FROM THE GROUND Xpollo X × MJ Royalty Nation × Platinum Empire

Lyrics

[INTRO — MJ | HIGH, AIRY SINGING] Ooh… Before the lights knew our names… Before the crowns… Before the empires… We had each other. Yeah… We came from nothing… Together. ⸻ [XPOLLO X | LOW SPOKEN ENTRY] No Platinum. No titles. No reason to believe it would work. Just Royalty… Two brothers… And a vision. Look. ⸻ [VERSE 1 — XPOLLO X | DARK CINEMATIC RAP] Started at the bottom, I remember that position. Security first, I was protecting the vision. MJ building Royalty, I was standing at the door. Didn’t know that one day I’d be leading something more. No cameras. No praise. Nobody saying we made it. Just long nights, Bad days, And a dream we kept chasing. I became First Director, Started learning how to lead. Found out leadership ain’t talking, It’s becoming what they need. Then I walked away. Had some growing left to do. Sometimes you gotta lose the room To understand your view. Came back different. Took the CEO chair. But even sitting at the top, I remembered who was there. MJ. My brother. Before business had a name. Before Platinum was alive, We were learning through the pain. ⸻ [MJ — PRE-CHORUS | PURE SINGING] And I remember… Those nights we stayed awake. Trying to build something Nobody else could see. Ohhh… We didn’t know where we were going. We only knew… We couldn’t leave. ⸻ [CHORUS — MJ | BIG R&B/POP VOCALS] We came from the ground, Oh, together. Through the rain, Through whatever. When nobody knew our names, We still believed. Now you’re building Platinum, I’m holding Royalty. Different roads, But the same memories. Look how far we’ve come… From where we used to be. Ooh, yeah… We came from the ground… Together. ⸻ [XPOLLO X | LOW AD-LIB] From the ground. Yeah. ⸻ [VERSE 2 — XPOLLO X | HARDER RAP] People see Platinum And think they know the beginning. They see the estate, The records, The people, The winning. They ain’t see Royalty When everything was uncertain. They ain’t see both of us Working behind every curtain. Me and MJ disagreed. Yeah. Brothers gonna clash. Different minds, Different choices, Different ways to handle that. But time showed something That pride couldn’t erase. You can build another home Without forgetting your birthplace. So I built Platinum. Put my name behind the door. AETERNUM grew bigger Than what I imagined before. But don’t confuse evolution With me erasing the past. Royalty helped shape the man That eventually built all of that. Now I stand at the head Of something made in my vision. He stands over Royalty, Still carrying his mission. That’s two leaders. Not rivals. Different kingdoms. Same roots. And when history tells the story, It better tell the truth. ⸻ [MJ — CHORUS | BRIGHTER, MORE EMOTIONAL] We came from the ground, Oh, together. Through the changes, Through the pressure. Even when the road Pulled you away from me… You built your own world, I kept building Royalty. Now we’re standing here With our own legacies. But I still see the brother Who was right there next to me. Ohhh… We came from the ground… Together. ⸻ [MJ — VOCAL BREAK | FALSETTO] Ooh… Look at us now… Look at us now… Who would’ve known? Yeah… Who would’ve known? ⸻ [VERSE 3 — XPOLLO X | FAST CINEMATIC BUILD] Nobody told us how to lead. Nobody gave us the answers. Had to learn while moving, Turn mistakes into standards. Relationships changed. People left. Some bridges burned. Some lessons only become wisdom After getting hurt. And I changed. He changed. That’s supposed to happen. If we stayed those same two men, None of this would’ve happened. Royalty became his legacy. Platinum became mine. But blood don’t disappear Because two stars both shine. Read that again. I don’t need his crown. He don’t need my chair. When you’ve really built your own, Another king don’t bring fear. That’s maturity. That’s knowing your worth. And knowing the man beside you Was there before they knew you on Earth. So yeah, We got history. Not all of it perfect. But anything built from nothing Usually comes with a furnace. We survived it. Now look around. Royalty standing tall. Platinum beside it. And the same two brothers Still behind it all. ⸻ [BRIDGE — MJ | SOFT R&B, NO RAP] If I could go back… I wouldn’t change those days. Every broken road Helped us find our way. And wherever life takes you… Brother, don’t forget… Before they knew Xpollo… Before they knew MJ… We already knew each other. ⸻ [XPOLLO X | QUIET SPOKEN RESPONSE] Facts. Before the names meant anything. ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS — MJ | FULL VOCALS + HARMONIES] We came from the ground, Oh, together. Now we’re standing Higher than ever. You got Platinum, I got Royalty. Still the same blood Running through the history. Different worlds, Different destinies. But nobody can erase What you built with me. From the bottom, To everything we see… We came from the ground… Together.