NO FEAR (Demon Child '87)

Lyrics

INTRO SKIT
Doctor: Push! Push!
Mother: AHHH — he comin'!
Nurse: Eyes open... he ain't even cryin'...
Doctor: October 18th, '87... it's a boy...
Mother: My demon child... born with no fear.

PRE-HOOK 1
No fear in my heart, since birth (birth)
Dramatic year, but I know my worth (worth)
Demon child, momma knew first (knew first)
October baby, had to put in work (work)

VERSE 1 - BIRTH / IB - 38
1 Born October 18th, '87, night was heavy
2 Dramatic year, whole world felt unsteady
3 Cold nights, loud news, pressure in the air
4 I came in quiet, calm, no fear there
5 Libra baby, balance in my chest
6 Born in chaos, but my soul at rest
7 Momma prayed, sky was burning orange
8 I arrived soft, but my spirit enormous
9 They was panicking, I was just breathing
10 They was doubting, I was just believing
11 No fear, that's the code I arrived with
12 No tears, that's the mode I survived with
13 October child, autumn wind in my lungs
14 Taught me how to stand when the world spun
15 Dramatic year tried to write me in fear
16 I tore that page out, made it clear
17 Living in no fear, that's my language
18 Living in no fear, that's my advantage
19 '87 made noise, I made silence
20 '87 made pressure, I made diamonds
21 From day one, I was built for the storm
22 Born in the fall, but my heart stayed warm
23 No fear in my bloodline, that's legacy
24 No fear in my mind, that's how it's gotta be
25 They run from the thunder, I walk through it
26 They hide from the fire, I spark through it
27 IB baby, Imperial Beach in my veins
28 Beach baby, still dancing through the rain
29 Dramatic year, yeah the world was shaking
30 But I was steady, foundation never breaking
31 October 18th, marked, yeah I'm chosen
32 Fearless since birth, heart never frozen
33 Living in no fear, let that echo
34 Living in no fear, let them know though
35 Thirty-eight years, same soul, same peace
36 Born in drama, but my drama ceased
37 October 18th, '87, that's the stamp
38 Living in no fear, light the lamp

PRE-HOOK 2
Momma said boy you different from them (them)
Born in the storm, you was bred to win (win)
No fear living, that's your skin (skin)
Demon child grown, let the story begin (begin)

VERSE 2 - DADDY GONE - 38
1 Daddy gone, out the picture, left the frame
2 Momma solo, had to carry both names
3 No man in the house, had to become one
4 Little boy heart, but the man had to come
5 They said I would be nothing, just like him
6 They said I would be trouble, lights dim
7 So I became the demon they spoke on
8 Not the evil type, but the one they froze on
9 Demon child with a halo crooked
10 Heart of gold but the soul was booked
11 Growing up fast, had to learn survival
12 No father figure, had to find my own bible
13 Street raised me when the house was quiet
14 Pain raised me when the love was quiet
15 Momma crying at night, I heard it
16 So I wiped her tears, had to earn it
17 Daddy gone, so I became daddy to me
18 Taught myself how to be what I had to be
19 No fear, cause fear need a father to hold you
20 I had no hand, so I had to hold through
21 They called me demon cause I didn't smile much
22 They called me demon cause I didn't cry much
23 But demon just mean I survived much
24 Demon just mean I seen too much
25 From IB blocks to the world wide
26 No father shadow, had to find light inside
27 Turned pain to power, turned hurt to hustle
28 Turned absence to muscle
29 Daddy gone, but I ain't gone, I'm here
30 Demon I was supposed to be, but with no fear
31 Not the monster they wanted, but the man they needed
32 Not the failure they spoke, but the seed that seeded
33 October 18th, demon child, look at me now
34 38 years, still standing, took a bow
35 Daddy gone, but momma's prayer stayed
36 Kept me from the grave they said I would lay
37 Becoming that demon I was supposed to be
38 But demon with a purpose, with no fear, free

HOOK
Dramatic year but I live with no fear (no fear)
October 18th, '87, yeah the sky was clear (was clear)
Libra gangsta, balanced but I don't play (don't play)
Born in the chaos, had to make a way (a way)
No fear in my chest, heart cold like winter (like winter)
38 years solid, I ain't never been a quitter (nah)
They pray I fall, but I was built to stay up
Dramatic year baby, that's that gangsta way up Imperial Beach raskols playground ib out this bitch...