Burn After Reading

​[Intro]
Classified docket seventeen.
No copies allowed.
No duplicates in the archive.
Strike the match.
Nationwide Hustlers.
Lil'Wun.
Burn after reading.
​[Chorus]
Classified file, watch the documents ignite
Strike a match to the page under federal light
Tryna copy down the game that I built from the dirt
Burn after reading, put the truth in the shirt
Yeah, the smoke rising up while the perimeter clear
Ain't a single shred of blueprint left in the rear
Internal Affairs turned the heat on high
Watch the ashes scatter all across the night sky.
​[Verse 1]
Look at the ink on the sheet disintegrate into dust
I never put a single secret into people to trust
Took twelve-hour discipline and forged an iron brigade
Now they looking for the formula and moves that I made
You can study every syllable and analyze the tone
Still will never replicate the empire I own
I drop the match on the desk and let the flame do the talking
Stepping past the caution tape while the critics keep stalking.
​[Chorus]
Classified file, watch the documents ignite
Strike a match to the page under federal light
Tryna copy down the game that I built from the dirt
Burn after reading, put the truth in the shirt
Yeah, the smoke rising up while the perimeter clear
Ain't a single shred of blueprint left in the rear
Internal Affairs turned the heat on high
Watch the ashes scatter all across the night sky.
​Part 2: First Extension (Verses 2 & 3)
​[Verse 2]
Double-time velocity, I leave 'em behind
Ain't a footprint or a fingerprint that they gonna find
Erasing all the records that they tried to subpoena
Nationwide champion commanding the arena
They want the playbook, but the pages are black
Nothing left to recover on the digital track
Rhythm hitting like a hammer at a hundred forty-six
Turning cold dark silence into heavy gold bricks.
​[Chorus]
Classified file, watch the documents ignite
Strike a match to the page under federal light
Tryna copy down the game that I built from the dirt
Burn after reading, put the truth in the shirt
Yeah, the smoke rising up while the perimeter clear
Ain't a single shred of blueprint left in the rear
Internal Affairs turned the heat on high
Watch the ashes scatter all across the night sky.
​[Verse 3]
Redacted lines on the report, they can't decipher the code
I took the hardest detour and outhustled the road
Vocal delivery sharp, cutting straight through the wood
Did everything they said a small-town pioneer never could
Spitting fire at the tape until the spools start to melt
Standing undisputed with the heavyweight belt.
​Part 3: Final Extension (Verses 4, 5 & Outro)
​[Chorus]
Classified file, watch the documents ignite
Strike a match to the page under federal light
Tryna copy down the game that I built from the dirt
Burn after reading, put the truth in the shirt
Yeah, the smoke rising up while the perimeter clear
Ain't a single shred of blueprint left in the rear
Internal Affairs turned the heat on high
Watch the ashes scatter all across the night sky.
​[Verse 4]
The temperature rising, but my composure is cold
They tryna purchase the sauce that cannot be sold
I locked the compound down and disconnected the trace
Leaving every competitor looking lost in the space
No compromise, no retreat, seventeen tracks deep
While they laying down dormant, I don't settle for sleep.
​[Verse 5]
Final embers in the tray, absolute zero remain
Lil'Wun the commander running over the lane
Internal Affairs ledger closed, wiped off the map
Delivered pure precision over heavy trap-soul snap
Nationwide Hustlers at the top of the hill
Undisputed legacy that nobody can kill.
​[Chorus]
Classified file, watch the documents ignite
Strike a match to the page under federal light
Tryna copy down the game that I built from the dirt
Burn after reading, put the truth in the shirt
Yeah, the smoke rising up while the perimeter clear
Ain't a single shred of blueprint left in the rear
Internal Affairs turned the heat on high
Watch the ashes scatter all across the night sky.
​[Outro]
All evidence incinerated.
Zero data remaining.
File seventeen officially cleared.
Nationwide Hustlers.
Lil'Wun.
The record is gone.