(Verse 1)
Early light hit my window like prophecy,
You marked my steps but I walked off consciously.
South Side stubborn, heart like concrete,
Eyes closed, chasing glory with cold feet.
Thorns in the soil, tremors in my chest,
You warned me the hunger wouldn’t lead to rest.
But pride got me flexin’ with no map,
Thinkin’ I could reroute fate, like that.
(Hook)
Round and round — I spun through alleys,
Chasin’ ghosts in Chi-town valleys.
Every lock I picked led deeper in,
Chains hid behind the grin.
But You — never blinked, never faded,
Held me when my name felt jaded.
Through my breakin’, You stayed posted,
Every scar You quietly hosted.
(Verse 2)
Cycle flipped like summer into fall,
Same hustle, same trap, same wall.
Pledges to rise, I’d scribble on napkins,
Then fall like leaves in cycles of happenin’.
Mirror ain’t lie — stranger with my own face,
Dreams like lakes, turned to empty space.
But right there in that concrete spill,
Your grip held tight, quiet but real.
(Hook)
Round and round — echo like sirens,
Pain wrote verses in iron.
Every open door was a setup,
Chains dressed as options, I let up.
But You — patient like elders in stoops,
Waitin’ out my pride in loops.
Through silence, through breakin’,
You was never shakin’.
(Bridge)
Then dawn hit with fresh-breath clarity,
Fog cleared, I saw Your charity.
Love stood still while I moved reckless,
Truth waited, never second-guessed this.
You ain’t dip, didn’t ghost like most do,
You held post, even when I lost view.
Waitin’ on me to drop the act,
You outlasted every comeback.
(Final Hook)
Now I walk like royalty, no circles,
Peace cut deeper than verbal.
Doors You kept sayin’ led to flight,
Now I see — You was always right.
Never blinked, never let me slide,
Healed my scars from the inside.
Through the breakin’, through the fall,
You was the anchor through it all.
(Outro Spoken Word Flip)
You said it all, but I was stuck in noise,
Blind boy with a world full of toys.
Now I rise — no longer roam,
Your love brought the city boy home.
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