Black Silk Blade

[Verse 1] I came up through rain on the cedar steps Black coat, slow walk, and a calm in my chest Old town gates creak when I pass that way Blade on my hip and a prayer in the haze Mama said, “Son, keep your name like flame” So I carved my path in the ash and the clay They want smoke, I bring snow on steel One cut clean, let the whole block feel [Pre-Chorus] Hear that hush when I move? Hear that drum in my boots? Every scar got a song Every night got proof I don’t bow for the noise I don’t fold for the room If the wolf shows teeth Then the moon shows truth [Chorus] Black samurai, black samurai Walk with the storm in my eyes Black samurai, black samurai I don’t break, I don’t beg, I rise (Black samurai) Black samurai, black samurai Honor alive in the fight [Verse 2] Cherry wood table, a map, a torch I left those lies by the rice field porch Gold on the tongue, but it turned to dust So I learned how to move on grit and trust Crow on the fence, and the sky went low My heart stayed lit when the cold winds blow I’ve seen them kings with the paper crowns Fall face-first when the real comes down So I breathe in deep, let the panic pass One step forward, no looking back If they call me strange, let them call me that I was made from the night and the iron crack [Pre-Chorus] Hear that hush when I move? Hear that drum in my boots? Every scar got a song Every night got proof I don’t bow for the noise I don’t fold for the room If the wolf shows teeth Then the moon shows truth [Chorus] Black samurai, black samurai Walk with the storm in my eyes Black samurai, black samurai I don’t break, I don’t beg, I rise (Black samurai) Black samurai, black samurai Honor alive in the fight [Bridge] When the world gets loud I get still When the path turns dark I trust my will No throne, no chain Can hold my soul I was built from the heat And the blacksmith’s gold [Final Chorus] Black samurai, black samurai Walk with the storm in my eyes Black samurai, black samurai I don’t break, I don’t beg, I rise (Black samurai) Black samurai, black samurai Honor alive in the fight (Black samurai) Black samurai, black samurai I’m the dawn in the dark tonight