[Verse 1] Late night, street lights flicker, shadows talkin’ low Footsteps echo memories from the days I used to know Blocks that raised me up, cracks that taught me how to grow Every corner got a story, every night a different show Hustle in my veins, scars beneath the surface hid Playin’ chess with fate, and the stakes never kid Concrete jungle whispered, “Boy, don’t forget who you is” Made a man outta struggle, now I’m quittin’ what I did [Pre-Chorus] Lookin’ back, the nights were cold but full of fire Burnin’ dreams, survival was the only choir [Chorus] This block made the man you see before your eyes From the lows and the pain, to the dawn and the skies Holdin’ on to every lesson, every cut and cry This block made the man, and I’m proud to rise This block made the man, and I’m proud to rise [Verse 2] Late nights in the alley where the silence spoke loud Whispers of the lost, but I stood and made ‘em proud Fast talk, quick steps, dodgin’ trouble in the crowd Learned to turn my pain into an unbreakable shroud Echoes of the past, yeah they haunt but they empower Every sleepless hour built this strength like a tower From the grit to the grind, from the streets to the flower The block’s in my blood, it’s my soul’s secret power [Pre-Chorus] Lookin’ back, the nights were cold but full of fire Burnin’ dreams, survival was the only choir [Chorus] This block made the man you see before your eyes From the lows and the pain, to the dawn and the skies Holdin’ on to every lesson, every cut and cry This block made the man, and I’m proud to rise This block made the man, and I’m proud to rise [Bridge] Underneath the streetlamps, where the nights never end I found my reflection, in the struggle and the bend Two voices, one story, through the dark we ascend From the block to the future, where the light will send [Chorus] This block made the man you see before your eyes From the lows and the pain, to the dawn and the skies Holdin’ on to every lesson, every cut and cry This block made the man, and I’m proud to rise This block made the man, and I’m proud to rise [Outro] Yeah, the block made the man, And I’m proud to rise... Proud to rise.