[Verse]
I used to move weight
On the south-side block
Palm on the phone
Eye on the blue top
Mama said, "Boy, come home"
I said, "Not tonight"
Then a red dot danced
And it split my life
Hit the curb hard
Blood on my white tee
Heard my own breath leave
Like it was trying to flee
Three shots close
One grazed my spine
I seen my whole past
Fold in one line
[Pre-Chorus]
Hospital ceiling
Counted every crack
Thought about the days
I could never get back
If I make it out
I’m changing my name
Not my face
My whole game
[Chorus]
I put the pack down
Picked the track up
Picked the track up
I was dead wrong, now I’m back up
I put the pack down
Picked the track up
Now my pain got a pulse
And it won’t shut up
[Verse]
Came home slow
With a limp in my step
Old friends looked at me
Like I still owed debt
But I had a notebook
Bent in my coat
Pages full of scars
And a shaky note
First time on a mic
Hands almost froze
Then the crowd moved close
When I spoke those lows
They heard that corner
They heard that steel
Heard the nights I buried
What I used to feel
Now the kids at the bus stop
Say my bars hit hard
Like I turned that dark alley
Into a front-yard yard
[Pre-Chorus]
Mama in the front row
Tears in her eyes
Said, "That’s my boy"
When I took that prize
If I make it out
I’m changing my name
Not my face
My whole game
[Chorus]
I put the pack down
Picked the track up
Picked the track up
I was dead wrong, now I’m back up
I put the pack down
Picked the track up
Now my pain got a pulse
And it won’t shut up
[Bridge]
They tried to bury me
Under that fear
But I came back speaking
Clearer than clear
No more running from
What I survived
I got a second life
And I’m staying alive
[Chorus]
I put the pack down
Picked the track up
Picked the track up
I was dead wrong, now I’m back up
I put the pack down
Picked the track up
Now my pain got a pulse
And it won’t shut up
[Outro]
Uh..., yeah..., yeah man...,
A-yo..., Million-Mountain-Water, you a fool for this one...,
You know what it is..., uh huh..., you know what it is.
[End]
MillionMountainWater
