Value Over Time

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[Verse 1]
Sun comes up, I punch the clock
Same old road, same old stop
Work all day, trade my time
Just to make another dime

Boss gets rich, I get by
Years roll on, I don't ask why
Thought that's just the way it goes
Till I saw what I didn't know

[Pre-Chorus]
It ain't about working more
It's about what you build it for

[Chorus]
Value over time
That's the line
I won't cross again

Build it once
Let it run
Let it pay me back again

I ain't trading hours
For another man's plan
I'm building something
That outlives my hands

[Verse 2]
Started small, late at night
Learning things I never tried
Writing, building, setting stone
Something I could call my own

Now it grows when I step away
Still gets paid when I don't stay
That's a different kind of life
That's a different way to rise

[Pre-Chorus]
It ain't about breaking your back
It's about building what lasts

[Chorus]
Value over time
That's the line
I won't cross again

Build it once
Let it run
Let it pay me back again

I ain't chasing money
I'm creating flow
What I build keeps working
Long after I go

[Bridge]
Plant the seed
Let it grow
You don't reap
What you don't sow

Work is work
But build is power
That's the shift
That changes hours

[Final Chorus]
Value over time
That's the truth
I was blind
Now I see

I don't trade my life away
Piece by piece

I build it once
Then I'm free