Grimy Streets Blues

Yeah… Late night, cold streets

Ain’t no fairy tales where I’m from Uh

Grimy night, cold heart,

city full of danger Everybody smiling,

but you never know the stranger Heard another siren,

now the whole block in danger Money bring attention,

now the paper got a taste for ya Robbery stories,

murder on the news Everybody got a reason,

everybody got an excuse I done seen the toughest lose,

seen the innocent lose So I put it in the music,

let the truth tell the truth

Black sky, wet pavement,

streetlights flickering Corner store buzzing,

old heads reminiscing Car creeping past,

everybody start whispering Whole block got a memory that the young don’t

remember I grew up where the pressure make a person paranoid Where

a dollar turn a friend into somebody unemployed Where revenge get passed

down like an old family story And a mother lose her son

while somebody chase the glory I ain’t glorifying bodies,

I’m describing what I saw Every candle on the sidewalk represent another

scar Everybody want the crown till they realize what it cost You

can win the whole street and still feel like you lost

Grimy night, cold heart,

city full of danger Everybody smiling,

but you never know the stranger Heard another siren,

now the whole block in danger Money bring attention,

now the paper got a taste for ya Robbery stories,

murder on the news Everybody got a reason,

everybody got an excuse I done seen the toughest lose,

seen the innocent lose So I put it in the music,

let the truth tell the truth

He wanted fast money,

thought the night was his chance Now he’s staring at the ceiling,

replaying his past One decision turned a hustle into something he can’t

mask And the people he was with disappeared when things got bad

That’s the grimy part nobody puts inside the song Everybody talk tough,

nobody talks when it’s gone When the cameras disappear and the crowd

moves along You still gotta live with every choice when the adrenaline

gone So I keep my pen dirty,

let the beat carry the pain Put the darkness in the verse,

let the melody explain If the streets gave me scars,

I’ma turn ‘em into gain I don’t need another body just to

validate my name

Grimy nights… Cold streets…

Fast money… Heavy consequences.

That’s the story nobody tells.