Corner Store Crown

I came up on the corner store clock

Ten cent dreams in a forty ounce spot

Mom said move, so I moved with the block

Now I keep calm while the whole room rock

Old screen door, let it bang in the heat

Cold soda pop and the dust on my sneaks

I learned quick, never speak if you weak

Say less, watch, let the numbers repeat

Had a bad week, still I wore it like gold

Tin roof talk and a heart made bold

Every scar got a story I hold

Every loss made the next step cold

Hear that, baby, that drumline sound

I been buried, still I came back round

Hands up high when the truth comes down

I don't fold, I just take my crown

Corner store crown, corner store crown

I don't bow down, I don't bow down

Corner store crown, corner store crown

From the first red light to the last block now

Corner store crown, corner store crown

Who said I was out? Look at me now (look at me now)

I seen clean suits talk dirty for rent

Seen good friends split over one missed cent

Seen pride get loud then the whole thing bent

So I kept my name like a stone in my chest

No glass house flex, just a real back bone

Three missed calls and a cracked-up phone

Still I answer the block when it want my tone

Still I bring heat with a beat-up coat

They want fast fame, I want long run wins

Want my face on the wall where the paint chipped in

Want my people say, "Yeah, he did that then"

Want that old-school nod from the women and men

Hear that, baby, that drumline sound

I been buried, still I came back round

Hands up high when the truth comes down

I don't fold, I just take my crown

Corner store crown, corner store crown

I don't bow down, I don't bow down

Corner store crown, corner store crown

From the first red light to the last block now

Corner store crown, corner store crown

Who said I was out? Look at me now (look at me now)

Let the dust settle

I still stand here

Same old face

But the walk got clear

No silver spoon

Just a steel-cut nerve

I took that loss

And I made it work

Corner store crown, corner store crown

I don't bow down, I don't bow down

Corner store crown, corner store crown

From the first red light to the last block now

Corner store crown, corner store crown

Who said I was out? Look at me now (look at me now)