Paroles
[Verse 1]
Everything cracked
Paint peeling off my past
Whole block praying on my downfall
Same hands waving when I walked past
Unc said I’m cursed like my dad was
Ma packed my clothes in a trash bag
Cousins in the group chat laughing
Turned my last name to a hashtag
Cold floor, one hoodie, one charger
Stomach talking louder than advice
Texts read grey, never turned blue
Only thing blue was my nights
Kept receipts of every fake hug
Every “lil bro” that dipped out
Now it’s me, my rage, my hunger
All this pressure on a split route
[Chorus]
Everything falling apart, yeah, I see it
Everybody turn when I bleed, they don’t feel it
Family threw me out like the trash on the weekend
So I built my own blood in the cracks of the cement
This the hood, this the hurt, this the healing
Turned my pain into work, into meaning
If you stayed when it burned, you my real kin
If you crossed that line once, you a pilgrim (you just visiting)
[Verse 2]
Block got stories in the brick dust
Shot-up signs, boarded-up trust
We ain’t choose this war, it chose us
Now we share lighters more than we share love
Shorty on the corner with a backpack
Three jobs, two kids, one dad passed
We linked up over borrowed cigarettes
Now we split bills, split secrets, split stress
My brother from the next stairwell
Did a year ‘cause he wouldn’t say my name
That’s the type of vow I never heard
From the ones who always claimed “same vein”
So we raised each other out the gutter
Cooked meals on a hot plate, laughing
We were broke, but the bond was platinum
Every scar turned to muscle when it happened
[Chorus]
Everything falling apart, yeah, I see it
Everybody turn when I bleed, they don’t feel it
Family threw me out like the trash on the weekend
So I built my own blood in the cracks of the cement
This the hood, this the hurt, this the healing
Turned my pain into work, into meaning
If you stayed when it burned, you my real kin
If you crossed that line once, you a pilgrim (you just visiting)
[Bridge]
They ain’t raise me
They erased me
So I drew my own name on the pavement (skrrt)
They replaced me
They disgraced me
Now they watching from the porch while I make it
I ain’t begging for a place at that table
I was starving, now I’m carving my label
If love gotta come with conditions
Keep it
I’ll build a house from the pieces they leaving
[Chorus]
Everything falling apart, yeah, I see it
Everybody turn when I bleed, they don’t feel it
Family threw me out like the trash on the weekend
So I built my own blood in the cracks of the cement
This the hood, this the hurt, this the healing
Turned my pain into work, into meaning
If you stayed when it burned, you my real kin
If you crossed that line once, you a pilgrim (you just visiting)
Everything cracked
Paint peeling off my past
Whole block praying on my downfall
Same hands waving when I walked past
Unc said I’m cursed like my dad was
Ma packed my clothes in a trash bag
Cousins in the group chat laughing
Turned my last name to a hashtag
Cold floor, one hoodie, one charger
Stomach talking louder than advice
Texts read grey, never turned blue
Only thing blue was my nights
Kept receipts of every fake hug
Every “lil bro” that dipped out
Now it’s me, my rage, my hunger
All this pressure on a split route
[Chorus]
Everything falling apart, yeah, I see it
Everybody turn when I bleed, they don’t feel it
Family threw me out like the trash on the weekend
So I built my own blood in the cracks of the cement
This the hood, this the hurt, this the healing
Turned my pain into work, into meaning
If you stayed when it burned, you my real kin
If you crossed that line once, you a pilgrim (you just visiting)
[Verse 2]
Block got stories in the brick dust
Shot-up signs, boarded-up trust
We ain’t choose this war, it chose us
Now we share lighters more than we share love
Shorty on the corner with a backpack
Three jobs, two kids, one dad passed
We linked up over borrowed cigarettes
Now we split bills, split secrets, split stress
My brother from the next stairwell
Did a year ‘cause he wouldn’t say my name
That’s the type of vow I never heard
From the ones who always claimed “same vein”
So we raised each other out the gutter
Cooked meals on a hot plate, laughing
We were broke, but the bond was platinum
Every scar turned to muscle when it happened
[Chorus]
Everything falling apart, yeah, I see it
Everybody turn when I bleed, they don’t feel it
Family threw me out like the trash on the weekend
So I built my own blood in the cracks of the cement
This the hood, this the hurt, this the healing
Turned my pain into work, into meaning
If you stayed when it burned, you my real kin
If you crossed that line once, you a pilgrim (you just visiting)
[Bridge]
They ain’t raise me
They erased me
So I drew my own name on the pavement (skrrt)
They replaced me
They disgraced me
Now they watching from the porch while I make it
I ain’t begging for a place at that table
I was starving, now I’m carving my label
If love gotta come with conditions
Keep it
I’ll build a house from the pieces they leaving
[Chorus]
Everything falling apart, yeah, I see it
Everybody turn when I bleed, they don’t feel it
Family threw me out like the trash on the weekend
So I built my own blood in the cracks of the cement
This the hood, this the hurt, this the healing
Turned my pain into work, into meaning
If you stayed when it burned, you my real kin
If you crossed that line once, you a pilgrim (you just visiting)