MADE 'EM WATCH

Made 'em watch, made 'em watch, made 'em watch
(don't blink)
Every step of the staircase, I built it
(eyes up)
One cold room turned the whole block to light
Now they can't look away from my life
(watch)

Bank app red but the plan stayed green
Two percent left on a cracked screen (low)
Sent the last file at two-thirteen
Next day, silence — I still bet on me
No rich uncle, no shortcut code (nah)
Both hands stayed on a long dark road
They love the roof, never hauled the stone (heavy)
I set every brick in an empty hallway
Kept the receipts in an old shoe box (proof)
Kept my word where the money was not
Lost good friends just to hear my mind
Missed enough sleep to buy back time
One clean coat and a borrowed car (still)
Parked on the hill where the streetlight bends
Same ones laughing read every line I send
I don't answer smoke — I answer the clock (paid)

Used to lock the door, now they tap in (what?)
Same cold hallway, same shoes, back in
Built the whole floor while the room laughed (facts)
Same key in my hand, different building
One post now and the phone won't stop (go)

Made 'em watch, made 'em watch, made 'em watch

Made 'em watch, made 'em watch, made 'em watch
(don't blink)
Every step of the staircase, I built it
(eyes up)
One cold room turned the whole block to light
Now they can't look away from my life
(watch)

Eyes up (eyes up)
Eyes up (eyes up)
Don't blink (don't blink)
Made 'em watch
Eyes up (eyes up)
Eyes up (eyes up)
Made 'em watch

Calm in the middle of all that noise
Real weight never begs for a voice (nah)
Made discipline louder than all the boys
Whole room moves on a hand, not a threat
I don't post every win that I touch (low)
Quiet money always weighs too much
They count my steps and still miss the clutch
Changed the engine, kept the same tires
Tailored black but the knees still show (real)
Gold on the wrist and the roots still hold
I know the hands that stayed in the cold (family)
First full plate went around the whole floor (eat)
Every rumor dies where the paperwork lands
Every cheap shot turns into tax again (paid)
They skipped the work, now they study the score
Can't buy the nerve that it took to stand there

Used to lock the door, now they tap in (what?)
Same cracked screen, same hands, back in
Built the whole floor while the room laughed (facts)
Same coat on the chair, different table
One post now and the whole line stops (go)

Everybody loves the view — nobody builds the staircase
I don't need the apology, I kept the receipts
Ten years in a hallway with one light on
Nobody handed me a floor, so I poured it
I stopped waiting on a seat, I set the table
Now look up

Made 'em watch, made 'em watch, made 'em watch

Made 'em watch
Watch