Track · Feb 13, 2026 · English

Corner-Store Summers

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3:27

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Hot sun on the front steps

Two bucks and a dream in the sock drawer

Corner-store juice, little bag of chips

We were rich for like ten more minutes

Mama stretching that pot on the stove

Turn one plate into plates for the whole row

Couch on the porch, music through the screen door

Laughing at the same joke we heard before

Cracked hoop with the crate on the pole

Three bricks for the free-throw line

Hand-me-downs, wrong size on my toes

Still felt fresh when we all walked by

Sirens in the dark like a lullaby

Learned which streets you never cut through

Still we played tag under busted street signs

Made a whole world out of one or two avenues (yeah)

[Chorus]

All we had was us, but we made it feel like plenty

Turn a dollar to a party, made the empty feel like many

Good times in the hood, they still live in my mind

We were broke, we were hungry

But we learned how to shine

All we had was love, all we had was the block (the block)

If the lights got cut, we lit the sky with our talk (our talk)

Good times in the hood, that’s the gold I keep inside

We were poor, we were hurting

But we learned how to survive

[Verse 2]

Old heads on the steps dropping game

Tell you what to dodge, what to never claim

Seen a homie take a wrong turn, chase fast change

We just prayed he’d find his way out that maze

Rent late, still the music stayed loud

Card table shaking, spades on the ground

Kids racing bikes through the fire-hydrant rain

Everybody soaked, nobody complained

Shared one coat when the winter came mean

Split one plate with a plastic fork clean

Line at the church for a box of canned beans

Still cracked jokes like a sitcom scene (ha)

I remember every name on the doorbell row

Every “you good?” when my head hung low

We ain’t had much, but we had that drive

And each other, that’s the reason I’m alive (real talk)

[Chorus]

All we had was us, but we made it feel like plenty

Turn a dollar to a party, made the empty feel like many

Good times in the hood, they still live in my mind

We were broke, we were hungry

But we learned how to shine

All we had was love, all we had was the block (the block)

If the lights got cut, we lit the sky with our talk (our talk)

Good times in the hood, that’s the gold I keep inside

We were poor, we were hurting

But we learned how to survive

[Bridge]

Now when I ride back through those streets (those streets)

I see kids that look just like me (like me)

Hope they know in their hearts, even when it feels hard

They can turn every scar to a key

[Chorus]

All we had was us, but we made it feel like plenty

Turn a dollar to a party, made the empty feel like many

Good times in the hood, they still live in my mind

We were broke, we were hungry

But we learned how to shine

All we had was love, all we had was the block (the block)

If the lights got cut, we lit the sky with our talk (our talk)

Good times in the hood, that’s the gold I keep inside

We were poor, we were hurting

But we learned how to survive (yeah)

We were poor, we were hurting

But we learned how to survive

Style

rapwarmnostalgic boom-bap with dusty piano loop and crisp drumsmale vocals. verses sit conversational and close-mic’dlight vinyl crackle and subtle bass. hook blossoms with stacked call-and-response vocals and a sing-rap cadencetambourine on the backbeat. final chorus adds doubled leadsubtle choir padand a slightly wider stereo image for a triumphantbittersweet lift.

Prompt

A rap about the good memories in the hood and poor neighbors and how we had to survive because thats all we had

Credits

Prompt by

HbKeed

GeneratedFeb 13, 2026

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