[Verse 1]
Red dirt on these busted Nikes
Corner store meals, hot fries and an iced tea
Phone jumpin, I’m thumbin through a light piece
Still duckin plate numbers creepin by twice a week
Mama in the kitchen, tryna bless the rice
I’m in the backyard, stashin what I can’t price
Neighbors pullin blinds down every time they hear us
I just pull my hood low, pockets full of spirits
[Chorus]
I fall asleep to sirens in Baton Rouge
Gunshots countin out the life I choose
If I wake up, then I swear I’ll move
But the block say “stay,” and the rent say “you”
I fall asleep to sirens in Baton Rouge
Dreams taped up with that silver glue
If I make it out, I’ma change this view
But the night come back, and the night say “you” (you, you)
[Verse 2]
Lil cuz got a tag on his first stick
Say he only tote it just to feel big
I remember bein him, on that first lick
Heart beatin harder than the car we had to ditch
Church on Sunday, choir drown the street talk
Monday morning, I’m back at the re-up
Judge write futures with a cheap pen
We just write our names on the cement
[Chorus]
I fall asleep to sirens in Baton Rouge
Gunshots countin out the life I choose
If I wake up, then I swear I’ll move
But the block say “stay,” and the rent say “you”
I fall asleep to sirens in Baton Rouge
Dreams taped up with that silver glue
If I make it out, I’ma change this view
But the night come back, and the night say “you” (you, you)