
Brick by Blood
Sample-heavy West Coast gangsta rap track,A looped soul vocal from the 1970s

Brick by Blood
Sample-heavy West Coast gangsta rap track,A looped soul vocal from the 1970s
Lyrics
Sample: soul loop singing]“Brick by brick… built by blood…” [with soft strings underneath
Intro – Spoken / Half-Rapped
Yeah...
They never saw the blueprints — just the cracks in the wall
Didn’t see what broke me — only what I built from it
But it’s all there…
Brick by blood
Verse 1
Ain’t no peace in this life, only war with the past
Tryna build somethin' real where nothin' ever lasts
Used to sleep to sirens, now I dream in code
Every breath I take’s another line I wrote
They say pain make you stronger, but it tore me down
Had to piece it back together, soul lost then found
Mama cried on the couch while I bled in the streets
Tryna turn broken glass into verses on beats
Ain’t no blueprint in the struggle, just instinct and rage
I wrote scriptures in the margin of a blood-stained page
Learned to fight with no gloves, love with no trust
Every wall I built came from ashes and dust
Chorus – Sample + Hook
[Sample:] “Brick by brick… built by blood…”
Brick by blood, that’s the cost I paid
Laid my soul in the cracks that the world betrayed
Still breathin’, still scarred, still misunderstood
But I ain’t break — I just built it like a fighter would
Verse 2
See the tears in the concrete, the truth in the tar
Every dream I chased left a permanent scar
They said the block don’t love you — but I still gave back
Fed the same ones who watched me fade to black
My name ain’t written in stone — it’s carved in pain
Not for fame, but for those who ain’t survive the game
I speak for the ones who got no voice left
Who spit blood in the booth just to cope with death
Still hear the sirens sing in the dead of night
Still walk like the wind carryin’ ghosts in flight
And if I fall, let the beat carry what’s true
Every verse I bled, I bled for you
Chorus – Full Power Hook
[Sample:] “Brick by brick… built by blood…”
Brick by blood — this foundation's mine
From the cellar to the sky, from the dirt to divine
This ain’t just bars — it’s a map of my skin
And I’d do it all again, just to stand in the wind
Verse 3 – Reflective / Legacy Verse
They gon’ tell stories, but they’ll leave parts out
Won’t mention the hunger, just the money route
Won’t show the nights I slept on guilt
Just the throne I built from what they tried to wilt
But I ain’t ask for sympathy — just space to grow
Took pain like a seed, made it rise from below
Now my words like bricks, stack 'em high for the youth
Let ‘em walk on my lines if it brings 'em truth
I was never meant to last, but I lastin' still
'Cause I wrote my soul into every thrill
And if they come for my name, let 'em come prepared
'Cause the legacy’s deep — and the bricks are there
Bridge – Spoken Word / Raw Truth
I didn’t build this for the charts
I built this for the brothers who ain’t get the chance
For the sisters who kept faith in the fire
For the dreams buried in shoes left hangin’ on the wire
You can paint the block clean… but the blood still speaks
Brick by blood — this ain’t yours to delete
Final Chorus – Double Chorus + Sample Fade
Sample: “Brick by brick… built by blood…”
Brick by blood — this the life I claim
Every cut, every loss, every cursed nickname
I ain’t rich in gold, but I’m rich in fight
And my name stay lit in the darkest night
Brick by blood — that’s how I stay
In the walls, in the beats, in the words I say
And when I’m gone, let the loop still thump
‘Cause I died on the beat just to live in this dump
Outro – Soft Fade with Sample & Whispered Ad-Libs
Still buildin’...
Still speakin’...
Still breathin’ through these bricks
Brick by blood…
Sample:][soul loop singing]“Brick by brick… built by blood…” [with soft strings underneath
"I built this life with broken hands,
Every stone was laid in pain…
Tears in the mortar, hope in the sand,
Still I rise through the rain...
Brick by brick… oh, built by blood…
No mercy came from up above…
Brick by brick… yeah, built by blood…
Gave it all for the ones I love..."
End
