Code

Hook (x2)

Code and consequence, I’m livin’ by the rules we made,

Concrete teachin’ lessons, every move another grade.

Blood on the ledger, heart on the pavement, I confess,

Code and consequence — pray for mercy, I accept the rest.

Verse 1

Raised where the block got voices louder than the church bells,

Mama workin’ doubles, papa absent like he never left.

We learned math with dope scales, split dreams with a knife,

Homework was the hustle, late-night deals to feed life.

Snakes in the alley, smiles sellin’ false allegiance,

Trust a dollar short, you payin’ with your residence.

I kept my heat low and my head lower, eyes on green,

Countin’ seconds like they dollars, every minute tryna lean.

Lost a cousin to the system, funeral seats filled fast,

Promise turned to powder, childhood stains that last.

I’m pagin’ God for guidance, but the streets the loudest preacher,

Raised me on the reruns of betrayal, grief and bleacher.

Hook (x2)

Code and consequence, I’m livin’ by the rules we made,

Concrete teachin’ lessons, every move another grade.

Blood on the ledger, heart on the pavement, I confess,

Code and consequence — pray for mercy, I accept the rest.

Verse 2

Night shift, I’m a silhouette movin’ past the corner light,

Phone buzz like a heartbeat, transactions in the night.

Adrenaline like currency, spend it on the fear,

Neighbors trade their lullabies for sirens in the rear.

I seen homies turn ghosts, they’re names on rusted fences,

We bury hopes in styrofoam, cut ties with common senses.

But every brick I stack gon’ be paid with a price,

Free rides end quick when you gamble with the dice.

Love got a hole where the truth should sit, pockets heavy with regret,

I told a lie to survive and the lie ain’t finished yet.

Came up out the gutters with ambition in my knuckles,

But the pavement writes receipts for every time we hustle.

Hook (x2)

Code and consequence, I’m livin’ by the rules we made,

Concrete teachin’ lessons, every move another grade.

Blood on the ledger, heart on the pavement, I confess,

Code and consequence — pray for mercy, I accept the rest.

Bridge

I pray for peace but the peace don’t pay no rent,

I pray for change but the block been my garment since I’m bent.

Mama say my smile cost her nights of empty plates,

I fold my sins like laundry, tryin’ to clear the stains of fate.

If tomorrow’s a free day, I’ll bury this old code,

But till then I walk the line, carryin’ this heavy load.

Hook (x2)

Code and consequence, I’m livin’ by the rules we made,

Concrete teachin’ lessons, every move another grade.

Blood on the ledger, heart on the pavement, I confess,

Code and consequence — pray for mercy, I accept the rest.

Outro

Porque music

See you when I see you

Otro