Arlington nights

Title: “Arlington Nights”

Yeah…

Arlington nights…

Young Latino…

Look…

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Young Latino with a dream in his chest

Mama told me, “Mijo, always give it your best”

Grew up where the nights feel cold and long

Had to stay strong even when shit went wrong

Posted on blocks where the stories get deep

Where the hustle don’t stop and nobody sleeps

Seen friends turn fake just to chase that bag

Seen real ones fall, yeah that shit feel bad

I remember nights we ain’t have enough

Now I’m chasing everything, I ain’t letting up

They didn’t believe, now they watching me rise

Same ones smiling got fake-ass vibes

I kept it real, never switched my lane

Even through the hurt, even through the pain

Now I’m leveling up, got goals in sight

Still that same kid from Arlington nights

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I been grinding every night, I ain’t slowing down

From Arlington streets, tryna make my town proud

They don’t feel my pain, they just see the glow

But they don’t know the shit that I had to go through

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Arlington nights, yeah I’m chasing my fate

Young Latino heart, yeah I carry that weight

From nothing to something, I’m making a way

Even when they doubt, I don’t give a damn what they say

Arlington nights, I been riding alone

Tryna build a life, turn a house to a home

From the struggle to the shine, yeah I came a long way

Still the same young kid, just evolved every day

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Abuela praying while I’m out in the dark

She don’t know I got pain in my heart

Friends turned strangers, love turned fake

Had to cut ties, yeah for my own sake

I fell in love but it didn’t last

Too many lies, had to leave that shit in the past

Now I move different, yeah I stay on guard

Can’t let nobody come and play my heart

Texas heat, yeah it built my skin

Every loss turned me solid within

Now I’m focused, I ain’t wasting time

Got my eyes locked in on the grind

I done seen too much for my age

Had to grow up quick, had to turn that page

Now I’m chasing dreams, I ain’t looking back

From the city where they don’t cut slack

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I been grinding every night, I ain’t slowing down

From Arlington streets, tryna make my town proud

They don’t feel my pain, they just see the glow

But they don’t know the shit that I had to go through

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Arlington nights, yeah I’m chasing my fate

Young Latino heart, yeah I carry that weight

From nothing to something, I’m making a way

Even when they doubt, I don’t give a damn what they say

Arlington nights, I been riding alone

Tryna build a life, turn a house to a home

From the struggle to the shine, yeah I came a long way

Still the same young kid, just evolved every day

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Yeah, I did it on my own, no handouts

Now they tryna come around with they hands out

I remember being down, feeling left out

Now my name ringing loud, I stand the fuck out

From the block to the dreams, I survived

All the pressure, all the pain I denied

I ain’t perfect, I just learned how to fight

Now I’m aiming for the stars every night

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