Empty shells all around

Verse 1

Night fall, cold block, echoes of a name

Came home to silence, only memories remain

Concrete keepin’ secrets, straps and broken vows

Kids lookin’ up, wonderin’ why we run out of crowns

Used to laugh loud, now we whisper when we pass

Pictures on the dresser, time movin’ way too fast

Empty pockets, empty hands, empty words on loud ground

Hear the clink of metal — empty shells all around

Pre‑Chorus

I’m tryna keep my head, I’m tryna keep the peace

But the ghosts in the alley want me to release

Hold my people close, when the nights get loud

Pray to God for daylight, don’t let us drown

Chorus

Empty shells all around, hearts hollow on the block

We count what we lost while the city never stops

Love in the dark, we hold steady through the sound

Tryna fill the void when there’s empty shells all around

Verse 2

Mama steady cryin’, candles lit on the stoop

Little homies grew up lookin’ through that same loop

Promises we made get buried under pain

I’m phone call away from losin’ everything again

Used to trust the code, now it’s razor thin like glass

Everybody movin’ faster, nobody slowin’ past

I stitch my wounds with songs, I pen the truth I found

But nights still echo hollow with empty shells all around

Pre‑Chorus

Keep a rosary, keep a list of names I owe

Keep my circle close, don’t let the cold grow

If we fall, we fall together, stay and stand your ground

We gon’ fight for morning where there’s empty shells all around

Chorus

Empty shells all around, hearts hollow on the block

We count what we lost while the city never stops

Love in the dark, we hold steady through the sound

Tryna fill the void when there’s empty shells all around

Bridge

I see futures in the faces of the kids on my block

I gotta teach ’em better, break the lock from the clock

No more funerals intin’ our names into the ground

We switch the script, plant roses where bullets found

Breakdown (soft)

Late prayers, late nights, tryna find a better route

Hold a hand, share a light, that’s what we about

Turning mourning into meaning, that’s how hope is found

Replace empty shells with seeds in this town

Chorus (big)

Empty shells all around, but we breathing through the pain

Counting blessings, countin’ love, we gon’ rise again

Love in the dark, we glow brighter than the sound

Till there’s no more echoes of empty shells all around

Outro

Keep the picture on your chest, keep the names in your crown

One day we’ll wake up and there’ll be no empty shells around

Porque music

See you when I see you

Otro