Shadows In My Blood

Woke up with the chill on me

Same dream, same teeth on me

Same name on a cracked ID

But the eyes in the glass look past me

Hand shakes when I lace these boots

Whole block know the weight I move

Whole lotta talk, I don't chase no proof

Just pray what I did don't trace back through

Mama said, "Boy, that's a curse you hold"

Granddad gone, but the word stayed cold

Every choice that I made like a mark, like a cut

Whole family tree got

Shadows in my blood

They don't ever sleep

Runnin' through my veins

Crawlin' when I breathe (yeah)

I could change my name

Still they catchin' up

Can't outrun the stain

Shadows in my blood

Heart beat like a knock at the door

Every siren sound like a war

Every hug feel a little too short

'Cause I don't know who I'm livin' here for

Got a son now, eyes too bright

Terrified he'll inherit this life

Told God, "If you really outside

Cut the cord, let it die in my mind"

But the rush, that hunger, that itch

Every time I get close to the cliff

Feel a hand on my back when I slip

Same hand that my father once gripped

Shadows in my blood

They don't ever sleep

Runnin' through my veins

Crawlin' when I breathe (breathe)

I could burn it down

Still they rise from dust

Look what I became

Shadows in my blood

If I'm born from the dark

Can I bend it to light? (yeah)

If the past in my pulse

Can I edit that line?

Tattooed sins

Under this skin

Do I pass 'em on

Or do they end right here? (right here)

Shadows in my blood

They don't ever sleep

Whisper in my ear

Every time I slip (every time I slip)

If I break this chain

Will it be enough?

Til my last breath buzz

Shadows in my blood