[Verse 1]
Cold money in my palm
Hot tears on my shirt
Pills in the ashtray
Holes in the dirt
Mama said, "Boy, choose life"
I chose the wrong block
Seen a friend turn red
Then the whole crowd stop
Hands shook on the wheel
Mind split in two
Every door I ran through
Took a piece from you
[Pre-Chorus]
I been lost in the smoke
I been trapped in the rain
Every move I made
Had a price in pain
[Chorus]
Drugs, pain, murder
That was my lane
Drugs, pain, murder
Then I changed
Drugs, pain, murder
Won't say it again
Drugs, pain, murder
I'm out that chain
[Verse 2]
Woke up in a room
With a scar I can't name
Old homies got ghosts
New faces look the same
I don't want the blade
I don't want the chase
I don't want another night
With blood on my face
Now I write my sins
On the back of beats
Tryna turn that hunger
Into something sweet
If you see me now
You won't know the boy
I buried that ash
For a different voice
[Pre-Chorus]
I been lost in the smoke
I been trapped in the rain
Every move I made
Had a price in pain
[Chorus]
Drugs, pain, murder
That was my lane
Drugs, pain, murder
Then I changed
Drugs, pain, murder
Won't say it again
Drugs, pain, murder
I'm out that chain
[Bridge]
I still hear the sirens
When the room gets quiet
I still taste that venom
When I think of Friday
But I left that life
By the skin of my teeth
Now I keep one promise
I won't bury me
[Chorus]
Drugs, pain, murder
That was my lane
Drugs, pain, murder
Then I changed
Drugs, pain, murder
Won't say it again
Drugs, pain, murder
I'm out that chain