Blood on My Sneakers

Streetlights flicker where

the dreams get lost Concrete

jungle

pay in the cost Heartbeat heavy like the bass in the block

Every step forward is a gamble I toss Woke up broke with

the sunrise bleeding Pockets empty but the hustle is breathing Running from

the static yeah the sirens feeding My mind is a maze where

the hope is fleeing Mama cried when the rent was due Said

son I need you to follow through But the block got claws

and it pulls me through Every dollar I earn is a battle

I chew

Man I'm tired of the struggle of the grind Every day is

a war I can't rewind

But I keep my head low and my eyes blind To the

fake love and the snakes in line

Off the street I bring the realest pain Blood on my sneakers

from the city rain Every scar tells a story etched in vein

I survive this drill no need for fame

Yeah I survive this drill no need for fame

Yeah

The block taught me how to stand alone No handout no phone

just a tombstone tone

From the bottom up I make my own throne

Corner store clerk knew my face from the back I traded favours

for a meal and a pack Seen my homie fall to a

trigger attack Now I carry his spirit in a duffel sack The

system wanna lock me in a cage But I'm writing my own

script on this page Every line I spit is a war I

wage Losing sleep but I turn the page

Man I'm tired of the struggle of the grind

Every day is a war I can't rewind But I keep my

head low and my eyes blind To the fake love and the

snakes in line

Off the street I bring the realest pain

Blood on my sneakers from the city rain Every scar tells a

story etched in vein

I survive this drill no need for fame

Yeah I survive this drill no need for fame

Now I look back at the ashes and the smoke

Every mistake was a lesson I wrote

The street don't sleep but neither do I I turn my struggle

into a battle cry No more begging no more living a lie

I take my scars and I let them fly

Off the street I'm still standing tall

Concrete taught me how to never fall

Every verse is a prayer and a call

From the struggle I rise through it all

Yeah from the struggle I rise through

it all