Cracked Asphalt Hearts

(hummmm) Cold air on the block Sidewalk cracked like a heart under winter

tires Every window hold smoke like a church of tired fires Sirens

paint the rain, then they fade from the lane I wear hurt

like a coat with a name stitched in pain Mailboxes lean like

old men guarding bad news Dreams grow thin where the kids learn

the blues My block got scars like the bark on a tree

Still I talk to the night like it's listening to me These

streets got teeth and they bite real slow Stone in my chest

but I still move through Rain on the corner like tears on

steel Everybody act tough but the wound stay real

These streets got teeth and they bite real slow

I keep my light low and my heart held close Potholes deep

as the promises made in July Mama kept hope folded neat while

the rent climbed high Friends turned ghosts in a crowd full of

hard goodbyes Now the moon hangs dull like a bruise in the

sky Chain-link fences sing when the cold wind cuts Every laugh got

weight from the days on us I learned grief got roots,

it can split concrete But a rose still dares from the edge

of the street These streets got teeth and they bite real slow

Stone in my chest but I still move through

Rain on the corner like tears on steel Everybody act tough but

the wound stay real

These streets got teeth and they bite real slow

I keep my light low and my heart held close

Ash on the curb

Hope in the crack

I still come

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