[Verse 1]
I hear them distant gun shots
Popping off
Every night the same old
Broken song
Mama text
"you in?"
I lie
"I'm home"
But I'm two blocks down
Just walking alone
Hood kids play tag
Round yellow tape
Old heads shake heads
Say "it's too late"
Everybody act tough
'til things get real
Everybody stuck asking
What do we feel
[Chorus]
It's sad when these streets ain't safe at all
I pray but the echoes hit the wall
They are wildin' out
They don't care who falls
They are scared or crazy
I can't tell at all
I can't tell at all
(yeah, yeah)
I can't tell at all
[Verse 2]
Little bro flinch
At a car backfire
He eleven years old
Already tired
Murals on brick
Names in spray paint
We light white candles
Pretend we saints
Cops roll through
With the windows high
We know those faces
From the other side
We stay inside
When the noise get loud
But you still hear hearts
Beating through the crowd
[Chorus]
It's sad when these streets ain't safe at all
I pray but the echoes hit the wall
They are wildin' out
They don't care who falls
They are scared or crazy
I can't tell at all
I can't tell at all
(oh Lord)
I can't tell at all