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Hidden Crowd · VIRTUAL ARTIST

4th QUARTER MIRACLES

The Rise — Struggle · 4:59 · Hip-hop

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WITHIN THE ALBUM

The cost of moving upward.

The first side of The Rise considers obstacles and the gestures that help people continue. Echoes from the Underground, Down for the Count, and Concrete Roses provide the opening images for a journey where perseverance does not remove contradictions.

In Hidden Crowd’s fiction, the characters learn that rising also involves relationships with others. Roots and Wings and Phoenix Protocol offer two ways of thinking about this passage. Struggle speaks to Success without turning imagined lives into real results or figures.

Listen to this chapter before The Rise — Success to follow the two perspectives offered by the label.

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Original lyrics

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Fourth quarter miracles, two minutes on the clock
Down by six, no timeouts left, the pressure starts to shock
My teammates in the huddle looking like they seen a ghost
But champions are made when you need it the most

Pocket collapsing, rushers coming from all sides
This is where legends separate from the guys who hide
Been grinding since peewee, dreaming of this very moment
When the lights are brightest and defeat seems like an omen

Coach screaming from sideline, "Execute or go home!"
Eighty thousand people but I'm standing all alone
With destiny waiting in this final possession
Either glory or regret, there's no middle lesson

My daddy in the stands with tears already in his eyes
Twenty years of sacrifice reflected in the prize
This ain't just about a ring or trophy on the shelf
This about proving what I always told myself

Four seconds left
Three seconds left
Two seconds left
One second left

No choice, we gotta win it all
When your back's against the wall
Fourth quarter miracles in the making
Everything's on the line, no faking
Champions rise when the moment's here
Push through the doubt, push through the fear
No choice, we gotta win it all
Legends are born when heroes fall

Hail Mary flow, throwing words deep down field
Every syllable a spiral that I'll never yield
Receiver running routes through metaphor and meter
While the defense tries to tackle what they can't decipher

This is bigger than the game, this is David versus Goliath
Small town kid with big dreams, now the whole world's watching
Mama prayed every Sunday for this very blessing
Now it's time to show the world what she was confessing

Line of scrimmage in my mind where fear meets faith
Been preparing for this moment since I learned to wait
Every rep in practice, every sprint in July heat
Every time I got knocked down and got back to my feet

The opposition's tired but I'm just getting started
This is what separates the wholehearted from departed
Championship DNA flowing through my veins
Win or lose, I gave everything, that never changes

But losing ain't an option when you come this far
From backyard dreams to underneath the stadium stars
Tunnel vision focused on that goal line ahead
Cause champions are made from the words that they've said

Everything slows down
Ball floating through air in slow motion
Crowd noise becomes distant drone
Heartbeat echoing in cathedral space

In this frozen moment between victory and defeat
I can see my whole life story in the stadium seats
Every coach who believed, every doubter who didn't
Every sacrifice made, every limit that we lifted

Time moves different when greatness is calling
Either rise to the occasion or accept that you're falling
But falling ain't written in my championship story
This moment was destined, this moment is glory

Victory formation in my lyrical stance
Fourth down and inches, this is my last chance
The scoreboard's watching, the world's holding breath
This is life or death, ain't nothing left

Snap the ball ! 
Breaking through the line like I'm breaking through walls
Every defender falls when destiny calls
I'm running through tackles made of doubt and fear
The end zone getting closer, victory's here

Touchdown ! 
Confetti falling like angels from the sky
Teammates mobbing me, grown men start to cry
This is what we worked for, this is what we earn
When you give everything and refuse to turn

Championship rings don't make you a champion
Heart of a champion makes you grab the ring
From the bottom to the top, from the struggle to the crown
When they write my story, they'll write "He never backed down"

No choice but to be great when greatness chooses you
No choice but to succeed when your team believes in you
No choice but to rise when the moment's do or die
Fourth quarter miracles happen when champions learn to fly

This Super Bowl victory ain't the end, it's the beginning
Of a legacy built on never accepting anything less than winning
When your back's against the wall and there's nowhere left to run
That's when miracles happen and champions are done

Victory eternal, victory eternal, victory eternal
Victory eternal, victory eternal, victory eternal
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