Brooklyn Baselines

It is what it is

I came from the worst of the worst

Catch a case, now the whole world shift

One bad night and a life get split They remember the story,

forget your name You thought coming home would feel just the same

You thought it was safe,

you thought they would wait But twenty years is a long time

to calculate Twenty years in a cell,

no applause, no cheers Just a calendar wall and a room full

of years You held your code,

you never turned, never flipped But look what it cost you,

look what it did A hundred on the sentence,

a weight on your chest You kept your loyalty,

but lost your rest

Twenty years in a cell,

what did it get you?

Loyalty in your heart,

but the world forgot you

Twenty years in a cell,

then you step outside New faces,

new phones, and a whole new tide Touch screens everywhere,

nothing feels the same You say the old days,

but they changed the game Back when a flip phone rang on

a landline Back when a voice was a voice,

not a timeline

You look for the people who promised they'd stay Some moved on,

some vanished, some faded away You did your time,

now you carry the proof Trying to find one familiar piece of

the truth Still you stand up straight,

still you keep your word Even when the silence is the only

thing heard

Twenty years in a cell,

what did it get you?

Loyalty in your heart,

but the world forgot you

It is what it is

You come home changed

And the whole world changed too