Concrete Cold
Yeah… Turn me up.
This one for the ones who know about them cold nights.
Ain’t no love where I came from.
Cold nights, dark roads,
heart froze, Had to learn real quick how the game go.
Same city, different faces,
can’t trust souls,
Everybody want the crown,
but they don’t want smoke.
Pressure on my back,
I can feel it all,
Had to stand tall when I watched friends fall.
Came from the bottom
where the nights stay long,
Now I’m turning all the pain into another song.
I was raised where the sirens cut through the night,
Mama praying every day that her son live right.
Had dreams bigger than the block I was standing on,
But the road got dark before the morning come.
I done seen fake love turn into envy,
Same people around ain’t always friendly.
That’s why I move low-key,
mind on a mission,
Too much at stake,
can’t make bad decisions.
I remember cold floors and the lights cut off,
Now I work every day ‘cause I know that cost.
They see the chains and the clothes and the lifestyle,
Never saw the tears when I couldn’t even smile.
I got scars I don’t show,
Got pain I don’t speak.
Had to turn into a man
Before I was ready to be.
Cold nights, dark roads,
heart froze, Had to learn real quick how the game go.
Same city, different faces,
can’t trust souls,
Everybody want the crown,
but they don’t want smoke.
Pressure on my back,
I can feel it all,
Had to stand tall when I watched friends fall.
Came from the bottom
where the nights stay long,
Now I’m turning all the pain into another song.
City full of shadows,
everybody got secrets,
Some people lose themselves trying to chase what the streets is.
I learned real power ain’t about being the loudest,
It’s surviving the storm and still making them proudest.
Money bring problems, fame bring snakes,
Success show you real from the ones that’s fake.
I don’t need a crowd,
I just need a few,
The ones who stayed solid when nobody knew.
Dark clouds over me,
still I’m chasing sunlight,
Had to fight my own battles through a hundred long nights.
If the world turn cold,
I’ma still hold strong,
Because quitting never sounded good in my songs.
Tell me who really there When the money all gone?
Who really answering When you calling from home?
Who really standing tall When the pressure get strong?
That’s why I learned how to stand On my own.
Cold nights, dark roads,
heart froze, Had to learn real quick how the game go.
Same city, different faces,
can’t trust souls,
Everybody want the crown,
but they don’t want smoke.
Pressure on my back,
I can feel it all,
Had to stand tall when I watched friends fall.
Came from the bottom
where the nights stay long,
Now I’m turning all the pain into another song.
Cold nights made me.
Hard times shaped me.
Pain couldn’t break me.
Still here.
Still standing.
Still applying pressure.