Ain’t no sunshine where I’m from... just concrete and cold looks.
I ain’t survived this far just to fall back...
I done seen homies fold when the heat hit,
Fake love turn cold — that’s a street glitch.
Tryna play strong with my back to the fence,
Judge gave time like my soul don’t exist.
I was raised in a zone where the rules bend,
OGs died young, couldn’t school friends.
Lost more to the game than I ever won,
But I still walk proud like I’m never done.
Got pain in my chest like a war drum,
Every night it bang till the morning come.
Mama said pray, but the block said slide,
So I kept a strap close like a piece of pride.
I ain’t tryna prove nothin’ to a broke crowd,
I been quiet too long — now I’m talkin’ loud.
If I fall, I rise, that’s the code in me,
Ain’t no love, just scars and cold enemies.
It get cold in my city, better bundle up,
Hard times made me, I don’t knuckle up.
I just move with the pain, let it ride with me,
Heart froze, but the fire still alive in me.
I been ten toes down since the minor leagues,
Now I’m grown in the storm — I don’t try to leave.
Told my past, “You ain’t break me, you built me,”
Real one from the mud — they gon’ feel me.
All my nights feel long when the light fade,
Dreams heavy on my mind like a court date.
Tryna get clean, but the dirt still cling,
Every dollar got a story, every chain got a string.
Seen my brother do a dime and come out numb,
Now he walk like the devil already won.
Told me don’t trust nothin’ but the sound of your feet,
‘Cause they’ll change on you quicker than a switch on the street.
Ain’t no loyalty left, just a tattoo,
Everybody say “real,” but they cap too.
So I ride solo, just me and my pain,
Thinkin’ back to the nights I was trapped in the rain.
If I speak, it’s truth — no filter on me,
I ain’t ask for respect, I let pressure show me.
I ain’t came this far just to crash in defeat,
It’s a war every day, but I’m strapped with belief.
This city made me hard, but it ain’t take my heart.Still here. Still solid
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