Shored Up Souls

[Verse 1]
Remember those nights, plotting on chipped paint walls,
Before the high-rise view, before the applause.
They’d show up for the framing, once the steel took hold,
But vanished when the timber splintered, stories untold.
The 'unseen labor,' that’s where true loyalty’s cast,
My day-ones, load-bearing, built to last.

[Chorus]
They saw the blueprint, before the first pour,
My real ones held the scaffold, through the storm.

[Verse 2]
From corner store hustle, to the main stage shine,
Those silent hands shoring up, built this design.
While fair-weather architects drew on borrowed lines,
My crew etched the blueprints, through the toughest times.
No need for spotlights, just solid joists in the dark,
That deep jazz sample plays, leaving its permanent mark.

[Chorus]
They saw the blueprint, before the first pour,
My real ones held the scaffold, through the storm.

[Bridge]
The concrete poured solid, now the sky's the limit's frame,
We built this from nothing, whisperin' every name.
From Scarborough sidewalks, to where the grand vistas bloom,
Our shared foundation echoes, chasing away the gloom.

[Chorus]
They saw the blueprint, before the first pour,
My real ones held the scaffold, through the storm.

[Outro]
Yeah, the real ones stand tall, through every rise and fall.
Shored Up Souls, answering the call.