[Verse] One lantern casting shadows on the cracked concrete, Pages worn, ink soaked with the heat. I’m scribbling dreams where the cold wind meets, Rooftop stories where the city sleeps. Blocks stacked like memories in my mind, Every corner got a chapter, every step a line. From the stoop to the skyline, I redefine, A voice for the silent, steady and tight. [Pre-Chorus] And every night I rise, with the moon my guide, One light, one book, no place to hide. [Chorus] One lantern, one notebook, one rooftop view, Where the past and the future collide in the truth. I’m holding my story, I’m calling it through, One lantern, one notebook, one rooftop view. [Verse] Hands steady, heart heavy, but the fire won’t fade, Lessons carved deep in the lines that I made. Echoes of the nights when hope felt betrayed, But the rhythm and the hustle got me unafraid. From the project’s shadows to the city’s glow, I’m painting life’s scars in the verses I flow. The struggle’s a river, but I’m setting the row, One shot, one chance, watch me grow. [Pre-Chorus] And every night I rise, with the moon my guide, One light, one book, no place to hide. [Chorus] One lantern, one notebook, one rooftop view, Where the past and the future collide in the truth. I’m holding my story, I’m calling it through, One lantern, one notebook, one rooftop view. [Bridge] In the quiet, in the dark, where the city breathes, I’m a voice in the silence, writing what I believe. No matter where life takes me, this is what I keep, One lantern, one notebook, secrets buried deep. [Chorus] One lantern, one notebook, one rooftop view, Where the past and the future collide in the truth. I’m holding my story, I’m calling it through, One lantern, one notebook, one rooftop view. [Outro] One lantern flickers, but the fire’s alive, One notebook open, watch my spirit rise. On this rooftop high, beneath the sky so blue, One lantern, one notebook, one rooftop view.