Street Sermons

City lights flicker, shadows play tag on the block

Dreams get crushed quicker than cans crushed on the sidewalk

Got ambition in my pocket, but the lint’s too thick

Hustle on repeat, same loop, no remix

Wolves in the alleys, growls echo in the smog

Chain heavy on my neck, swinging pendulum of fog

Dice roll on concrete, fate dancing on the edge

Street sermons preach louder than the words unsaid

Street life, it ain't a game, no reset

Survive, keep the vision on preset

Street life, where the rules don't fit

The block is my pulpit, and I'm preachin' from it

Graffiti sermons spray prayers on brick walls

Echoes of the past, every crack tells it all

I seen tears drip harder than a summer rainstorm

Heat rise, but the cold hearts keep the streets warm

Pigeons on the wire, they gossip like the fiends

Cycle spins tighter, like gears on a machine

Hood's a roulette wheel, odds stacked and mean

I’m the dealer, hands dirty, but my spirit stay clean

Ain’t no compass, but the path stays crooked

Dreams get hooked, reeled in, then shook it

But I’m still here, lungs full of ambition

Breathin’ in the struggle, exhalin’ ammunition