One By One
Banks & Steelz Lyrics

I don't need these highs to raise me
I don't require drugs or any other external substance to uplift me

I don't need these highs to lift me up
I don't seek any substances or activities to elevate my mood

I don't want your smiles to wake me
I don't think I need anyone else to evoke happiness in me

I don't think that I should slowly go
I don't want to take life at a slow pace

Never ending trials I am facing
I'm constantly enduring challenging circumstances

I don't want their wives to mix me up
I don't want to be misunderstood due to other people's activities or words

I'm all fucked up today
I am messed up in various ways today

My lucky friend says your luck will end today
My friend believes that someone's fortune will turn around and yield unpleasant results on this specific day

I don't need these lows to numb
I don't want to dull my senses with any drugs or activities

I don't want these trials to be raiding me
I don't want these hardships to negatively impact me

I don't need their noses to nose my heart
I don't think other people's judgment should affect my personal life

That's a start
This is only the beginning

Let's get it on
Let's begin doing what we need to do

Ice cold on the battlefield
The battlefield is freezing cold

Twenty below was the wind chill
The wind chill was of minus twenty degrees Celsius

Winchester rifle with the hot lead
A rifle with heated ammunition

It burnt a hole in their fucking heads
The heated ammunition caused fatal damage to the opposing side

Bullets ring on the battlefield
The sound of gunshots can be heard all over the battlefield

The survivor is the one who kills
The one who wins the battle is the one who kills the others

Now they drown in their own blood
The dead bodies of the opposition are covered in their own blood

Men laying where they once stood
The opposing soldiers are now laying on the ground where they initially stood

Through the fire and the gunsmoke
Amidst the smoke and the blazes from the firearms

Niggas crawling with their back broke
The enemy is severely injured and trying to crawl on the ground with their back broken

And they're hopeful that they don't croak
They hope that they don't die

Bullets spraying and there's no hope
The bullets are flying all around them, and there is no hope left for them to survive

From (?) I slay my enemy, drained him of his energy
I put the final blow on my opponent and defeated them by draining their energy

I fight for this victory, you die in your iniquity
I fight to win and you die due to your wrongdoings

Twenty below motherfucker, that's the wind chill
The wind chill is very low at minus twenty degrees Celsius

A thousand men they come and they fall
Many soldiers have fallen in the battle and continue to do so

Call the preacher, the mortician
The church leader and undertaker should be called due to the increasing number of casualties

You can't stop this coalition
Our group is unstoppable

Its like I'm fighting against the prohibition
It feels like I'm battling against being outlawed somehow

In the sunlight, bong, you see that sword glisten
Under the bright sun, you can see the sword shining

Now we got this taste for blood
After winning this battle, we have developed an appetite for violence and bloodshed

This pain is all but surmounted by peace
Although there is some residual pain, it is overshadowed by the peace gained by winning

Killa Hill, Brownville
Two different neighborhoods

Never ran, never will
We've never backed down and will continue to fight

Besmirch the quarter mil
Dirtying the illicit earnings

Movie cams on y grill
Cameras are pointed at our group

Never jam, never squeal
We will never malfunction or rebel

C'mon every wheel
Come on! Let's get moving

A bag of cash in the stash
Money is kept in a secret hiding place

Queen on the bills
Images of influential women on the bills of the cash

I'm just one of my mom's eight born sons
I'm one of eight siblings born to my mother

One of those nine swordsmen
I'm one of the nine skilled fighters

Slice your neck with a tongue
I can verbally injure someone

Its an Ol' Dirty cousin
It's a relative of the rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard

A student of Allah's justice
I aim to practice and embody the morals of Allah's teachings

Boosting my mind
I'm elevating my thoughts and mindset

(?) the atom bomb to crush us
Referring to the possibility of someone using the atom bomb as a weapon

I bathe in the moonlight
I enjoy the moonlight and it has a calming effect on me

Gain praise in the sunlight
I receive acknowledgement and praise in the daylight

Seen the platoon strike at midnight to the noonlight
Observed the platoon's attack from midnight until the scorching daylight sun

Oh what a life
This is such an exciting life

With just a butter knife they could hijack your crew (?) interrupt your life
Anyone could easily take control of someone's life or crew with minimal force

Then raise the price of grass, hash, gas, and rice
After the takeover, the perpetrators could increase the prices of goods

I send a white square (?) to sacrifice the night
I'm writing a letter of sorts to someone, requesting they sacrifice the night

One by one
Individually or piece by piece (repeated several times throughout the track)