Concrete Roses

Yeah, look...

They don't see the long nights,

they just see the shine.

Rain slants cold on the cracked concrete Walking through the shadows of

a heavy street My pockets empty but my mind is full of

plans Trying to hold the future with some broken hands

They want to pull me down,

lock me in a cell But I got stories that I'm bound

to tell

Every step is heavy,

every corner has a cost Counting up the lessons in the brothers

that we lost.

We fight the cold

just to find the light

Walking through the fire

in the dead of night

(We survived, yeah) Through the struggle,

we remain Turn the sorrow into power,

wash away the pain

I watched the sunrise behind the project towers Sitting on the stoop

counting up the hours

They said we wouldn't make it,

said we'd fade away

But we still standing at the end of day I put my

spirit on the page,

bleed it through the pen If I fall down,

I'm-a rise up again No handouts given,

had to build it from the clay No matter what they promise,

we do it our way.

They don't know the weight of it

They don't know the half of it

But we carry it anyway

Yeah, we carry it anyway.

We fight the cold

just to find the light

Walking through the fire

in the dead of night (We survived,

yeah) Through the struggle,

we remain Turn the sorrow into power,

wash away the pain

Just another day in the concrete...

Yeah.