Cold night

Cold night, sirens cut through the wind,

Mama on the porch sayin’ “not again.”

Blue lights flashin’ on the old brick wall,

Another young life that’ll never stand tall.

He was only sixteen, dreams on hold,

Heart too heavy for a world so cold.

They say the streets raised him, but the streets lied—

Now another candle burnin’ on the south side.

(Hook)

On O-Block the shadows talk,

Every step feels like you pay the cost.

Too many names in the wind we lost,

Too many hearts turned to frost.

And we pray for peace, but the night keeps callin’,

Tryin’ to lift these streets while the tears keep fallin’.

(Verse 2)

Big bro gone, Lil bro lost,

Family breakin’ under all that cost.

He ain’t wanna slide, he ain’t wanna bang,

He just wanted somethin’ better, but the pressure came.

Every corner got a story they don’t put on TV,

Trauma in his chest that he don’t let people see.

He said, “I’m tired of the hate, tired of the pain,”

But the cycle keeps spinnin’ like a runaway train.

(Hook)

On O-Block the shadows talk,

Every step feels like you pay the cost.

Too many names in the wind we lost,

Too many hearts turned to frost.

And we pray for peace, but the night keeps callin’,

Tryin’ to lift these streets while the tears keep fallin’.

(Bridge)

What if we could change it, rewrite the lines?

Give the kids a future with safer times.

What if every mother slept without fear,

And every young voice could make it next year?

(Outro)

So we sing for the fallen, sing for the fight,

Sing for the ones tryin’ to bring back light.

Yeah, the block got scars that the world can’t see,

But we still hold hope for what it could be.