Cold Steps

Yeah

Cold world

Cold steps (ayy)

Woke up with a chip on my shoulder

Rent due, heart even colder

Same coat from the last three winters

Still shine like a diamond in the corner

Came up off late-night favors

Handshakes, side-eye neighbors

They talk big numbers on paper

I see fear in their face like vapors

I been on the grind, no leisure

Stomach used to cry, no freezer

Now the safe need two more meters

Still hungry like I never had dinner (yeah)

Cold steps through the fire, I’m a lone wolf

Whole pack on my back, that’s a full push

If it ain’t about the grind, it’s a dull noise

Concrete on my heart, I’m a stone voice

Cold steps, cold steps, that’s my only dance

Turn pain into plans, turned plans into bands

Cold steps, cold steps, watch me through the storm

I was made in the dark, now the dark feel warm

Eyes red but the mind stay razor

Sleep light, one ear on danger

Every friend just a stranger on layaway

Seen too many turn traitor for a pay day

Mama said pray, I been talking to the ceiling

Can’t wait on fate, I’ve been walking through the feeling

Every L that I took got a lesson in it

Turn scars into bars, now the room spinning

They want the flex, I want the freedom

They want the stage, I want the kingdom

They want likes, I want legacies

Write my name where the ledgers be (yeah)

Cold steps through the fire, I’m a lone wolf

Whole pack on my back, that’s a full push

If it ain’t about the grind, it’s a dull noise

Concrete on my heart, I’m a stone voice

Cold steps, cold steps, that’s my only dance

Turn pain into plans, turned plans into bands

Cold steps, cold steps, watch me through the storm

I was made in the dark, now the dark feel warm