Safety On My Mind

Whole block wired, nerves on red

Kids play tag while the rumors spread

Metal in they lyrics like it mean respect

Till chalk on the pavement is the only check

I seen homies chase that highlight reel

Flexin’ on a page like it proof they real

Caption say “ready,” but I know that look

That’s fear in a filter, that’s life on a hook

They say AR, they say AK, they say Glock

But I hear moms pray every time they hear a pop

I see candles on the curb, faces on a block

So I keep my mind clean, keep my safety on lock (on lock)

They say AR, they say AK, they say Glock

But I ain’t tryna be another name they gotta chalk

I’m tryna turn this pain into something that gon’ knock

Keep the peace in my hands, keep the safety on lock (on lock)

Little bro thinkin’ that the fame come fast

“Need heat in the pic, need tats, need cash”

I tell him, “You don’t need that smoke in your past

When the sirens sing, they don’t sing jazz”

Seen a man frozen, eyes wide, no sleep

He ain’t pull, still he carry that scene so deep

Whole life changed in a two-second flash

Now he stuck with the echo he can’t unsplash

Look me in my eyes, is this what we chose? (huh)

Postin’ up the tools like they part of the clothes

All that flex, then we dress in black

Front row pew, can’t rewind that track

They say AR, they say AK, they say Glock

But I hear moms pray every time they hear a pop

I see candles on the curb, faces on a block

So I keep my mind clean, keep my safety on lock (on lock)

They say AR, they say AK, they say Glock

But I ain’t tryna be another name they gotta chalk

I’m tryna turn this pain into something that gon’ knock

Keep the peace in my hands, keep the safety on lock (on lock)