[Chorus]
Police say my name on the streets
Keep askin’ who I am, same speech
Ask for my plug, I don’t speak
They put cuffs on my wrists, say I’m weak
They steady watch me, eyes all on
They swarm when the phones all off
Police say my name on the streets
Still no answers, I don’t leak (nah)
[Verse 1]
Marked car lurk by the corner
Plain clothes posted by the store front
Questions circle like vultures
Every move feel like a war front
They said, “Who you serve? Who you feed?”
I said, “Who you trust? Who you bleed?”
They tapping doors, tapping friends, tapping feeds
Got a file with my face, not my needs
They grabbed me up, tried jokes in the backseat (ha)
I stared at glass, watched blocks move past me
Said, “Drop a name, go home, be a good boy”
I bit my tongue till it tasted like alloy
Silence heavy, whole car felt haunted
No deal, every offer get taunted
Said, “Write it down,” I wrote my own creed
“If I ever fold, let my lungs not breathe”
[Chorus]
Police say my name on the streets
Keep askin’ who I am, same speech
Ask for my plug, I don’t speak
They put cuffs on my wrists, say I’m weak
They steady watch me, eyes all on
They swarm when the phones all off
Police say my name on the streets
Still no answers, I don’t leak (I don’t leak)
[Verse 2]
They ride slow when the lights off
Block feel colder than a ice box
Neighbors peekin’ through the blinds, shocked
They just pray their own time stops
Every buzz on my line feel wired
Every friend that I lose gets “retired”
They say “snitch” like a spell, like a choir
Tryna turn fear to a flyer
I stay quiet when the calls drop
Whole street know when the walls talk
Helicopter paint the night in a chalk line
Every shadow on the walk feel like stop sign
Still they press, still they pry, still they press me (yah)
Tryna frame me with a name, tryna test me
I breathe deep, that’s my last defense
If a word leave my mouth, that’s a death sentence
[Chorus]
Police say my name on the streets
Keep askin’ who I am, same speech
Ask for my plug, I don’t speak
They put cuffs on my wrists, say I’m weak
They steady watch me, eyes all on
They swarm when the phones all off
Police say my name on the streets
Still no answers, I don’t leak (never)