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🎸 [Verse 1 – Soft, clean guitar, nostalgic tone]
We were kings of the block
Scraped knees and sidewalk chalk
Trading dreams in corner stores
Where a dollar could buy us more
Streetlights were our curfews
And bruises made us proud
Before the noise, before the scroll
Before we got too loud
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🎤 [Pre-Chorus – Gentle vocal, bittersweet]
We talked about forever
With busted shoes and hearts so clever
But somewhere time just slipped away…
And nothing gold can stay
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🔥 [Chorus – Emotional, powerful vocals]
Take me back to when we were real
Before we learned how to lie and feel
Before the world taught us how to break
And friends turned strangers for ego’s sake
Back when cuts were medals, not signs of pain
And we swore we’d never change
But time moved fast, and life got mean…
Take me back to when we were real
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🎸 [Verse 2 – Slightly heavier, gritty emotion creeping in]
Elementary to high school walls
We stuck together through it all
Until I left — and you all stayed
And even that couldn’t hold the weight
Girls came first, trust fell last
The bond we built cracked so fast
We stopped talking, started scrolling
All that love… just slowly corroding
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🎤 [Pre-Chorus – Softer, emotional build]
The internet said we were connected
But I’ve never felt more disconnected
From the ones who knew me best…
Before the world put us to the test
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🔥 [Chorus – Stronger, heavier instrumentation]
Take me back to when we were real
Before fake smiles replaced how we feel
Before betrayals and ghosted calls
Before our fortress learned to fall
Back when dreams were just up the block
And pain had names, not just TikToks
Before we forgot how to heal…
Take me back to when we were real
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🎸 [Bridge – Spoken word over stripped guitar]
We used to swear we’d ride or die
Now I scroll past your life like a stranger online
And I wonder if you ever think of the way we were…
Before this world turned hearts to blur
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🔥 [Final Chorus – Big, emotional swell with full band]
Take me back to when we were real
Before time numbed what we could feel
When loyalty was more than a phrase
And every loss hadn’t turned to haze
We wore wounds like badges of pride
Now we just bury them deep inside
I’d give it all, just one more time…
To be real again, before the climb
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🎵 [Outro – Whispered, fading guitar]
Back to the cracked streets, and busted shoes…
Back when love was pure, and we had nothing to lose…
Back when we… were real.
Mario_Maldonado
