Cold ledger

(Hook)

Cold ledger, every name stay written in the rain,

city lights blink like memories, they call my name.

Real crime, real nights, real tears on the chain,

I keep count, I pay dues, still this sorrow stay the same. (ayy, woo)

(Verse 1)

Raised where silence talk loud, gotta move like a ghost,

mama pray with rosary beads, boy, she pray for the most.

We made plans on the stoop, dreams folded in a note,

some of us never made it home, streets collect what we owe.

Opps move different, heat on the block when the sun low,

I learned to watch shoulders, learned to keep my heart closed.

Brother put a mixtape of his life in my palm, cold,

said "If I fall, you tell our kids I went out bold." (huh)

Court dates, bail bonds, nights in a cell that smell old,

judge said "pay the price," but the price got no fold.

I’m countin' lost summers, faces in pictures framed gold,

every funeral line another story that I told.

(Pre-Hook)

Mama crying on the porch, light flicker in the dark,

I carry guilt like a stone, every night leave a mark.

We balanced on a thin line, hope and harm play their part,

real crime wrote our names — it don’t care about hearts.

(Hook)

Cold ledger, every name stay written in the rain,

city lights blink like memories, they call my name.

Real crime, real nights, real tears on the chain,

I keep count, I pay dues, still this sorrow stay the same. (ayy, woo)

(Verse 2)

Partner in the whip got dreams bigger than the hood,

but the block got a hold, took the good from the good.

We hustle for respect, for the bread, for the wood,

but sometimes respect come with blood on it, understood.

Phone blow up at 3 AM, news on the block—brother gone,

spoke his name like a prayer, I don't know how to move on.

They tell me "live fast," but the fast lane feel wrong,

lost too many fathers, too many sons to the song.

Tryna build a future but the past keep pullin' strong,

I write verses for the nights where the sky had no dawn.

Pray for peace in the hustle, pray for ends to belong,

this ledger keep growin', every entry a wrong.

(Bridge)

You see the shine, you don't see the cost beneath,

countbacks on the nights when we couldn't find relief.

We learn loyalty with blood — ain't just a wreath,

and when the sirens come, truth fall to the street. (huh)

(Hook)

Cold ledger, every name stay written in the rain,

city lights blink like memories, they call my name.

Real crime, real nights, real tears on the chain,

I keep count, I pay dues, still this sorrow stay the same. (ayy)

(Outro)

So I pray for the lost and I pray for the found,

I pray for the kids that still play on this ground.

Cold ledger on my mind, I lay my pen down slow —

trying to change the chapter before the next one unfolds. (woo)

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See you when I see you

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