET THE WHOLE WORLD HEAR IT! NO THRONE INHERITED! EVERY INCH EARNED! [VERSE 2 – AGGRESSIVE DOUBLE-TIME] I don’t bow to empty titles, I don’t kneel to borrowed fame. If the numbers don’t support it, I don’t put it in my name. Got a lion on the emblem, got a workshop full of plans. Got the coins and got the throne, got the proof inside my hands. But a symbol isn’t power, and a logo isn’t trust. If I promise something real, then delivering’s a must. I don’t need to fake a kingdom, I don’t need to claim a crown. If the next machine is broken, I’m the one who shuts it down. Every decision carries weight, every shortcut leaves a trace. You can buy a golden object, you can’t purchase your own place. New language, bigger audience, same standards, same direction. I’m not chasing royal status, I’m committed to construction. [BEAT SWITCH – COMPLETE SILENCE] [Digital Voice] CROWN STATUS: NOT INHERITED. THRONE STATUS: SELF-MADE OBJECT. REPUTATION STATUS: MUST BE EARNED. [Deep Spoken Voice] A crown doesn’t make you a leader. A throne doesn’t make you a king. Your decisions do. Your actions do. And your responsibility is what remains when the lights go out. [HALFTIME INDUSTRIAL DROP] [BRIDGE – DARK PIANO, LOW MALE CHOIR] They can keep the empty glory. They can keep the borrowed gold. I would rather build my story than repeat the ones they told. If tomorrow takes the crown, if the throne falls to the ground, I’ll still know the way to build, ’cause the skill is what I found. [BUILD-UP – DEEP MALE CHANTS] [Group] NO CROWN GIVEN! NO THRONE INHERITED! NO SHORTCUT TAKEN! [LY0N] EVERY INCH EARNED! [FINAL HOOK – MAXIMUM BASS] NO CROWN GIVEN! NO THRONE INHERITED! EVERY INCH EARNED! EVERY SCAR REMEMBERED! BLACK AND GOLD! I DON’T NEED YOUR PERMISSION! NO CROWN GIVEN! I BUILT MY OWN POSITION! NO CROWN GIVEN! LET THE WHOLE WORLD HEAR IT! NO THRONE INHERITED! EVERY INCH EARNED! [OUTRO – PIANO, LOW RADIO STATIC] [Deep Spoken Voice] You can take away the crown. You can take away the throne. But you cannot take away the knowledge of how I built them. [Digital Voice] CHAPTER THREE COMPLETE. NEXT CHAPTER: BLACK AND GOLD EMPIRE. [END]