Posted by the corner store late night
Same old faces under flicker streetlight
Everybody talk but they donโt live right
One wrong move and it could end tonight
I learned quick what the silence really mean
Ainโt nobody clean in between the scenes
Where Iโm from, you donโt chase no dreams
You just try make it out with your jeans still clean
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Verse 1
I was 16 tryna flip somethinโ fast
Older homies taught me how to move in the back
Not everything good, but I learned from that
How to read the room when itโs tension attached
Corner store open till the a.m. hit
Same dude outside tryna make that flip
I seen friendships break over lilโ bit chips
Seen grown men fall over pride and lip
My homie switched up over nothinโ at all
Now I donโt even answer when he hit my call
It be like that when you stuck in that wall
Everybody real till they start to fall
I donโt glorify it, I just tell what it is
Where loyalty thin and the money the bridge
Where the wrong turn put your name on a list
And the streets donโt care if you got a kid
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Hook
Posted by the corner store late night
Same old faces under flicker streetlight
Everybody talk but they donโt live right
One wrong move and it could end tonight
I learned quick what the silence really mean
Ainโt nobody clean in between the scenes
Where Iโm from, you donโt chase no dreams
You just try make it out with your jeans still clean
โธป
Verse 2
Now Iโm older but the block still the same
New faces, same cycle, new name
Kids outside tryna earn some fame
Before they even understand the game
I donโt preach, I just watch and observe
Seen too many crash tryna act too stern
Seen too many burn from the bridges they burned
Every lesson in the street gotta hurt to learn
I keep my distance but I still know the code
Never too deep where you canโt let it go
Trust get expensive when the rent feel low
And everybody hungry when the lights start to slow
I seen loyalty fold under pressure before
Seen a man change for a little bit more
Seen fake love turn cold to a war
All for a block they donโt even own
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Bridge
Ainโt no heroes where Iโm from, just survivors
Some stay solid, some turn to survivors
Either you learn or you end up behind us
Thatโs the truth they donโt tell when they find us
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Final Hook (Outro)
Posted by the corner store late night
Same old faces under flicker streetlight
Everybody talk but they donโt live right
One wrong move and it could end tonight
I learned quick what the silence really mean
Ainโt nobody clean in between the scenes
Where Iโm from, you donโt chase no dreams
You just try make it out with your jeans still clean