[Intro]
They tried to take my papers
They tried to take my name
They tried to take my everything
But I'm still in the game

You sound like a shadow, shadow
Step into the light
When your schemes become your downfall
You'll see the height

[Verse 1]
I built a wall with my own hands
I built a life on sinking sands
Structures standing in the dust
A fragile empire, a fragile trust

I paid the price, I paid the fees
Watched my money freeze and freeze
Outran the devil, held the line
Built something real in my own time

The man who worked beside me then
From the mountains, playing Zen
Turned on me on my birthday night
Left me standing in the fight

I kept him close, I played the game
Let him think he'd win the fame
He built the structures by my side
Then tried to take my whole ride

[Chorus]
I poured the concrete with my hands
I built the walls, I made the stands
They thought I'd break, they thought I'd bend
But I'm still building, I won't end

I poured the concrete with my hands
I built the walls on shifting sands
They took my money, took my name
But I'm still building, I'm still the same

[Verse 2]
The authorities came to my door
Foreign tenants breaking law
I knew it was trouble from the start
But I played my part, I played it smart

I paid the fines, I cleaned the space
Kept my head up, kept my pace
The legal paper with her name
She was angry, filled with shame

"If I die, my mother gets the most"
I told her flat, I made my post
She's my mother, even when she's cold
That's the truth I've always told

"You're a dark one," I said to her face
"You're a predator, a disgrace
But I stayed with you all these years
Through the claw marks and the tears"

[Bridge]
You want to talk about staying power?
I stayed with a woman who cursed me every hour
I stayed with a woman who clawed my skin
I stayed with the darkness deep within

I needed the mirror to see my own
Her darkness showed me I wasn't alone
If she could be that dark and still survive
Then maybe I could keep myself alive

You think you're tough?
You think you've seen the fight?
I built warehouses in the middle of the night
While every hand that helped me build
Was planning how to get me killed

[Chorus]
I poured the concrete with my hands
I built the walls, I made the stands
They thought I'd break, they thought I'd bend
But I'm still building, I won't end

I poured the concrete with my hands
I built the walls on shifting sands
They took my money, took my name
But I'm still building, I'm still the same

[Verse 3]
The mentor sent a spy my way
A broken man who'd come to play
I knew he'd betray, I let him in
Just to see what they'd begin

He reported everything back to them
Every move, every plan, every gem
I fired him, he stole the ride
Kept the wheels but not the pride

I cut the mentor, cut him clean
Used the theft to make the scene
"Your spy is done, your game is through"
Now watch what I can do

[Bridge]
I ran the pattern analysis
Saw the truth through all the fictions
Every single one I knew
Was a predator, not true

The twisted ones, the dark designs
The schemers in their endless lines
I cut them all off, every one
Closed the door when it was done

The structures stood, the business ran
The house in her name, but I was the man
The legal paper was my claim
I built it all through the shame

[Chorus]
I poured the concrete with my hands
I built the walls, I made the stands
They thought I'd break, they thought I'd bend
But I'm still building, I won't end

I poured the concrete with my hands
I built the walls on shifting sands
They took my money, took my name
But I'm still building, I'm still the same

[Outro]
I cut the spies, I cut the ties
I looked them all in the lying eyes
They were predators, every one
But I was the builder, I didn't run

I poured the concrete, I built the walls
I survived their schemes, their calls
The spiral turned, the spiral turned
And I'm still building, I haven't burned