Sliding

(Intro)

Yeah…

Late nights, dark windows

Everybody quiet in the car

You already know what type of time we on

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(Hook)

We been slidin’ through the city all night

Dark tint, low lights, everybody on sight

Bro nem locked in, yeah the vibes feel right

Ain’t no lackin’ in the trenches, keep it tight

We been slidin’, ridin’, prayin’ we survive

Too many dead faces livin’ in my mind

If it’s pressure, we apply it every time

That’s the code when you come from this side

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(Verse 1)

Head on a swivel every time we outside

Too many young bulls got hit from blind sides

I done seen killers cry in interrogation

Street life fast but death got patience

Bro caught a case, now his mama stressed

Tryna stay strong but the pain too fresh

We was just kids hangin’ on them steps

Now everybody either dead or arrested

I still hear them sirens in my sleep

Still ride around clutchin’ on that heat

Can’t even trust peace when it come

Too much trauma where we from

And I ain’t glorifyin’ nothin’, this survival

Every loss turn revenge into a cycle

That’s why my heart colder than December nights

Too much blood spilled under city lights

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(Hook)

We been slidin’ through the city all night

Dark tint, low lights, everybody on sight

Bro nem locked in, yeah the vibes feel right

Ain’t no lackin’ in the trenches, keep it tight

We been slidin’, ridin’, prayin’ we survive

Too many dead faces livin’ in my mind

If it’s pressure, we apply it every time

That’s the code when you come from this side

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(Verse 2)

I done lost people I can’t bring back

That type pain make your soul go black

Used to laugh with bros in the hallway

Now I see their names on obituaries

Crazy how life switch in one night

One bad move, now candles and white tees

That’s why paranoia stay with me

Even blessings feel dangerous to me

And these dudes internet tough nowadays

Till real smoke make ‘em run away

I learned real killers move silent

The loudest usually be hidin’

I got demons I don’t talk about

Memories I can’t walk around

So I stay busy, stay focused

Before this anger leave me hopeless

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(Verse 3)

Mama told me, “Boy, leave streets alone”

But the trenches the only thing I known

Hard to change when survival mode stuck

When every week somebody gettin’ zipped up

I still pray before every ride

Ask God keep all my bros alive

‘Cause we done made it through impossible odds

Still somehow dodgin’ the reaper and laws

And if I ever make it out this maze

I still remember every cold dark day

Every rainy block, every late-night mission

Everything that came with this livin’

So when you hear me rappin’ with this pain inside

Just know half these scars I can’t hide

I became numb from all this violence

Now all I know is slidin’