Yeah…
Cold world, even when the sun hit Peachtree,
Heart froze over, like December never leave me.
Raised in the A where the lines stay thin,
Tightrope walking ‘tween a prayer and a life of sin.
Roots full of struggle, every leaf hold rain.
Every block got a story, every loss got a name,
Gravestones in my memory like a permanent stain.
Mama cried tears in the kitchen light,
Waterfalls of worry in the dead of night,
While sirens sang lullabies every night,
Like wolves in the dark under blue-red lights.
I was ten toes down on them cracked sidewalks,
Like a soldier in a war zone when the street talk.
Dodging shadows, they stretch like ghosts on the wall,
Hearing whispers in the wind like a devil’s call.
OG said, “Boy, keep your circle tight,”
‘Cause snakes shed skin but they bite the same night.
Cold world, cold world, got my heart on ice,
Smiling through the storm, yeah I’m numb to the price.
Fire in my soul but the pain don’t melt,
Living in hell but I play the hand dealt.
Cold world, cold world, yeah the nights stay long,
Turn the hurt to a hustle, turn the weak to strong.
If the sun don’t shine, I’ma glow my way,
In the heart of the A, where we fight to stay.
Cold world, gotta hustle, no choice in it,
Life a dice game, yeah I roll my voice in it.
Seeds in the pavement, never soil to fit it.
From the trap house corners to the downtown lights,
It’s a roulette wheel spinning every night.
I seen kings fall over crumbs and pride,
Castles made of sand with the turning tide.
And real ones switch when the pressure applied,
Like diamonds cracking when the flaws collide.
Atlanta heat don’t melt this chill in my chest,
Frozen battlefield under bulletproof vests.
Yeah, we ride through the city where the future unclear,
Like fog on the glass when the end feel near.
Where you stack for a life but lose it in a year,
Time like a thief, make it disappear.
Every blessing got a cost, every win got scars,
Wish upon pain instead of wishing on stars.
From MARTA trains to them foreign cars,
It’s a long road running through invisible bars.
Still I stand, never fold, never break code,
Back like Atlas with a crushing load.
Even when the road dark and the weight overload,
I’m a flame in the storm on a broken road.
Cold world, but I learned how to survive,
Turn pain into power just to stay alive.
Late nights, streetlights flicker like a dying hope,
City breathe heavy, every block on a tightrope.
Hunger in my belly, had me scheming for a meal,
Now I feast with the pain, that’s the only thing real.
Friends turned strangers like a mask in disguise,
Truth cut deep, see the frost in they eyes.
Cold world, cold world, got my heart on ice,
Smiling through the storm, yeah I’m numb to the price.
Fire in my soul but the pain don’t melt,
Living in hell but I play the hand dealt.
Cold world, cold world, yeah the nights stay long,
Turn the hurt to a hustle, turn the weak to strong.
If the sun don’t shine, I’ma glow my way,
In the heart of the A, where we fight to stay
HbKeed