Sirens In The Rearview

Blue lights in the rearview

Heart rate on a hundred too

Shadows on the window

Pray they never get close (yeah)

Hoodie tight, late night, cut the corner, no sound

Friends in the backseat, everybody duck down

Glove box heavy with the thing I can’t name

Mama always said, boy, you playin’ with flames

Walkie-talkie static spillin’ out the dash

Knew one wrong move, that’s a lifetime gone fast

Tattoo on my wrist, just a date and a name

Homie didn’t run, they blamed him all the same

I’m just runnin’ from the police

Runnin’ from the life they wrote for me

Got my hands up, but they don’t see peace

They just see a body, they just see a beast (yeah)

I’m just runnin’ from the police

Runnin’ from the sirens in my dreams

Every time I breathe, I feel that squeeze

So I keep my feet movin’ through these streets (keep runnin’)

Sneakers on the wire, that’s a list of lost boys

Block got a curfew that was never our choice

Judge got a smile when the cuffs come out

Say “order in the court” while he drains our house

Turn the corner, fence high, breath burnin’ my chest

Helicopter light like an eye never rests

Text from my sis, “Please, answer your phone”

Signal droppin’, whole world turnin’ to stone (yeah)

I’m just runnin’ from the police

Runnin’ from the life they wrote for me

Got my hands up, but they don’t see peace

They just see a body, they just see a beast

I’m just runnin’ from the police

Runnin’ from the sirens in my dreams

Every time I breathe, I feel that squeeze

So I keep my feet movin’ through these streets (keep runnin’, keep runnin’)