[Intro]
Yeah
This that real life
[low vocal register] From the block to the bride
Listen
[Verse 1]
Used to tuck heat in my waistband
Lil boy playin’ big man
Whole life in a quick hand
Fast cash, fast pain, couldn’t withstand
Had packs in the back of the hatchback
Two phones, same tone, where the cash at
Cold heart, couldn’t trust, never asked that
If I’d live long enough just to pass that
Then you slid in my life on a slow jam
Laugh loud, brown eyes, had me like "oh damn"
You ain’t flinch when you heard how the streets ran
You just said, "That ain’t who you really am"
[Chorus]
I went from gang banging to a husband for you
From sellin’ all that poison to a love that’s true
You turned my block life to a home with a view
You changed my whole world
Girl, I do, I do
I went from late nights hustlin’ to wakin’ up new
From runnin’ from the law to just runnin’ to you
You made a real man outta all I been through
You changed my whole world
Girl, I do, I do
[Verse 2]
Now it’s one ring, one name on the mailbox
Same key, same bed when the rain knocks
Got dates on the fridge, not the court docks
Baby bottles on the shelf where the scale stock’d
I still hear sirens in my sleep some nights
Still see the blue lights flash in my mind
But you hold my face, say "You left that life"
Kiss my scars like they holy signs
Used to throw signs up, now I throw rice
Used to serve cold, now you serve spice
Family at the table, grace over the white
What I thought was livin’ never felt this right
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals] You saved me
Then I saved me
When I chose you
When I chose we
[crescendo] All that dirt on my name got washed
In the way that you look when you laugh so soft
In the way that you wait when I’m runnin’ late
In the way that you say, "We gon’ be straight"
[Chorus]