[Intro – low 808s, distant piano chords, slowed vocal sample]
Yeah…
Used to pray for a lane, now the lane feel borrowed
Windows down, heart racin’, tryna frame tomorrow
[Chorus]
Slow it down, 35 on a 65
Arm out the window, let the whole world slide
Phone up, tryna catch what zero to hero provide
From ghost in the city to God in the headlights, ayy
Slow it down, let the moment breathe (breathe)
This the part they don’t post, the part they don’t see (nah)
From dirt to the marble, still flinch when it gleam
Hold the camera steady, tryna film what I mean
[Verse 1]
Used to count change for gas, now the tank stay full
Still check the rearview like somebody gon’ pull
Old me in the back seat, silent, lookin’ small
New me got the wheel but don’t recognize the call
Mama said “boy you made it”, I ain’t know what to say
’Cause the mirror show a king, but the chest feel gray
Every W got a scar that the flash never catch
So I ride slow on purpose, tryna make peace with the stretch
[Chorus]
Slow it down, 35 on a 65
Arm out the window, let the whole world slide
Phone up, tryna catch what zero to hero provide
From ghost in the city to God in the headlights, ayy
Slow it down, let the moment breathe (breathe)
This the part they don’t post, the part they don’t see (nah)
From dirt to the marble, still flinch when it gleam
Hold the camera steady, tryna film what I mean
[Verse 2]
Sunset bleeding orange, paint the dashboard gold
Every frame I shoot feel like a lie I told
’Cause the come-up cinematic, but the pain stay raw
They see the montage, never see the floor
Friends turned to followers, family turned to likes
Still hit the same whip through the same damn nights
Tryna capture lightning in a four-minute clip
But the real glow-up quiet—ain’t no sound for this shit
[Bridge – half-time, heavy reverb, almost spoken]
I slowed down on purpose…
’Cause runnin’ too fast make the miracle blur
I just want one clean take where the kid in me heard
That we did it, we really did it…
Even if the footage shaky, even if the light flicker
Even if I never post it
At least I lived it
[Final Chorus – add faint choir hum, let the 808s drag]
Slow it down, 35 on a 65
Arm out the window, watch the whole life slide
Phone still rollin’, tryna trap what survived
Zero to hero, but the hero still cry, ayy
Slow it down… let the moment bleed
This the footage only God and the rearview see
From nothing to somethin’, still learning to be
Hold the camera out the window… tryna set me free
[Outro – beat strips to just kick + vinyl crackle]
Yeah…
Frame by frame…
We still here.
Slow motion forever.
Ride safe.
DickemDown
