[Verse 1]
I met you by the blacktop
Sun baked on the paint
Two kids with no big plan
Just a game and a name
You passed me the ball first
Like you knew I could shoot
West Covina on our backs
Now that place got proof
[Chorus]
Always together, always brothers (brothers)
Always together, always brothers (yeah)
Shadow Oak Park, we run it back
One heart split in two
Always together, always brothers (brothers)
Always together, always brothers (yeah)
If they ask what made us
Say we chose that truth
[Verse 2]
I came with a loud mouth
You came with that calm
You’d talk me off the ledge
Then I’d drag you along
Rain on the court glass
Mud on the shoes
Still we showed up early
Like we had nothing to lose
You knew my mom’s worry
I knew your old scars
Same busted chain-link fence
Same drive in the cars
[Chorus]
Always together, always brothers (brothers)
Always together, always brothers (yeah)
Shadow Oak Park, we run it back
One heart split in two
Always together, always brothers (brothers)
Always together, always brothers (yeah)
If they ask what made us
Say we chose that truth
[Verse 3]
I call and you answer
Before the ring dies
You read my silence clean
I read your eyes
We don’t need a big speech
We got game-time signs
One nod, one pass
And the whole world aligns
Other folks switch up
We stayed in the lane
Same wins, same losses
Same scar, same name
[Verse 4]
Now we walk like a unit
Two feet, one stride
You got my back on the rebound
I got yours on the drive
West Covina raised us
Then we raised each other
Not friends for a season
We real-life brothers
So if the lights go dim
And the crowd goes cold
We still got the same story
We’ve been told and told
[Chorus]
Always together, always brothers (brothers)
Always together, always brothers (yeah)
Shadow Oak Park, we run it back
One heart split in two
Always together, always brothers (brothers)
Always together, always brothers (yeah)
If they ask what made us
Say we chose that truth