[Verse 1]
Came from the block where the cold wind bites
Five in the dot and the phone still lights
Back roads dark, still I know that route
Same old faces, same old doubts
No peace here, just a tight-laced grin
Bro in the ride with the pressure in
Blue lights flash, then we fade on sight
Keep it low, keep it out of the light
(Keep it low)
Mum wants change, but I move like a ghost
Bills in the drawer and the rent cost most
I seen pride turn thin in a week
Seen hard men fold when the hunger speak
[Verse 2]
Tried school, but the hallways cold
Tried trust, got sold, got old
Now the miles on my trainers show
Every scar got a story I know
Metal on edge when the loop comes back
Heart on a lock in a blacked-out stack
Talk turn quick when the phones go dead
Seen man switch for a slice of bread
(Stay on guard)
I don’t chat much, I just read that face
I don’t run from the weight I take
If you know that life, then you know that strain
One wrong move and it all goes plain
[Bridge]
Bass keeps rolling like a chain at night
I’m still here with the same hard fight
No big words, just the facts I live
What I got, I protect, I give
[Verse 3]
Morning comes with the same grey block
Same worn steps and the same cold knock
I lace up fast, got a mind on steel
Every day here is a test of will
(Back, back)
If I speak, then it’s straight and brief
No show, no pose, just bare belief
Street life wrote me in hard ink lines
I carry that weight till the end of time