Hero in the A

Red clay on my shoes

Peach state turn you hard quick

Grandma praying in the pews

While my cousin doing yard bids

Zone 6 on the snapback

Marta line, cold nights, brown paper bag

Got dreams in a backpack

And a knot in my chest from the things I never had

I seen gold teeth, gray clouds

Evictions on the door, mama cried loud

Section 8, late fees, shutoff dates

Had to turn these heartbreaks into high stakes

I’m the hero in the A, came from hurt and change

Turned the quarters to a plates, turned the thunder into flame (yeah)

Got this money on my mind, but the pain in my veins

If I save my people first, then I die with a name (with a name)

I’m the hero in the A, I’m the hero in the A

If I break us out the cycle, we ain’t living the same

I’m the hero in the A, I’m the hero in the A

All this money, all this pain, I still carry the weight

Lacquer on them old Chevys

Uncle pouring out a fifth just to hold steady

Blue lights in the rearview heavy

Every stop feel deadly, palms all sweaty

I was broke, I was bitter

Watching high-rises grow while our block got thinner

Now I’m counting up figures

But the ghosts on the corner still cold in the winter

I put cleats on my little bro

Told him “run past the hate, don’t you trip on that road”

Told my mom, “you ain’t packing no more”

Paid the lease off early just to watch her glow (yeah)

I’m the hero in the A, came from hurt and change

Turned the quarters to a plates, turned the thunder into flame

Got this money on my mind, but the pain in my veins

If I save my people first, then I die with a name (die with a name)

I’m the hero in the A, I’m the hero in the A

If I break us out the cycle, we ain’t living the same

I’m the hero in the A, I’m the hero in the A

All this money, all this pain, I still carry the weight (carry the weight)

Who gon’ ride when the sky turn gray? (who?)

Who gon’ stay when the lights all fade? (stay)

If I lose it all today

Did I still make a way, still make a way? (yeah)

I’m the hero in the A, came from hurt and change

Turned the quarters to a plates, turned the thunder into flame

Got this money on my mind, but the pain in my veins

If I save my people first, then I die with a name

I’m the hero in the A, I’m the hero in the A

If I break us out the cycle, we ain’t living the same

I’m the hero in the A, I’m the hero in the A

All this money, all this pain, I still carry the weight