Block Livewire

(Look) Yeah,

watch the corners when the wind blow cold

Southside blocks where the stories get told

Wind howling loud through the cracked concrete

Too many names getting carved in the street

Watch how you step when the sun goes down

Whole neighborhood listening for that sound (bang bang) We survive every night

on the line

(every night)

Heavy heart, but I'm standing on mine

Snow on the porch turning dirty and gray

sirens bleeding out into another day

My brother told me keep your head on a swivel

Life in the city ain't no simple riddle

Corner store run with my eyes on the rearview

Whispers in the alleyway hoping they don't near you

Seen too many mothers with their heads bowed low Standing on the

asphalt underneath the freezing snow

Wind howling loud through the cracked concrete

Too many names getting carved in the street

Watch how you step when the sun goes down

Whole neighborhood listening for that sound (bang bang) We survive every night

on the line (every

night) Heavy heart, but I'm standing on mine Hand-me-down coats and we

shivering inside

Too much heavy weight that we forced to hide

Yellow tape blowing right across the playground slide

Learned early that the weak ones rarely survive

Never fold, never bend,

put the squad on my spine

Count every blessing while we counting the time

They want a tragic tale,

but I'm writing survival

Standing right here looking down at my rival

Wind howling loud through the cracked concrete

Too many names getting carved in the street

Watch how you step when the sun goes down

Whole neighborhood listening for that sound

(bang bang) We survive every night on the line

(every night)

Heavy heart, but I'm standing on mine

Cold wind

never stops blowing, man.

Just another winter on the block.

Keep

your

eyes open. (bang)