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.